STAR Files Lawsuit Against St. Tammany Parish Coroner

BATON ROUGE, LA (March 28, 2024): SEXUAL TRAUMA AWARENESS AND RESPONSE® (STAR®) Center and the coroners of Livingston, Tangipahoa, and St. Helena Parishes filed a lawsuit today in the 22nd Judicial District Court for the Parish of St. Tammany against Dr. Christopher...

STAR Condemns Decision to Shut Down Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program in St. Tammany Parish

BATON ROUGE, LA (March 21, 2024): SEXUAL TRAUMA AWARENESS AND RESPONSE® (STAR®), a leading nonprofit dedicated to supporting survivors of sexual trauma, improving systems response, and creating social change to end sexual violence, strongly condemns the decision made...

STAR Presents: All the STARs are Blooming

We are excited to announce “All the STARs are Blooming,” a drag show dinner performance and fundraising event on April 13, 2024, at the River Center Branch Library in downtown Baton Rouge from 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm. This event aims to raise funds for our ongoing...

STAR Receives $900,000 Continuation Grant to Provide Legal Representation to Sexual Assault Survivors

BATON ROUGE, LA (September 19, 2023): SEXUAL TRAUMA AWARENESS AND RESPONSE® (STAR®) a leading nonprofit dedicated to supporting survivors of sexual trauma, improving systems response, and creating social change to end sexual violence, is delighted to announce that it...

STAR Announces 2023 Honorees for Champions of Change

SEXUAL TRAUMA AWARENESS AND RESPONSE (STAR), a leading nonprofit dedicated to supporting survivors of sexual trauma, improving systems response, and creating social change to end sexual violence, proudly announces the honorees for its annual Champions of Change...

Announcing STAR’s New President & CEO – A Message from Micah Fincher, Board Chair

{Play} Dear Supporters, For the past ten years, Racheal Hebert has been STAR’s transformational leader. What began as the Baton Rouge Rape Crisis Center with a single office, 3 staff, and a meager budget, became STAR when Racheal founded it in 2012. And since then,...