RAVE uses April to bring awareness to sexual assault
Ionia Sentinel-Standard IONIA — An organization that provides services to sexual assault survivors in Ionia and Montcalm counties is using April to raise awareness. Relief After Violent Encounter-Ionia/Montcalm, Inc. (RAVE), 850 E. Lincoln Ave. in Ionia, provides services to survivors of domestic and sexual violence. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). The goal of SAAM is to spread awareness of sexual violence in the community and nation and how it affects survivors, said Jennifer Butler, executive director of RAVE. Butler said having a month dedicated to raising aw...