Our Story
I grew up surrounded by strong, resilient women. But as I got older, I learned that every woman in my family carried unimaginable scars. My own mother had been raped on three separate times, once by two men. My older sisters had been raped and the tipping point was my baby sister. These were stories that had been buried deep, locked away, yet they shaped every part of who they were.
One day during college, I got the call that shattered me. My younger sister had been drugged, raped, and tossed from a car. She woke up in the hospital with barely any memory of what happened. I was three hours away, with no resources to help, no way to protect her, and I felt utterly defeated. In a blind rage, I drove to the city, desperate to find the man who hurt her. I searched for a gun for days, looking for a way to get even, and even throw my life away if I had to, but nothing turned up. I finally drove back to school crushed, feeling like I’d failed her, like I’d failed my family. I was supposed to be the one who protected them, the man who made sure they were safe, and I felt like I hadn’t lived up to that. On the ride home I said to myself over and over again, all rapists gotta die, all rapists gotta die. A movement, a brand, that would empower survivors, that would fight back unapologetically against the pain inflicted on so many. That’s where ARGD was born. A mission, a purpose, to stand up for survivors, to create a space where we don’t forgive, we don’t forget, and we fight for those who need it most.
Our Goal
In the beginning we would like to combat rape and help decrease the 2.9% annual rise of rape in the us. With over 652,676 women being raped in 2019 alone, we look to provide help to 6,000 survivors in our first year, just shy of 1% of the total, and within our following years with projected growth we will raise this number to 10% the next year and to 25% the following year leading to over 300,000+ survivors helped in total. With the overarching goal to expand our resources and help worldwide, plans of not just donating to charities but starting our own personal charity and services in the years to come to make an even bigger impact on sexual assault.
Our Mission
stand with and bring awareness to the approximate 600 women who are raped daily and the 70 women who commit suicide daily because of rape. With less then 20% of rapes being reported, we look to aid in helping the other 80% of women who may feel ashamed, embarrassed or scared to speak out showing them that their not alone. Overall to position ourselves directly in the middle of the fire, empowering women and men, survivors. To live freely and condemning rapists to the hell they belong in. |
