{"id":1839,"date":"2021-04-19T19:24:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T19:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.madd.org\/connecticut\/?p=1839"},"modified":"2022-05-27T10:31:08","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T10:31:08","slug":"2021-national-crime-victims-rights-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/connecticut\/2021-national-crime-victims-rights-week\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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For victims of crime, there may never be \u2018getting back to normal\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By: MADD National President Alex Otte<\/p>\n\n\n\n\"\"\n\n\n\n

Millions of Americans are affected by crime every year, their lives forever altered by a specific moment in time, and for most, things will never be the same again. I don\u2019t believe that there is any \u201cgetting back to normal\u201d after such an experience, what\u2019s normal is all new. There is a lot of discussion about whether things get better with time. I\u2019m not sure that that\u2019s true, I think things just get different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It can be a long and difficult road to healing and justice after being a victim of crime, but survivors don\u2019t have to walk that journey alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even during a global pandemic over the last year, victim services agencies\u2014organizations like ours and dedicated professionals across the country\u2014quickly mobilized and adapted to ensure that services for survivors of crime continued and that they could still participate in the justice system in meaningful ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Crime Victims\u2019 Rights Week, April 18 \u2013 24, is an opportunity for us as an organization, and as a nation, to honor those who have come before us and paved a way for victims and survivors to have a voice, an opportunity to raise awareness for victims\u2019 rights, and to remember victims and the professionals that serve them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s theme \u201cSupport Survivors. Build Trust. Engage Communities\u201d is especially meaningful. It emphasizes the contributions that we all<\/em> can make toward building trust in our community\u2019s capacity to support the healing journeys of crime victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are eternally grateful to the survivors who bravely and courageously use their voice for the voiceless, for those who continue to revisit their worst days, in hopes that others won\u2019t have to experience what we have experienced. As a victim of drunk driving, I know that I will continue to share my story until it doesn\u2019t happen to any more little girls, and no other families have to endure such trauma. I believe that if I don\u2019t keep talking about it, it\u2019s going to keep happening. Our greatest power is in our stories, and in the community we create through the \u201cclub\u201d none of us ever wanted to be a part of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\"\"\n\n\n\n

Coincidentally, National Volunteer Week falls on the same dates this year. For many of us, this feels fitting. Many of us, perhaps most, came to MADD because we didn\u2019t have a choice. We are here because someone else made the wrong choice to consume alcohol and\/or drugs and get behind the wheel of a car (or boat, in my case). If that\u2019s true for you, I want to thank you. Thank you for your courage to share your story, and for turning your passion to true purpose and helping us end it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those of you who are here before you have a reason, I hope you never do. If you have not been personally impacted by drunk or drugged driving, but still choose to fight for us and with us: thank you. You remind us that the rest of the world still cares. For that, I will be forever grateful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To all the victims and to all the volunteers, please take this week to reflect on the incredible contributions you\u2019ve made, as we renew our commitment to fight in honor of those who are no longer with us, and in support of those who are learning to live again.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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