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NCVRW will be commemorated April 21-27, 2024. These materials were designed to help inspire your community and raise awareness of victims’ rights. Use the artwork and sample proclamation to help your organization promote NCVRW and this year’s NCVRW theme— How would you help? Options, services, and hope for crime survivors.
Please visit OVC NCVRW Artwork for the theme artwork – available in both JPG and PDF formats – along with artwork for various outreach resources such as posters, bookmarks, and buttons (among other resources).
OVC’s Vision 21, Transforming Victim Services provides an important framework for victim justice and the future of our field. http://ovc.ncjrs.gov/vision21/
Obtain tips on strategic planning and how to create a “vision statement” and “shared values” that define core tenets that provide “options, services, and hope for crime survivors and those who serve them”; Section 3 – “Create” at: https://www.ovcttac.gov/views/resources/dspStrategicPlan.cfm
Learn about victims’ rights laws in your state and nationwide: https://www.victimlaw.org/
Visit the OVC Oral History Project for transcripts of testimonials from our field’s pioneers about effective strategies used for nearly 40 years that relate to this year’s theme http://vroh.uakron.edu/index.php.
When utilizing victims/survivors as speakers organizations should have them complete an informed consent. A sample informed consent form is available HERE.