For men and women that survived sexual harassment, sexual assault and/or rape while serving in the United States Military
Military Rape Crisis Center
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The Military Rape Crisis Team:
Team Leaders: All of our team leaders are certified rape counselors having completed a 40-hours rape crisis training and an additional 30 hours training on Military Sexual Trauma.
PB : A Coast Guard veteran and a survivor of Military Sexual Trauma. She founded the Military Rape Crisis Center from her barrack room at USCG Integrated Support Command Boston while still on Active Duty after being raped and realizing that the military is not going to help her or anyone else like her. She hold a certification in rape counseling from the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center. She splits her time between Boston, DC, NYC and Burlington, VT. Contact her at pb@stopmilitaryrape.org
Melissa is our Director of Outreach, Education and Training. She served in the United States Air Force. She has been working with the Military Rape Crisis Center since 2007 and holds a certification in rape counseling from the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center. She resides in Springfield, MA but is on the road at least 200 days a year educating people on Military Sexual Trauma. Contact her at: melissa@stopmilitaryrape.org or on Facebook
Ashley comes to us with 20 years experience as Active duty and later a civilian employee with United States Army. She is our Army advocate helping all members of the United States Army. Email her at ashley@stopmilitaryrape.org
Stacey: Holds a BA in Government from Harvard University and a Master of Public Policy from Georgetown University. She resides in the DC area and spends countless hours lobbying to develop better programs to help military sexual trauma survivors and pass laws to prevent future incidents. She spent a short time in the Coast Guard in the early 1990s where she was raped by her company commander at basic training. stacey@stopmilitaryrape.org or on Facebook
Rachel: (limited duties) She is currently serving her 2nd deployment in Iraq which puts her on limited duty here at MRCC. Home based out of Camp Lejeune, Rachel was a friend of a fellow Marine that was raped and murdered there. Rachel also experienced sexual harassment and witnessed a sexual assault cover-up during her first deployment in Iraq and vowed to not remain silent about what her brothers and sisters are experiencing. Due to her Active Duty status she is limited on what she can speak about but is in the process of developing a blog from Iraq about the daily struggles of being a woman Marine. We'll keep you posted. Rachel can be reached at:rachel.gowan@gmail.com
Office Support:
We couldn't do the work that we do without our office support. These volunteers work out of our Greater Boston area office.
Amanda L. (Coast Guard Veteran) and Sue T. (Army Veteran)
Street Team:
The Street Team hits the street with knowledge and the desire to offer support to all survivors. Some are Active Duty, others are veterans but what they all have in common is that they understand the injustice that sexual assault survivors face reporting a rape in the military.They can be found outside military bases handing out fliers about Military Sexual Trauma, at conferences and other outreach events.
Interested in being a Street Team member? Email us! PB@stopmilitaryrape.org
Coast Guard: Amanda, Jennifer, PB, Joseph
Army: Sue, Ashley, AC, Deb
Navy: Patricia
Air Force: Melissa
Marine Corps: Rachel, Lauren
- Work with Congress to come up with new policies to better serve and protect survivors of Military Sexual Trauma.
- Assist survivors and their families of Military Sexual Trauma by informing them of various resources available to them.
- To never betray a fellow brother or sister in uniform.
- Educate rape prevention professionals on Military Sexual Trauma.
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We couldn't do this without them. A huge thank you to the following organizations for their help:
Military Rape Crisis Center
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