Rise (non-governmental organization)

Rise, Inc. is an American non-governmental civil rights organization working with multiple state legislatures and the U.S. Congress to implement a sexual assault survivors' bill of rights.

[1] In October 2016, the Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights Act was enacted in the United States.

[2] In November 2014,[3] Nguyen founded Rise, a nonprofit organisation which is aimed to protect the civil rights of sexual assault and rape survivors.

[7][5][8] Nguyen headed the organisation in her spare time[9][3] until September 2016.

[10] Everyone who works with Rise is a volunteer,[11] and the organisation has raised money through GoFundMe.