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If you think the media does a poor job covering sexual violence today, check out how it was done 45 years ago, when BARCC was founded. Few media…
BARCC’s work with youth began with the founding. From the beginning, teenagers called the hotline and volunteers held workshops and speaking…
Jim Holland joined BARCC’s Survivor Speakers Bureau about five years ago. He’s since shared his story of surviving childhood sexual…
Sohaila Abdulali was 21 years old and had just graduated from college when she saw an ad in the Boston Phoenix: “rape crisis center looking…
On March 26, 1973, the Boston Globe published a blurb no more than three inches long: “Rape center opens today.” The headline caught…
In the fall of 1972, a group of women in the Greater Boston area began looking for resources for survivors of sexual violence. They found…