April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Sexual Assault Awareness Month is a time for individuals and organizations to come together to raise awareness and to take action against sexual assault. Carmichael Library is teaming up with our partners in the Counseling and Career Center to present a collection of books and other resources in an effort to raise awareness among the UM community.

The following resources were selected by Kassie Doggett of the Counseling and Career Center:

• SafeHouse of Shelby County - www.safehouse.org Crisis Line: (205) 664-SAFE or 1-800 650-6522
• Crisis Center - www.crisiscenterbham.com Rape Response Line: (205) 323-7273 (RAPE) or 1-888-323-7273 (RAPE)
• Alabama Coalition Against Rape - www.acar.org
• Rape Abuse Incest National Network: The nation's largest anti-sexual assault organization - www.rainn.org
• National Sexual Assault Hotline - 1 (800) 656-4673 (HOPE)
  

Additionally, the following books may be of interest:

• After Silence: Rape & My Journey Back (1998) by Nancy Venable Raine
• Binge: What Your College Student Won't Tell You (2005) by Barrett Seaman
• The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us From Violence (1997) by Gavin de Becker
• I Never Called it Rape: The Ms. Report on Recognizing, Fighting, and Survivng Date and Acquaintance Rape (1988)
• Lucky (2002) by Alice Sebold
• Sex Without Consent: Rape and Sexual Coercion in America (2001) edited by Merril D. Smith

Finally, the Counseling and Career Center is partnering with the Office of Student Life and SafeHouse to host a sexual abuse awareness presentation entitled "Sexual Assault: What Women and Men Should Know." The program will conclude with a candlelight vigil this Wednesday, the 23^rd. This event begins at 7:00 PM in Harman Hall, Room 103. For more information on this event, call the Counseling and Career Center at 665-6262 or Student Life at 665-6565.

Related: Recognizing RAINN Day