Following are remarks from Hopeful Horizons' CEO Kristin Dubrowski for Take Back the Night, held on April 22, 2021. Thank you all so much for being here tonight on zoom – hopefully next year we will be able to be together in person. Over the past 22 years working in victim services I have seen a lot of positive changes in our community: We are talking about rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment more openly thanks in part to movements like Me Too and Time’s Up - and we’re

Two major awareness months will be honored in April by Hopeful Horizons, the area’s child advocacy, domestic violence and rape crisis center. Held annually in April, Child Abuse Prevention (CAP) Month is the nationally-designated month to acknowledge the importance of communities working together to prevent child abuse and neglect. April gives Hopeful Horizons and others the opportunity to focus on all the strategies used to protect children, strengthen families and raise awa