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Dallas proclaims April 2025 Sexual Assault Awareness Month; advocates press for services and faster evidence testing
Summary
Dallas City Council and community partners marked April 2025 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Leaders reiterated survivor resources, a 24-hour crisis hotline and a police plan to reduce hospital wait times; officials said a backlog of evidence kits is being processed and expected to clear by Oct. 1.
Council Member Gaye Janelle Willis read a proclamation declaring April 2025 Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Dallas on behalf of the mayor and city council, and organizers used the event to underscore services for survivors and steps to shorten delays in police response and forensic testing.
The proclamation, read by Willis, cited national observance and prevalence estimates, saying '2 in 5 women and 1 in 5 men in Texas' have experienced sexual assault. The city-level numbers read aloud in the proclamation were garbled in the transcript and are not reported here as exact totals. Willis opened the event by thanking advocates and city staff for organizing the annual observance.
Amy Jones, chief executive officer of the Dallas Area Crisis…
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