Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Join SLAG SF & SFWAR Walk Against Rape

SLAG SF will be collaborating with the non-profit organization San Francisco Women Against Rape (SFWAR) on Saturday, April 30, 2011. Come out and join us in support of SFWAR’s 6th Annual Walk Against Rape starting at the Women’s Building and Ending at the Potrero del Sol Skatepark. SLAG SF will be participating in the march and providing a skate clinic as well as skating the Potrero Skatepark at the end of the walk. There will be performances and vendors as well for the remainder of the day. Proceeds from the day’s events will go out to the organization’s services that support survivors of rape and sexual assault. The walk will begin at 10 am and end around 1:30pm with activities throughout the day at Potrero del Sol Park. Our clinic welcomes everyone. All ages, all abilities.

Walk Against Rape aims to:

Raise awareness in San Francisco around issues of sexual violence.

Provide a space for survivors of sexual violence to heal and celebrate their survival.

Educate communities about the resources available in the aftermath of an assault.

Raise money for San Francisco's only community based rape crisis center.

Create community around shared experiences of sexual violence so as to not isolate further the experience.

To make visible what has historically been silenced and invisible.

For more information or to register and walk in the march visit sfwar.org

To walk with SLAG SF contact us at sanfrancisco@skatelikeagirl.com

About SFWAR

San Francisco Women Against Rape provides resources, support, advocacy and education to strengthen the work of all individuals, and communities in San Francisco that are responding to, healing from, and struggling to end sexual violence. At SFWAR, we believe that no single individual, organization, foundation, or business alone can stop the epidemic of sexual assault, but by responding as a whole community, we each bring our piece of the solution.

SFWAR is a women of color led, volunteer-based organization that has provided rape crisis services to survivors of sexual assault for over 30 years. As the primary provider of rape crisis services in San Francisco, we also offer support to friends and families of survivors and provide expert advice, training, and assistance to healthcare workers, medical professionals, educators, law enforcement officers and other professionals throughout the city. Our prevention programs have reached young people in classrooms in schools serving every area of San Francisco, and provided information and resources to people of all ages through community programs, social services, and numerous community events. All our services are confidential and free of charge.