PAVSA

01/11/2026

PAVSA is reintroducing our weekly Writing Circle, now as an open group (no registration needed) 📖🖋

✨Tuesdays from 3-4pm
✨Free and Confidential
✨Supplies provided
✨No writing experience needed
✨18+ are welcome

32 E 1st Street Duluth, MN 55802
Questions? Contact the PAVSA office at 218-726-1442

01/08/2026

January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month.
Disclosure doesn’t always happen the first time - or even the second.
One of PAVSA’s Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners, Alaine Ripely, shares a powerful truth that may surprise you - and it changes how we show up for survivors.

Get involved: https://linktr.ee/duluthmntraffickingawareness

01/06/2026

January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month.
PAVSA’s Safe Harbor Regional Navigator, Mel Alvar, is kicking off this month with some insights into trafficking - one thing is clear: prevention starts with community.

Get involved: https://linktr.ee/duluthmntraffickingawareness

12/30/2025

50 years of supporting survivors, educating the community, and advocating for change.

As we close out 2025, we’re reflecting on five decades of providing free and confidential services to survivors. This timeline honors where we started, how we’ve grown, and just some of the many ways we’ve expanded support over the years.

Thank you to everyone who has been a part of this journey - past, present, and future.
💙 PAVSA

12/24/2025

Reach a sexual violence advocate on our
24-hour helpline: 218-726-1931

Everyone deserves the option to get help and find healing. PAVSA provides compassionate and supportive services in a safe space to start that journey.

PAVSA offers free and confidential support and services to survivors and their loved ones ages 13 and up.

12/22/2025

The PAVSA office will be closed the following days:
Wednesday, 12/24
Thursday, 12/25
Thursday, 1/1

Advocates are available 24/7 on our helpline: 218-726-1931

12/22/2025

12/18/2025

Each year, we recognize three allies who go the extra mile for survivors in our community. ✨
Nearly two months after our 45th annual Autumn Event, we still want to congratulate this year’s award winners. PAVSA could not serve survivors without the strong partnerships throughout our community.
This year, we recognize:
Investigator Paige Grenier - Robert Carter Law Enforcement Award
Nathan Kesti - Community Ally Award
Stormy Pierce - Community Ally Award

Photos by the talented Laura Jean Media Services

12/15/2025

The PAVSA office will be closed at noon on Tuesday, December 16th.
We will be open again on Wednesday, December 17th.
Advocates are available 24/7 on our helpline: 218-726-1931

12/12/2025

Huge thank-you to Citon Computer Corp for hosting PAVSA at their annual Tech the Halls event ✨💙
We're so grateful for those who showed up with socks, snacks, and other essentials for the folks we support! 🧦

12/09/2025

2025 marks 50 years of PAVSA and we invite you to wear your support!

We have two designs available:
✨The jersey-style “PAVSA Supporter” design features our brand-new logo and signifies your support for PAVSA and our services.
✨The throw-back Take Back the Night design honors the first Take Back the Night rallies, where over 2,000 community members marched in solidarity in 1982.

Partnering with Duluth Screen Printing, PAVSA receives 20% of the proceeds from this anniversary merch store. 🧡
https://dspondemand.com/collections/pavsa-anniversary

12/08/2025

We’re happy to announce a new partnership with PAVSA and Fond du Lac Advocacy Services.

If you have been sexually assaulted, a specially trained nurse (also known as a sexual assault nurse examiner or SANE) and advocate are here for you at the CMH Emergency Room. These compassionate professionals are available 24/7 to provide:

🩺Medical care
💊Medications
🔎Evidence Collection
📋Reporting Options
🧡Support

We believe you and we believe in you.