SEXUAL ASSAULT HELP CENTER

Trigger Warning: Violence and sexual assault

I came across a sexual assault and murder case in Baltimore that took place in the summer of 2015. According to an article on CBS Baltimore, “Police say 16-year-old Arnesha Bowers went through hell at the hands of two Bloods gang members who met her at a party and then targeted and terrorized her, robbing her grandmother’s home, dragging her into the basement, sexually assaulting her, suffocating her with electrical cord and setting her on fire.”

Arnesha’s story inspired me to create this entire project of the fictional Sexual Assault Help Center of Baltimore as my BFA project. It was my goal with this project to create materials that make anyone who has experienced sexual assault know that they are survivors, not victims. Other components include a poster series to spread awareness about sexual assault and an app design disguised as a password protected social network to ensure user safety and privacy.