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American organization

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.

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

History

In November 2014, Nguyen founded Rise, a nonprofit organisation which is aimed to protect the civil rights of sexual assault and rape survivors. In 2013, she had been raped while attending college in Massachusetts. Nguyen headed the organisation in her spare time until September 2016. Everyone who works with Rise is a volunteer, and the organisation has raised money through GoFundMe. 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."

See also

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 9 October 2016.
  2. "H.R.5578 - Survivors' Bill of Rights Act of 2016". Congress.gov. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  3. ^ "Do We Need a Bill of Rights for Sexual-Assault Survivors?". TakePart. 28 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2018-04-26. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  4. "Amanda Nguyen". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  5. ^ "'30 Under 30' Honoree Amanda Nguyen Is Fighting for Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights". NBC News. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  6. ^ "Navigating the broken system was worse than the rape itself". The New York Times. 4 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-06-27. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  7. ^ "How a 24-Year-Old Rape Survivor Is Pushing Congress to Change the Way the U.S. Handles Sexual Assault". People. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  8. "The woman behind the sexual-assault survivor 'bill of rights'". PBS. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  9. "Meet the 24-year-old who could change how the US handles sexual assaults". The Guardian. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  10. "Sexual Assault Bill Author Encourages Youth Activism". The Harvard Crimson. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  11. "Rape survivors have fewer rights than you'd think. Amanda Nguyen is trying to change that". The Boston Globe. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 2017-06-22.

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