media contact
If you are a member of the media and would like to contact the Alliance regarding our programs, services, or topics related to our work, please contact Alliance Executive Director Emily Miles at emiles@svfreenyc.org.
Alliance Reports
Partners and Peers: Sexual and Dating Violence Among NYC Youth (June 2008)
Bringing the Global to the Local: Using Participatory Research to Address Sexual Violence with Immigrant Communities in NYC (May 2008)
How SAFE is New York City? Sexual Assault Services in Emergency Department (April 2007)
A Room of Our Own: Sexual Assault Survivors Evaluate Services (April 2007)
Facts
Acquaintance Rape
Acquaintance rape is defined as being a rape perpetrated by someone known to the victim, including friends, spouses, first dates, and relatives. Read more
Safety Tips for Parents
As a parent, one of your primary concerns is your child’s safety. While some dangers–a hot stove, traffic or an electrical outlet–seem easy to explain, dangers that involve violence may seem more difficult to talk about. Read more
Incest
While the prevalence and severity of child abuse in the United States has been given an increasing amount of attention — attitudes, definitions and statistics continue to vary. The examination of incest may incite some of the greatest discrepancies, for it remains one of the most under-reported and least discussed crimes in our nation. Read more
Tips for Men and LGBTQ Community
Victimization of the LGBTQ community includes harassment, vandalism, robbery, assault, rape and murder, with the added component of the crimes being committed specifically because the victim identifies within the queer community. Read more