The Rape Recovery Center volunteer team consists of nearly 150 incredible individuals who give their time, talents, and passion to furthering our mission of serving survivors and educating the community about sexual violence. This month we are spotlighting our talented Education and Outreach Volunteer, Randi Peery.

The Rape Recovery Center volunteer team consists of nearly 150 incredible individuals who give their time, talents, and passion to furthering our mission of serving survivors and educating the community about sexual violence. This month we are spotlighting our talented Hospital Response Team Volunteer, Chloe Lehman

Ember has been volunteering for the crisis line since 2017. She is an extraordinarily kind, and caring individual. We recently had an experience where Ember had to hold the crisis line for over 24 hours, and she did it with such grace and kindness. We are so grateful for her hard work and collaboration. Thank you, Ember!

Flor has been an incredibly valuable community partner, and has consistently volunteered her time to support the Rape Recovery Center's Outreach and Education programming. Whether she is facilitating part of our 40 hour training, or collaborating with our team during community workshops, we can always find Flor sharing her expertise on the intersections of social justice and sexual violence advocacy. 

Zevin brings incredible talent to the RRC Volunteer team, as a member of our Gala planning committee. As the Director of Business Development at LUX, he is a fierce community advocate who uses his expertise to elevate events at the RRC and across the Valley. We are grateful for Zevin, his dedication to supporting survivors, and all he does for the SLC community. Thank you, Zevin!

Being a advocate in our HRT team, Jenna has brought support to survivors in their time of need. Our staff and volunteers on this team provide resources to survivors when they go into a hospital in the Salt Lake valley. We are so thankful to have Jenna be part of this team and for sharing with us their passion!

Blake has been volunteering with the Rape Recovery Center in the crisis line since 2017! Blake is a great advocate that shows kindness and sense of humor is refreshing. It is a pleasure to work with Blake and we value their time and feedback!

Erin was been volunteering with our administrative department for almost a year and has brought a lot of support through reviewing our guidebooks and creating our volunteer newsletter that provides volunteering opportunities, self care tips, and fun events across the Salt Lake valley. Always open for challenges which arise through the administrative department. We are so happy to have Erin as a volunteer!

This month we are spotlighting our amazing Outreach Volunteer, Trace Lund! Trace has been with our center for almost two years, dedicating their time to our crisis line and our outreach/education team. You can find Trace tabling at events and educating the community about the RRC! You can also find Trace at our Open House as they are the main facilitator for our agency. We are so grateful for them and their amazing skill-set! 

The Rape Recovery Center celebrates a big milestone this week with the launch of our first ever Entrenamiento de Asesoria. This 40 hour advocacy training will certify new sexual assault counselors in the Spanish speaking community.

Three times a year the Rape Recovery Center hosts a volunteer training to prepare new advocates as they join our team. This past Saturday we had a dynamic group of individuals, pictured below, complete this training.

Each January, the Rape Recovery Center hosts our first volunteer training of the year. This year, we had a dynamic group of nearly 30 individuals complete this training. Over two weeks these folks spent 40 hours learning about crisis intervention, trauma-informed care, and the resources/systems survivors will interact with throughout their recovery. Now that they are certified Rape Crisis Counselors, we are thrilled to add these compassionate individuals to our volunteer ranks!

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, volunteers from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) of Utah spent nearly 10 hours reorganizing and cleaning the Rape Recovery Center offices. The Rape Recovery Center was thrilled to partner with HRC Utah for this inspiring project. These incredible individuals reflect the spirit of service that Dr. King lived his life by.