Resources & Tools

Resources

Suicide Prevention Resources

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
a 24-hour, toll-free, confidential suicide prevention hotline available to anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress. 1-800-273-TALK(8255) or Chat; Options for Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Support for Veterans

Crisis Text Line
Reaching out while you’re depressed can feel impossible, and the fear of talking to a stranger on the phone might prevent some from calling a hotline at all. The Crisis Text Line offers a service that allows kids to text with a trained volunteer.

Trevor Project
The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13-24. Hotline: 1-866-488-7386; Text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200 or Chat for support.

Sexual Assault Resources

RAINN
Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network is the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization. RAINN created and operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline (800.656.HOPE, online.rainn.org y rainn.org/es) in partnership with more than 1,000 local sexual assault service providers across the country and operates the DoD Safe Helpline for the Department of Defense.

StrongHearts The Native Helpline
for domestic/sexual violence, confidential, and specifically for Native communities:1−844-762-8483

The Trans LifeLine
Peer support for trans individuals. 1-877-565-8860 This hotline is staffed exclusively by trans operators it is the only crisis line with a policy against non-consensual active rescue.

The Deaf Hotline
is available 24/7 through video phone 1-855-812-1001, email and chat for Deaf, Deaf Blind, Deaf Disabled survivors.

American Association of University Women
is a national organization that promotes educational, political, social and economic equality for women and girls.

Beyond Title IX: Guidelines for Prevention and Responding to Gender Based Violence in Higher Education
Provides college campuses with the tools and resources they need to promote healthy relationships and better support those who have been affected by violence.

Black Women’s Blueprint
Black Women’s Blueprint envisions a world where women and girls of African descent are fully empowered and where gender, race and other disparities are erased.

Break The Cycle
Break the Cycle is the leading national nonprofit organization providing comprehensive dating abuse programs exclusively to young people ages 12 to 24.

CalCASA
The California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA) provides leadership, vision and resources to rape crisis centers, individuals and other entities committed to ending sexual violence.

Coaching Boys into Men
CBIM is the only evidence-based prevention program that trains and motivates high school coaches to teach their young male athletes healthy relationship skills and that violence never equals strength.

Ditch The Label
Our award-winning work spans across the UK, USA and Mexico; empowering people aged 12-25 to overcome bullying. We are a digital charity, which means that most of our support is provided online through our website and partnerships with games and social networks.

End Rape On Campus
is an organization created by and for survivors seeking to connect and support survivors, raise public awareness around sexual violence, and create policy change with a particular focus on educational settings.

Futures Without Violence
provides a wealth of resources, trainings, toolkits and policy briefs around ending sexual violence, as well as other kinds of domestic and interpersonal violence.

Greendot
The Green Dot etc. strategy is a comprehensive approach to violence prevention that capitalizes on the power of peer and cultural influence across all levels of the socio-ecological model

Hanging out & Hooking Up Guidelines for Adolescent Healthcare Providers
An Integrated Approach to Prevention and Intervention. These are guidelines focused on the transformative role of the adolescent health care provider in preventing, identifying and addressing adolescent relationship abuse

Hollaback
Hollaback is a movement to end harassment powered by a network of local activists around the world. We work together to better understand harassment, to ignite public conversations, and to develop innovative strategies to ensure equal access to public spaces.

Know Your IX
is a student-led organization that offers toolkits, research and case studies to provide advocates and community organizers with tools to use Title IX to make schools equitable and safe.

Love Is Respect
Loveisrespect’s mission is to engage, educate and empower young people to prevent and end abusive relationships. Highly-trained peer advocates offer support, information and advocacy to young people who have questions or concerns about their dating relationships. We also provide information and support to concerned friends and family members, teachers, counselors, service providers and members of law enforcement. Free and confidential phone, live chat and texting services are available 24/7/365.

National Juvenile Defender Law Center
is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting justice for all children by ensuring excellence in juvenile defense.

National Network to End Domestic Violence
provides state-by-state information about coalitions and action networks.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a 24-hour, toll-free, confidential suicide prevention hotline available to anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress. By dialing 1-800-273-TALK(8255), the call is routed to the nearest crisis center in our national network of more than 150 crisis centers. The Lifeline’s national network of local crisis centers provide crisis counseling and mental health referrals day and night.

National Women’s Law Center
works to champion laws and policies that support the lives of women and girls.

Not Alone
Comprehensive resource for college students, administrators and law enforcement in preventing sexual assault on college campuses and keeping schools and students safe.

Promoting Awareness | Victim Empowerment
(PAVE) is a national nonprofit that works to shatter the silence and prevent sexual violence. With community action toolkits and school workshops, PAVE works to engage young men and women in a positive way to end sexual and dating violence.

Representation Project
Using film as a catalyst for cultural transformation, The Representation Project inspires individuals and communities to challenge and overcome limiting stereotypes so that everyone, regardless of gender, race, class, age, sexual orientation, or circumstance, can fulfill their human potential.

SafeBAE
SafeBAE is a student-focused, survivor-driven campaign whose mission is to raise awareness about sexual assault in middle and high schools and student’s rights under Title IX

Safe Supportive Learning
The Safe Place to Learn resource package provides a range of materials to support school efforts to prevent and eliminate peer-to-peer sexual harassment and sexual violence.

See Jane
Founded by Academy Award-winning actor and advocate Geena Davis, the Institute is the only research-based organization working within the media and entertainment industry to engage, educate, and influence the need to dramatically improve gender balance, reduce stereotyping and create diverse female characters in entertainment targeting children 11 and under.

Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
SIECUS – the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States- was founded in 1964 to provide education and information about sexuality and sexual and reproductive health.

Start Your Recovery
It is not uncommon for sexual assault survivors to turn to drugs or alcohol in an attempt to cope with or manage feelings of confusion or to “numb” pain. This website offers reputable, objective information about signs, symptoms, conditions, treatment options, and resources.

StopBullying.gov
is a website from the U.S. government with tips and resources for how to report cyberbullying to web providers, schools and the police.

Stop Sexual Assault in Schools
a national nonprofit educating about K-12 sexual harassment and assault with its extensive website and streaming video+action plan Sexual Harassment: Not in Our School!

Survivors Eradicating Rape Culture
SERC’s mission is to center the experiences and needs of the most marginalized survivors to change cultural norms and stop gender-based violence before it happens.

Teen Sexting Guidelines for Judges
This report reflects discussions as well as research on the latest legal, educational, and programmatic responses to teen sexting and answers questions judges and other community leaders may have about this challenging issue.

That’s Not Cool
That’s Not Cool is an award-winning national public education initiative that partners with young people to help raise awareness and bring educational and organizing tools to communities to address dating violence, unhealthy relationships, and digital abuse.

TransEquality
The National Center for Transgender Equality is the nation’s leading social justice advocacy organization winning life-saving change for transgender people.

Tools

Circle of 6
is a mobile app that was originally designed for college students to prevent sexual violence but can be used by anyone seeking to foster healthy relationships and safety.

Columbia Lighthouse Project
Tool to help identify risk and prevent suicide. The Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS), is the most evidence-supported tool of its kind and is a simple series of questions that anyone can use anywhere in the world to prevent suicide.

Consent Comics
Using everyday interactions of consent to portray how sexual consent is often treated.

Cool Not Cool Quiz
Quick quiz app for teens addressing what’s “Cool” or “Not Cool” in friendships and relationships.

Hanging Out & Hooking Up Teen Safety Card
The card challenges all teens to consider how their partner treats them, identifying dynamics of healthy relationships and signs that may indicate abuse.

Suicide Intervention Apps
5 apps that can be downloaded to mobile phones for parents as well as adolescents for quick access to support and help.

Suicide is Preventable
Know the Signs. Find the Words. Reach out.

Tea and Consent Video (clean version)
Explains consent by using tea as an example.

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