Share Your Story

RAINN is the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization and operator of the National Sexual Assault Hotline. We work to expand prevention, ensure justice, and provide healing to create safer communities.

By sharing your personal experiences and insights with RAINN and allowing us to amplify what you’ve shared, you can help:

• Guide other survivors toward hope, help, healing, and happiness.
• Influence laws that ensure accountability and justice.
• Inspire others to show up, speak out, and step in to stop sexual violence.

We publish and promote survivors’ content in support of RAINN’s mission: To stop sexual violence by supporting survivors, holding perpetrators accountable, and creating safer communities.  

We accept content that helps RAINN support survivors, improve public policy, educate the public, drive institutional change, and raise funds to sustain our programs.

RAINN may use your content, in full or in part, in one or more of these publicly accessible spaces:

• RAINN’s website and app
• RAINN’s press releases and public statements
• RAINN’s social/digital media channels
• RAINN’s printed materials
• Emails sent by RAINN
• Other RAINN-owned and managed channels

KEEP IN MIND: Once your content has been published online, anyone may see it, save it, share it, or engage with it.

RAINN may use your content in full or in part, meaning we may use ALL of your submission, or we may feature a portion of what you shared. 

RAINN may, at its discretion, alter your content for accessibility, clarity, and/or safety by:

• Translating the content into another language.
• Redacting or removing language or information that may cause harm or create risk.
• Shortening your content if it’s longer than recommended.
• Correcting misspelled words, missing punctuation, or grammatical errors.

You have total control over what you share and how you are credited for your content. Here are some important considerations:

• Content shared publicly and online is accessible globally.
• You are responsible for reviewing your content before submitting it to RAINN.
• You are responsible for sharing only what you feel safe with others knowing.
• You have the right to withdraw your consent for RAINN to use your content. (See FAQ #7 for details.)
• RAINN staffers are mandatory reporters. If you are under 18 years old and you share your name, age, or location, RAINN may be legally required to file a report with local authorities.  

NOTE: RAINN is not responsible if you provide content that violates the law or infringes upon pre-existing agreements.

You will not receive compensation for content you submit to RAINN. Your participation in RAINN’s story-gathering work is entirely voluntary. RAINN is here for you 24/7/365, whether or not you ever choose to share or speak publicly about what happened to you.

Please help RAINN reduce the risk of harm by:

✅ Following the guidelines provided in each content submission form

✅ Sharing your personal ideas, insights, and experiences

✅ Protecting your privacy by withholding personally identifying details

RAINN may decline to feature any content submission that does not further RAINN’s mission or that includes any of the following:

🚫 Graphic descriptions of sexual violence

🚫 Real name(s) other than your own

🚫 Hate speech

🚫 Threats of violence

🚫 Doxing (sharing someone’s private contact information)

🚫 Cyberbullying

🚫 Obscenity or profanity

🚫 Misinformation or disinformation

🚫 Personal attacks

You may revise or withdraw your consent for RAINN to use your content by following these steps:

1. Email storyconsent@rainn.org.
2. Provide your legal name, describe the content, and (if possible) provide a link to the content you want removed. 
3. Describe your concerns and/or request.
4. Assist RAINN in verifying your identity as the content owner.
5. RAINN will cease using your content to create new media.
6. RAINN will collaborate with you to remove your identity and/or content from existing media wherever possible.