Community Initiatives
Prevention Education
In moving toward our vision of creating holistic modes of healing and accountability we launched the Community Initiatives Program in 2006. This new program is a merging of both our Adult and Teen Education department, and will address entire communities through interactive education while intergrating rape crisis services, direct health care, community education and organizing, relationship building and accountability models.

We offer training on various topics to youth and adults in schools, social service agencies, and community organizations. Presentation topics include the following (click topics below to read short descriptions):

Sexual Assault and Rape Prevention
Sexual Harassment
Healthy Dating
Supporting Survivors of Sexual Assault
Anti-Oppression
Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault
Internet Communication Technology Based Violence Prevention
Bystander Intervention

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If you or your organization is interested in inviting SFWAR to provide a presentation on one of the above topics please call 415-861-2024


Training & Technical Assistance
Our Recruitment & Training Program works to build a community of activists willing to struggle, learn and work toward individual and community healing. The training includes education on dynamics of sexual violence in diverse communities, dialogues about challenging oppression, and skill building in crisis intervention, counseling, advocacy, and outreach. Through ongoing support and training of our volunteer pool of Hotline Counselors, Medical Advocates, In-Person Counselors and Outreach Volunteers and interns, we are able to provide quality peer-based services free of charge.


Community Outreach and Organizing
Community Organizing: The program has identified five specific at-risk communities that frequently have limited access to services. Over the past year the CI Program has conducted a series of focus groups with each of these communities in an effort to assess the impact of gender-based violence within these communities. This past year we assembled a Task Force comprised of community leaders to analyze the information we have collected from these focus groups. Our plan is to create a comprehensive report summarizing all of the data, which can be used to better inform the type of services we provide, assess gaps in service, and help us to create culturally and linguistically competent media materials.

Outreach: This year SFWAR launched a structured outreach plan targeting residents of the Mission District and Tenderloin. The plan provides a detailed strategy for disseminating prevention education materials and resources to the community on a regular basis. In addition to these activities, we frequently provide information tables at community health fairs and events, enlisting the help of certified rape crisis counselor volunteers. Last year we tabled at a total of 20 events across San Francisco County, providing valuable informational resources to the public.



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San Francisco Women Against Rape
3543 18th Street, #7
San Francisco, CA 94110
ph. (415) 861-2024
fax (415) 861-2092