The simple act of walking alone can be terrifying--many have become violence or sexual assault victims in this way.
This resource calls 911 and contacts your 3 closest contacts if you need it. When walking alone, women--or people of any gender!--can hold down this button, and if they let go without cancelling, it insures that they will receive help in the worst case scenario.
Meet the Creators! ・‥…━━━━━━━☆☆━━━━━━━…‥・
‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ Meghan Lu 12th grade, from St. Charles North High School
‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ Estrella Popoca 11th grade, from Proviso Mathematics and Science Academy
‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ Paige Maki 11th grade, from St. Charles North High School
‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ Erin Rothenbaum 10th grade, from Burlington Central High School
‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ Sarai Sansone 11th grade, from Naperville High School
Every 73 seconds, an American is sexually assaulted.
"1 out of every 6 American women have been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime. (14.8% completed, 2.8% incompleted.) As of 1998, an estimated 17.7 million American women had been victims of attempted or completed rape. 82% of all juvenile victims are female. 90% of adult rape victims are female. Women ages 18-24 who are college students are 3 times more likely than women in general to experience sexual violence. Females of the same age who are not enrolled in college are 4 times more likely. Females ages 16-19 are 4 times more likely than the general population to be victims of rape, attempted rape, or sexual assault."
"Millions of men in the United States have been victims of rape. As of 1998, 2.78 million men in the U.S. had been victims of attempted or completed rape. About 3% of American men—or 1 in 33—have experienced an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime. 1 out of every 10 rape victims are male. "
The 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey found that 47% of transgender people are sexually assaulted at some point in their lifetime.
.png?v=1580588747879)