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Reclamation: Our 2023 Take Back the Night Theme

Take Back the Night (TBTN) is an annual march, rally, and speak out event against sexual assault, intimate partner violence, and child sexual abuse. This year it will happen on Apr 28, 2023. Here, on our website, is some more information: https://www.actompkins.org/volunteer/tbtn2023 Our 2023 theme is “Reclamation.” We believe that survivors have the right to reclaim…

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February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month

by Katrina C., Youth Educator   TDVAM is a national, ongoing effort to draw attention to (and ultimately prevent) harmful relationship realities experienced by youth. Just because it’s a teen relationship does not mean it’s any less impactful.  In fact, our formative dating experiences can greatly influence our subsequent relationships. The behaviors that become familiar…

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Tompkins County Safe Harbour Team Celebrates Seven Years

Beginning in 2015, Tompkins County was awarded funding to become a Safe Harbour County by New York State. This meant that we were provided resources to begin the process of formally developing a coordinated response, raising community awareness, and educating community members around the issue of sex trafficking of youth, referred to as the Commercial…

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