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 is 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 (DARCC), survivor-centered response is not reactive. It is structured, trained, and ready. Our advocates are prepared. Our prevention educators are equipped. Our crisis response is steady. Survivors deserve care that can be found when it’s needed most.
Throughout April 2026, we invite our community to move beyond awareness and into engaged support. When you show up, learn, give, and participate, you help sustain the infrastructure that keeps this care accessible and reliable.
If this care is purpose-built and steady, it requires steady support.
City of Dallas Proclamation
Monday, April 13, 2026 | 11:00 AM
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.
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.
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.
Dallas shines teal for survivors.
Date and time to be determined
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.
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.
Lunch and Learn
Wednesday, April 29, 2026 | 12:00 PM
As part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center invites you to 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.
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.
Sustain care that stays. Prepared care requires prepared support.
Your gift during Sexual Assault Awareness Month helps keep specialized response ready, sustain trained advocates and prevention educators, and ensure survivors can find steady, reliable care when they need it most.
Become a monthly Believer or give during SAAM to help keep this care prepared for every survivor.
Sexual Assault Awareness Seminar: Investigation, Prosecution, and Advocacy
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 | 10:00 AM
The Dallas Police Department and the Dallas District Attorney’s Office are partnering with the Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center to host a Sexual Abuse Awareness Seminar focused on how sexual violence cases move through the criminal justice system.
Participants will learn about the initial response by patrol officers, the role of detectives and assistant district attorneys, and the legal distinctions that shape how cases are investigated and prosecuted.
Click here to reserve your seat.