Bridging the Gap

Campaign to Save WOAR

Without WOAR, survivors have nowhere to turn. With your help, we can restore essential services — before it’s too late.

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WOAR offices will be closed Dec 23, 2024 to Jan 1, 2025. If you need support, help is available 24/7 including holidays at 215-985-3333.

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April Is

Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM)

Join Us for SAAM 2024
Giving Tuesday - Thank you for giving to WOAR!

ADVOCACY. HEALING. EDUCATION. PREVENTION.

If you have been sexually assaulted, talk with someone now.

If this is an emergency, please call 911.

WOAR’s Hotline Crisis Counselors provide support, information, referral guidance, and
coordinate counseling services.

We’re here to help. 24/7.

Contact us for free, confidential support at any time, 365 days a year. We are always here for you.

WHO WE ARE

A safer Philadelphia, for better tomorrows.

For 50 years, WOAR – Philadelphia Center Against Sexual Violence has provided an empathetic ear, a caring heart and a helping hand to anyone who has experienced sexual violence recently, or at any time in their life. Each year, we helped thousands of survivors of sexual violence in Philadelphia through our hotline and in-person support and advocacy.

WOAR is here for survivors of sexual harassment, abuse, and assault because generous donors, like you, made it possible. Generosity gives everyone the power to make a positive change in the lives of others. WOAR is here because you make it possible!

Please stand with us by making a donation to WOAR.

Get the support you need.

WOAR offers crisis support and resources for specific communities. Find guidance to get the help you
need, or discover resources to help someone in need of crisis support.

LGBTQIA+

Help for LGBTQIA+ victims/survivors
of sexual assault. It can get better.

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servicios y recursos locales.

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Young Adults & Teens

Learn about sexual violence among
young adults and teens.

Pioneers. Advocates. Survivors. Moving Victims of Sexual Violence from Crisis to Confidence for 50 Years. WOAR
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You are not alone.
We’ve been there.

“When I was put in a fight or flight situation, I did neither. I froze. And I want to make it clear to other survivors that froze, you made it out alive. Your body protected you the best it could. You did everything right, and now you are a survivor. A SURVIVOR. Also, survivors of this kind of trauma should always remember it is never your fault. You did not choose this – no matter what people say or don’t say.”

Isabella, Survivor and Volunteer

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Featured Keynotes: Unlocking Survivor Advocate Voice
Keynotes - Unlocking Survivor Advocate Voice. WOAR
We Speak Your Language!
We Heal. We Educate. We Empower. We Advocate. We Create Change. WOAR - Philadelphia Center Against Sexual Violence
S.E.C.R.E.T. Drexel is having a Students for Survivors March on Friday, October 17 from 12pm - 3pm. Starting at North 33rd and Market Streets, by the Mario Statue concluding at City Hall with speakers sharing message of support for survivors and WOAR. 

How can you help? 
⦁	March with S.E.C.R.E.T. Drexel! 
⦁	Contact your state legislators (listed on last 4 pages of this post)
⦁	Donate to WOAR's Emergency Fund at WOAR.org
⦁	Share & Tag @SECRETDrexel and @WOARPhila

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Thursday, Octo 16 - 10am, the Pennsylvania Coalition to Advance Respect
(PCAR) and Pittsburgh Action Against Rape (PAAR) will hold a joint press conference to demand immediate action from state lawmakers as Pennsylvania’s budget impasse surpasses 100 days—leaving all 47 rape crisis centers across the Commonwealth without critical funding. Join us in uplifting the human cost of Pennsylvania’s ongoing budget impasse. Please share this post with your community. Read more at: https://tinyurl.com/PCARandPAARPressConference 

Please donate at WOAR.org.

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Philadelphia's only rape crisis center, WOAR, receives emergency funding. Not only is the federal government shut down, but Pennsylvania has been without a budget since June.
CBS Philadelphia reports that the delay is having a large impact on Philadelphia's only sexual violence resource center, resulting in major layoffs. Watch the video: 
https://youtu.be/OFC74kHj-mg?si=f_uHyqlU3L_S9CMU

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RAINN is generously covering our hotline this weekend. We will resume hotline services on Tuesday, October 14th thanks to our community support.

Please keep donating and allowing your voices to be heard. Every dollar helps keep our lifesaving services going. Go to WOAR.org to donate.

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Pennsylvania Rape Crisis Centers Face Layoffs - Pennsylvania's state budget impasse has left a Philly rape crisis center and rape crisis centers across the state, in crisis. Here's what we know: https://www.fox29.com/video/1721123

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We value openness and want to keep our community informed. WOAR has released an official announcement regarding recent staff changes. We invite you to read the full statement here: https://www.woar.org/layoff-announcement/

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Emergency!
Help Keep WOAR Services Active.

Philadelphia’s ONLY rape crisis center is reducing essential services due to the state funding crisis. Staff layoffs, counseling appointment cancellations, and our 24/7 Hotline has limited service. Survivors need your help right now.

Donate today to Bridge the Gap and restore life-saving services. Every gift makes an immediate difference.

WOAR may close without your support. Please act now.

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