Now Available: 2025 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Color Palette and Theme Posters
Use these materials to raise awareness about victims’ rights, services, and resources.
Victim Rights
2025 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Resource Guide
The 2025 NCVRW artwork is now available online to help your organization plan its public awareness activities in advance of, and during, NCVRW: April 6–12, 2025.
2007 NCVRW Theme Video - Victim's Rights: Every Victim. Every Time
April 2007
In this video, victims of crime give accounts of their experiences with the criminal justice system. The video also discusses advances in crime victims' rights and reinforces the importance of including crime victims in the criminal justice process. Visit the NCVRW site for more information.
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2008 NCVRW Theme Video - Justice for Victims. Justice for All.
April 2008
In this video, victims of crime give accounts of their experiences and convey their message that victims have the right to be heard and the right to be treated with fairness. Visit the NCVRW site for more information.
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2010 NCVRW PSA—Be The One
April 2010
This public service announcement, developed as part of the 2010 National Crime Victims' Rights Week Resource Guide, urges you to ask, listen, believe, care, and be the one to take the first step toward getting help for a child who has been hurt by crime. Visit the NCVRW site for more information.
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2010 NCVRW Theme—Crime Victims' Rights: Fairness. Dignity. Respect
April 2010
This video reminds victims, service providers, allied professionals, and the public that, above all, crime victims deserve to be treated with fairness, dignity, and respect. Visit the NCVRW site for more information.
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2011 NCVRW Theme Video—Reshaping the Future, Honoring the Past
April 2011
This video pays tribute to the millions of crime victims and honors the victim service community. Attention is drawn to the future of crime victim services and the changing face of crime. Visit the NCVRW site for more information.
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2012 NCVRW Theme Video—Extending the Vision: Reaching Every Victim
April 2012
This video is a call to action to revisit, revive, and expand the vision of the crime victims' movement to reach all victims, including victims of new crime types resulting from changes in technology, globalization, and demographics in our society. Visit the NCVRW site for more information.
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2009 NCVRW Theme Video - 25 Years of Rebuilding Lives: Celebrating the Victims of Crime Act
April 2009
This video serves as a tribute to crime victims and the advocates and public servants who work with them, and discusses the advances made in crime victims' rights and services since the passage of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984.
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Remarks as Prepared for Delivery From OVC Director Kristina Rose: NOVA’s 50th Annual Training Event
Director Rose speaks about the future of victim advocacy and recognized the inaugural cohort of the first-ever Victim Advocacy Corps.
Message From the Director: OVC Funding Opportunities
Director Rose talks about two solicitations OVC is offering in 2024.
OVC FY24 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Community Awareness Projects (2025–2027)
Closing Date
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The goals of this project are to increase public awareness of crime victims’ rights and services nationwide during the 2025–2027 National Crime Victims’ Rights Weeks and strengthen the capacity of victim assistance agencies to develop a broad, collaborative approach to community awareness that highlights services for all types of crime victims.
Remarks From OVC Director Kristina Rose: 2024 NCVRW Candlelight Vigil
Director Rose honors victims, survivors, and those who have made it their your life’s work to improve access, options, and rights for crime victims.
'Transformación' Art Exhibition: Raising Awareness of Victims' Rights and Sexual Assault
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Central
Location
CLUES Art Gallery
St. Paul, MN
Event Type
Ceremonies
'Tranformación' Art Exhibition Opening Reception: Raising Awareness of Victims' Rights and Sexual Assault
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Central
Location
CLUES Art Gallery
St. Paul, MN
Event Type
Ceremonies
Victims Assistance Services Crime Victims Rights Annual Art Show
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Eastern
Location
PACE University - Kessel Multipurpose Room
Pleasantville, NY
Event Type
Ceremonies
Commemorating Victims of Crime
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Location
George P. Evans Reception Center
Selma, AL
Event Type
Ceremonies
Registration Status
Closed
Message From the Director: National Crime Victims’ Rights Week 2024
Director Rose calls upon us all to create safe environments for crime victims to share what happened to them.
Yuba County Victim Services 33rd Annual Candlelight Vigil
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Pacific
Location
Yuba County Government Center
Marysville , CA
Event Type
Ceremonies
Resource Fair for Crime Victims' Rights Week
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Central
Location
Alton Recreation Center
Alton, TX
Event Type
Ceremonies
Survivors Rock! Resource Fair
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Eastern
Location
University of Florida, J.W. Reitz Union North Lawn Entrance/Patio
Gainesville, FL
Event Type
Ceremonies