It’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month and we NEED to be talking about the toll that sexual violence takes on our country: emotionally, physically, economically, and socially.

Look around: if you can’t name someone in your personal network who has experienced sexual violence, it’s because they don’t feel safe telling you. This is an epidemic, and we are all responsible for fighting it.

#SAAM

30 Alarming Statistics That Show The Reality Of Sexual Violence In America

Every 98 seconds someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted. That means every single day more than 570 people experience sexual violence in this country.