Rise (non-governmental organization)

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Rise, Inc. is an American non-governmental civil rights organization working with multiple state legislatures and the U.S. Congress to implement a sexual assault survivors' bill of rights. Its founder and president is Amanda Nguyen. [1]

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In October 2016, the Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights Act was enacted in the United States. [2]

History

In November 2014, [3] Nguyen founded Rise, a nonprofit organisation which is aimed to protect the civil rights of sexual assault and rape survivors. [4] [5] [6] In 2013, she had been raped while attending college in Massachusetts. [7] [5] [8] Nguyen headed the organisation in her spare time [9] [3] until September 2016. [10] Everyone who works with Rise is a volunteer, [11] and the organisation has raised money through GoFundMe. [7] Nguyen explained that the organisation was named Rise to "remind us that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can rise up and change the world." [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Diana Pearl. "How a 24-Year-Old Rape Survivor Is Pushing Congress to Change the Way the U.S. Handles Sexual Assault". People Magazine. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  2. ↑ "H.R.5578 - Survivors' Bill of Rights Act of 2016". Congress.gov. October 7, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Do We Need a Bill of Rights for Sexual-Assault Survivors?". TakePart. February 28, 2016. Archived from the original on April 26, 2018. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Amanda Nguyen". Forbes . Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  5. 1 2 "'30 Under 30' Honoree Amanda Nguyen Is Fighting for Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights". NBC News. February 2, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Navigating the broken system was worse than the rape itself". The New York Times . February 4, 2016. Archived from the original on June 27, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  7. 1 2 "How a 24-Year-Old Rape Survivor Is Pushing Congress to Change the Way the U.S. Handles Sexual Assault". People . August 30, 2016. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  8. ↑ "The woman behind the sexual-assault survivor 'bill of rights'". PBS. October 28, 2016. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Meet the 24-year-old who could change how the US handles sexual assaults". The Guardian . February 23, 2016. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Sexual Assault Bill Author Encourages Youth Activism". The Harvard Crimson . October 25, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Rape survivors have fewer rights than you'd think. Amanda Nguyen is trying to change that". The Boston Globe . April 7, 2016. Retrieved June 22, 2017.


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