**This is a non-governmental funding moment**
Today, June 5th, 2025, is the National Day of Action to demand protection and investment in federal funding for domestic violence and sexual assault services prevention. These critical services are a lifeline for victims, and right now they are at risk.
Watch the National Day of Action press conference
Domestic violence and sexual assault programs across the country are facing potential funding cuts as well as challenges accessing funding they have already been awarded. Federal funding is essential to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault and the programs that support them. These resources provide critical services that ensure safety, stability, and recovery for victims and their children. Any change or reduction to this funding would jeopardize these vital services, leaving survivors without the life-saving support they need to escape violence, recover, and heal.
On this National Day of Action, contact your members of Congress and urge them to protect existing victim services funding and to support increased funding for victim services across the country.
TAKE ACTION:
Who is your Member of Congress?
You can find your Senator here and your Representative here.
Call their office
To contact your Senators and Representative by phone, call the US Capitol Switchboard at (202)-224-3121 and ask to be connected to these offices, or find their phone numbers on their websites.
Email their staff directly
If possible, we recommend this method of contacting your Member’s office, as it allows you to build a relationship with the staffer who is working on our issues for the Member of Congress and share your concerns directly with them. See here for a staff contact list. We suggest emailing their women’s issues staff, their judiciary staff, their legislative directors, and their appropriations staff.
Email through their website
To contact your Senators and Representatives by email, go to their website and click on the ‘contact us’ link.
If you are seeking assistance in contacting your Congressional member, or developing a plan to take action, please reach out to MIWSAC’s Director of Policy & Advocacy, Ingrid Anderson, at [email protected].