The Victims Resource Center began in 1974 as a grassroots organization called the Luzerne County Women Organized Against Rape. The organization was formed as a response to the nationwide rape crisis movement to serve as a support and resource center for women who were victims of crime, particularly rape. The organization provided many of the services still offered nearly 30 years later, including a 24-hour hotline, accompaniment to police interviews, hospital emergency room and court proceedings, a referral service for medical and additional counseling services, and educational presentations and written materials for professionals and the general public.
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We place a high value on individuality, equality and the right of each person to be treated with dignity. We believe that everyone has a right to live free from oppression and violence.
We believe that everyone has the right and responsibility to make decisions regarding his/her own life, and we support a healthy environment that nurtures that ability in each person.
We believe in a society that cares for people in ways that encourages them to be productive and caring toward others, free from interference by those wishing to coerce a particular lifestyle, and free from the fear that they are in danger of having their lives violated by others.
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Our purpose involves advocacy, education and services to help victims. Click here for our complete purpose
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