After this year’s Take Back the Night, mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake shared pertinent information on the crisis of rape in Baltimore City. TurnAround, Inc. is working with the Mayor's Office and Police Department to help find justice for victims of rape whose cases were mishandled by police and help find a better way to respond to victims. To do this, they have created a hotline for victims, 443-279-0379. However, we know this is not enough.
To make sure this never happens again, TurnAround, Inc. is taking the hotline city-wide and full-time. Through the hotline, rape victims will be provided with confidential crisis counseling, advocacy if they would like an old case re-visited, and an important connection for police officers to quality victim services. But to make this expansion possible, we'll need volunteers.
This is an ideal volunteer opportunity since you can volunteer from home. In addition, training will be provided this month to help you start helping other women. To get started, we're having our first volunteer training in conjunction with Women Against Violence Everywhere’s (WAVE's) annual retreat on Saturday August 28th at Goucher College. If you have ever considered helping other women, becoming a TurnAround volunteer, or getting involved with WAVE, your attendance at this training is a must.
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