Local, National, and International Help and Information Resources
Here is a suggested list of resources to help you cope and get more
information. You can also check your local yellow pages for resource centers,
therapists, rape crisis centers, or other social service groups. Potentially
useful links are also provided below.*
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Resources in the Northampton Area
Northampton Police/Ambulance: 911
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Emergency: 582-2108
Five College Committee
for Sexual Assault Prevention and Intervention (SAPIC)
Everywoman's Center, UMass:
-Resource/Referral (transfer to Counselor/Advocate
Program): 545-0883
-24-Hour Violence Against Women Hotline: 545-0800
Safe Passage (formerly
Necessities/Necesidades), 24-Hour Battered Women's Hotline: 586-5066
ServiceNet Clinic (walking
distance from Smith), Individual, Group, & Family Counseling: 585-1348
Survivors of Incest Anonymous
(SIA), 12-Step Group; call for times and locations: 256-0121
Stop It Now!: 268-3096
Mass. Coalition Against Sexual Assault, 24-Hour Spanish/English Rape
Crisis Hotline: 1-800-223-5001
Victim/Witness Assistance (Amherst), Northwest District Attorney, M-F
8:30-4:30: 586-5780
Click here to link to SAFE's list of local
survivor-friendly practitioners and therapists
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National Resources
1-800-4ACHILD
Provides confidential counseling, information, and resources,
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for abuse victims and those who need to
report suspected child abuse.
The Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN)
1-800-656-HOPE
Automatically routes your call to the closest crisis center
in your area. All calls are confidential, and accepted 24 hours a day,
7 days a week.
To search for a rape
crisis center near you by zip code or state, click here.
State Coalitions Against Sexual
Assault
Trans Survivors List Info
Trans_Survivors is an online community for all trans-identified
individuals (including but not limited to: ftm, mtf, genderqueer, or multigendered),
and SOFFAs who are either abuse survivors themselves or have been affected
by the abuse or assault of someone they know- including sexual assault
& violence,childhood abuse, abusive relationships, and violence as
a result of gender variance or percieved gender variance/queerness. To
join the list, send an email to majordomo@groups.queernet.org. In the body
of the email (not the subject line) type: subscribe trans_survivors
Once you have done this, you will receive an email with further instructions.Even
if you don't want to join the list but have questions or comments, feel
free to email Jesse at trans_survivors-owner@groups.queernet.org
http://www.geocities.com/jessethaboi/trans_survivors.html
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Sexual Assault & Rape Crisis Resource List
States A-F: http://www.feminist.org/911/resources_af.html
States G-K: http://www.feminist.org/911/resources_gk.html
States L-N: http://www.feminist.org/911/resources_ln.html
States O-S: http://www.feminist.org/911/resources_os.html
States T-Z: http://www.feminist.org/911/resources_tz.html
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International Resources and Rape Crisis Centers
http://www.feminist.org/911/resources_other.html
http://www.rainn.org/rccs.html
http://sasupport.healthyplace2.com/contact.html
(Worldwide Rape & Sexual Abuse Hotlines)
* Safe is not officially affiliated with any of these
sites, nor do we guarantee their content.
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