About Me

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Rape is Never Justified™ is a movement to try and help, both, victims and survivors of sexual abuse and rape to find their voice and speak out. I think the most unique thing about RNJ is that, as a staff, we don't encourage you to report your act of violence, we don't encourage you to talk with anyone-professionals included, and we don't encourage you to turn to a Higher Power/religion to become a survivor. We only encourage you to fight when you're ready and willing- and we want to be here along the way.
Ali - (KS) ; Founder
IM: RNJTheHotline
Y!IM: liveforRNJ
MSN: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]
Mobile: Given upon request.
Kassi ; Vice President, Financial Staff
IM: perfectidealism
E-mail: [email protected]
Mobile: Given upon request.
Emily ; Graphic Designer, Event Planner
E-mail: [email protected]
Andy ; Merchandise Manager
IM: AndyRNJmerch
E-mail: [email protected]

To submit your story, please send me a message. If you wish to remain anonymous, please specify when submitting your story.
Stories Submitted In:
November 2007
December 2007
February 2008

Survey Results

For those of you who took part in our latest survey, here's the results.
Over 80% of RNJ™ supporters have been sexually assaulted or raped, and of that, 73% have been assaulted or raped multiple times.
Only 25% felt as though they received equal treatment from the questioning officers or detectives involved with the case (given that only about half reported their assault).
About 45% sought support from an emergency service of some kind (whether it be a college campus center, a rape crisis center, hospital, etc.).
Over half of us have been supported by friends or family members surrounding the time of the event.
Only 14% of you reported a friends' rape or abuse to the local authorities even though nearly half of you knew of someone who has been assaulted within the past year.
62% of you have kept your rape or assault from either family or authoritative figures.
77% were assaulted by a friend or acquaintance while 42% were assaulted by a family member.

My Interests

Recent articles either found online or in newspapers can be found at the below links:

May 13th: "John-Doe Rape Kits"

I'd like to meet:

OUR Supporters:
- Underground Printing

Bad Blood Radio

Movies:

Hard Candy
The Quiet
Thirteen
Acts of Worship
Manic
The Unsaid
Speak

Books:

Such A Pretty Girl - Laura Weiss - A young girl's father gets released from prison 3 years earlier than expected after making progress from his previous sexual crimes. This tells the story of how the young girl deals with her fathers return.
The Rules of Survival - Nancy Werlin - Talks about the life of a family of three (children) who have an abusive mother [physically, emotionally, mentally] and what they do to get help.
It's Kind of a Funny Story - Ned Vizzini - Discusses the adventure a young gentleman faces on his path of depression and suicide.
Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson - Discusses the experience a high school girl encounters after she is raped at a summer party.
Cut - Patricia McCormick - Discusses the experience a young girl has while she stays in a hospital to help those who battle with depression.
Perfect: A Novel - Natasha Friend - Discusses the experiences of a girl who grows addicted to laxitives and her eating disorder.
Lucky: A memoir - Alice Sebold - This is the memoir of Alice Sebold's rape and the way in which she felt and dealt with her rape. This also follows the trial. I caution you, this is a VERY detailed book and may cause some troubling times while reading.

Heroes:

Kassi (Vice President) has been a HUGE addition to the progress of RNJ™. She's given us so much and I couldn't imagine not having her on this staff.

Becky (Former Representative) has been a HUGE supporter of RNJ for so long and has done a great job in being a representative. However, to pursue her dream of going into the medical field, she's now attending school full-time and working full-time and has taken a permanent leave of absence. Best wishes to her!

Austin, South Carolina(above)

Cathy, West Virginia(above)

My Blog

Study: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

I was contacted by a student from the University of Nottingham who is studying as a post graduate for a MSC in Health Psychology. She is studying the affects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) a...
Posted by Rape is Never Justified™ on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:33:00 PST

May Stories

To submit your story, please send me a message or send an email to [email protected] - Thanks for your support!I was sexually abused when I was nine years old. I suddenly became a loner and...
Posted by Rape is Never Justified™ on Fri, 16 May 2008 09:36:00 PST

Now Accepting PayPal!

All right. We finally got the pay-pal "thing" underway. So, don't forget to place your orders (and pre-orders) for t-shirts and bumper stickers. Shirts are $10.00 (no shipping and handling) and bumper...
Posted by Rape is Never Justified™ on Wed, 07 May 2008 02:40:00 PST

Pre-Order Your "Shed Your Light" Shirt NOW!

To pre-order this shirt, please go to www.shopit.com/rnjstore: Size: YL, S, M, L, XL, XL+Payment Options: Cash, Check, Money OrderThanks! Please send your payments to: PO Box 2985Olathe, KS66063...
Posted by Rape is Never Justified™ on Sun, 04 May 2008 08:32:00 PST

RNJ in Independently Owned Businesses? OPEN!

We have just recently hired Emily as a promotional manager. She will be in charge of getting the word out about RNJ™ on a more open level. We need your guys' help to find small business or indep...
Posted by Rape is Never Justified™ on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:52:00 PST

Happy Birthday RNJ!

That’s right. As many of you already know, today is RNJ’s official one year birthday. It’s hard to believe what we’ve accomplished in a year. For those of you that have been wi...
Posted by Rape is Never Justified™ on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:41:00 PST

Road To Recovery (Suggestion)

Ali, here. Many of you have been looking for ways to a road to recovery. Whether it be with your own person battle (ie: eating disorders, self-harm, some form of abuse, etc.) or whether it is just som...
Posted by Rape is Never Justified™ on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:25:00 PST

Important Information:

Today I was contacted by a long-time supporter of RNJ™. She informed me that she had seen a link that was connected to my personal e-mail address. Now, as usual, I’m unaware of how this in...
Posted by Rape is Never Justified™ on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 08:47:00 PST

RNJ, a year old (April 9th!)

That’s right! For those of you who can remember, RNJ will be an organization for a year on April 9th. First of all, I couldn’t thank you all enough for everything you’ve been giving ...
Posted by Rape is Never Justified™ on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:40:00 PST

February Newsletter!

As most of you know, it's been a VERY hectic month. Between staff changes and benefit concerts, we've been up to our necks looking at the business aspect of things. We were shooting for a bit more sup...
Posted by Rape is Never Justified™ on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 06:24:00 PST