How Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center Leads During Sexual Assault Awareness Month
“This care does not happen by accident. It is built, trained, and sustained.”
April marked Sexual Assault Awareness Month, a time to publicly affirm what our community relies on every day: specialized, prepared care for survivors of sexual violence.
At Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center, survivor-centered response is not reactive. It is structured, trained, and ready. Our advocates remain prepared. Our prevention educators remain equipped. Our crisis response remains steady. Survivors deserve care that can be found when it is needed most.
Throughout April 2026, our community came together to move beyond awareness and into engaged support. Through participation, education, advocacy, and generosity, supporters helped sustain the infrastructure that keeps this care accessible and reliable.
If this care is purpose-built and steady, it requires steady support.
Community Volunteer Day
Friday, April 10, 2026 | 9:00 AM
Community Volunteer Day is a hands-on opportunity to support the infrastructure behind survivor-centered care. Volunteers assist with projects that strengthen DARCC’s programs and help keep specialized response prepared and ready.
Show up through service. Volunteer alongside DARCC staff and help sustain the systems survivors rely on.
Community Volunteer Days continue throughout the year. Learn how you can support the work behind survivor advocacy and prevention education.
9th Annual Community Breakfast
Friday, April 24, 2026 | 8:30 AM
The DARCC Community Breakfast brings together individuals who believe showing up matters.
This annual gathering highlights how specialized training, rapid response, prevention education, and survivor advocacy work together to create care that is prepared and reliable. When you attend, you help strengthen the systems survivors depend on.
Thank you to the community members, partners, and advocates who joined us for the 9th Annual Community Breakfast.
Dallas shines teal for survivors.
Monday, April 13 | Sunset
For one day in April, spaces across Dallas shine teal in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Turning Downtown Teal makes survivor support visible, reminding our community that prepared, trained care is here.
City of Dallas Proclamation
Monday, April 13, 2026 | 11:00 AM
Dallas City Hall, 1500 Marilla St, Dallas, TX 75201
Each year, the City of Dallas formally recognizes Sexual Assault Awareness Month through an official proclamation affirming our shared commitment to prevention, survivor support, and accountability. Each year, the City of Dallas recognizes Sexual Assault Awareness Month through an official proclamation affirming our shared commitment to prevention, survivor support, and accountability.
This public recognition reflects something important: sexual violence response requires infrastructure, education, and coordinated community effort. DARCC is proud to be part of the steady system survivors rely on.
Sexual Assault Awareness Seminar: Investigation, Prosecution, and Advocacy
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 | 10:00 AM
The Dallas Police Department, Dallas District Attorney’s Office, and Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center partnered to host a Sexual Assault Awareness Seminar focused on how sexual violence cases move through the criminal justice system.
Participants learned about initial patrol response, investigative procedures, prosecution processes, and survivor advocacy within the legal system.
Lunch and Learn
Wednesday, April 29, 2026 | 12:00 PM
As part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, DARCC hosted a special Lunch & Learn, What Survivors Want Us to Understand: Voices on Support, Systems, and Healing, featuring members of the Survivor Speakers Bureau and facilitated by DARCC’s Director of Education.
Education remains part of prevention. Join us at a future Lunch & Learn to continue conversations around support, systems, and healing.
Denim Day 2026
Wednesday, April 29, 2026 | All Day
Denim Day is a visible act of advocacy that challenges victim-blaming and harmful myths about sexual violence.
By wearing denim, you signal belief in survivors and a commitment to accountability. Awareness becomes action when communities choose to show up visibly and consistently.
Wear denim. Show support. Stand steady.
Thank you to everyone who wore denim in support of survivors and accountability.