![Colored in flowers and butterflies hang on a wall at the offices of Safe Passage. In sexual assault, the butterfly is a symbol for change and how a persons story never ends. (Joseph Howerton | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Butterfly-1200x675.png)
Offering Safe Passage to Those in Need
By Joseph Howerton and Ria Pathak
| May 1, 2024
![People gather at the start line for Walk A Mile in the Convocation Center. Saturday Safe Passage hosted their annual Walk A Mile event. (Kahlil Kambui | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_6202.jpeg)
A mile walked in honor of sexual assault survivors
By Kahlil Kambui, Senior News Reporter
| April 22, 2024
![The entrance of the NIU Convocation Center, 1525 W. Lincoln Highway sits empty. At 11 a.m. on Saturday, Safe Passage will host their annual Walk a Mile event for Sexual Assault Awareness month. (Northern Star file photo)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_5958-1200x900.jpeg)
Walk A Mile to happen Saturday
By Kahlil Kambui, Senior News Reporter
| April 19, 2024
![U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood talks to a crowd in downtown DeKalb about why voting matters in contemporary elections in November, 2022. Underwood recently proposed $2.5 million in funding for Safe Passage to build a new shelter. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Underwood-podium-1-900x600.jpeg)
Proposed $2.5 million for Safe Passage would bring new shelter
By Joseph Howerton, Video Editor
| April 30, 2023
![Protesters demonstrating views against Sexual Violence in front of Van Orthopedic, during Take Back the Night Monday night. ( Kaitlyn Lee-Gordon | Northern Star )](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/safe-passage-675x900.jpg)
Safe Passage hosts annual Take Back The Night
By Kaitlyn Lee-Gordon, News Reporter
| April 18, 2023
![April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Safe Passage has two upcoming events this month to uplift survivors and to fundraise for their own organization. | (Getty Images)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/GettyImages-872284042-900x600.jpg)
Safe Passage stands by survivors in upcoming events
By Joseph Howerton, Video Editor
| April 14, 2023
![A poster for the upcoming Holiday Donation Drive hosted by NIU women’s basketball in partnership with the Safe Passage Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Crisis Center of DeKalb. (Courtesy NIU Athletics)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/A2BDDBE9-A64E-4A6D-9211-A5636C13DC8E-675x900.jpeg)
Women’s basketball to host donation drive
By Northern Star Sports Staff
| December 16, 2022
![Illinois Judge Robert Adrian threw away Drew Clintons conviction of sexual assault. He said that five months was enough punishment for the teenager.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/GettyImages-157644558-900x600.jpg)
Drew Clinton’s overturn is a loss for sexual abuse survivors
By Summer Fitzgerald
| January 19, 2022
![Downtown DeKalb features several restaurants and shops for residents to explore.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2fc193ae0013ec316be2087bb3599018-900x455.png)
City plans hotel construction
By Jessie Kern
| July 16, 2018
High heels show support
By Cris Rojo
| April 12, 2018
![Members of Alpha Sigma Omega Latina Sorority Incorporated pose for a photo during the gift collection for their Angel Tree event in December 2016.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/34912f5410513283230365e81669b08d-506x900.jpg)
Sorority to donate to local children in need
By Sara Rasmussen
| December 4, 2017
Community targets domestic violence | NIU and DeKalb join to raise awareness
By Jessie Kern
| October 12, 2017
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