Full Media Archive

Publication	Title
	No Longer Ignored, Evidence Solves Rape Cases Years Later August 2, 2014 • The New York Times By Erik Eckholm Like hundreds of thousands of other rape kits across the country containing evidence gathered from victims, that of Ms. Ybos lay untested for years on a storeroom shelf. read more
	Memphis Police official says rape kit backlog is shrinking July 15, 2014 • The Commercial Appeal By Daniel Connolly As of June, 1,185 previously untested kits have been tested. An additional 2,495 kits remained at forensic labs, and 5,553 remained untested. read more
	Star-Studded PSAs Say No More To Domestic Violence July 10, 2014 • Look to the Stars By Look to the Stars Viacom Velocity Creative has partnered with Mariska Hargitay, founder of the Joyful Heart Foundation, to create a star-studded NO MORE PSA Campaign. read more
	VH1's Nick Lachey Joins NO MORE To End Domestic Violence And Sexual Assault June 30, 2014 • VH1 By Christopher Rosa VH1 is sick of the silence, excuses, stigma and victim-blaming that comes with domestic violence and sexual assault cases. That’s why we are joining forces with NO MORE, a campaign dedicated to ending domestic violence and sexual assault for good. read more
	Senate Delay Threatens Funding for Thousands of Untested Rape June 23, 2014 • Autostraddle By Kaitlyn It’s a problem of unknown magnitude — recent estimates place the numbersomewhere around 100,000 — but the consequences of the nationwide rape kit testing backlog are clear and appalling. read more
	Mariska Hargitay on Her Most Challenging ‘L&O: SVU’ Season Yet: Even a Bad-Ass Can Be a Victim June 19, 2014 • The Wrap By Sharon Waxman Hargitay talks with The Wrap about motherhood, growing up in Hollywood and how Det. Benson has turned her into an avenging angel off-screen. read more
	Exclusive: USA to Air SVU Marathon Featuring New Video From Chris Meloni June 19, 2014 • TV Guide By Kate Stanhope USA will air a second Law & Order: SVU "No More Excuses" marathon this month, this time with the help of former star Christopher Meloni, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. Throughout the marathon, viewers will be encouraged to seek out additional information online, or to call national help hotlines to speak with counselors and advocates. read more
	Congress poised to approve $41 million to help clear backlog of untested rape kits June 16, 2014 • The Washington Post By Spencer S. Hsu Congress is poised to approve $41 million sought by the Obama administration to examine untested DNA evidence collected from rape victims and held by state and local police across the country. read more
	Congress Moves Forward on Rape-Kit Funding June 5, 2014 • Ms. Magazine By James Hildebrand The U.S. Senate subcommittee on commerce, justice, science and related agencies showed its support this week for combating the backlog of untested rape kits by including $41 million in its 2015 fiscal year spending bill as part of a community-based sexual assault response reform initiative. read more
	Making A Joyful Heart With Mariska Hargitay, Debra Messing, “Girls” star Jemima Kirke, Ice-T and Coco, James Lipton and More June 4, 2014 • Arthur Kade By Arthur Kade #InTheLab with Arthur Kade was on the red carpet of the 10th Anniversary of Mariska Hargitay’s Joyful Revolution Gala. read more
	Mariska Hargitay Gets Support from Celeb Pals for Joyful Heart! May 30, 2014 • http://www.justjared.com/2014/05/30/mariska-hargitay-gets-support-from-celeb-pals-for-joyful-heart/ By Just Jared Mariska Hargitay poses with her pal Debra Messing on the red carpet at the Joyful Heart Foundation’s Joyful Revolution Gala on Thursday evening (May 29) at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. read more
	Viacom and Joyful Heart Foundation Partner For ‘No More’ Domestic Violence PSAs May 29, 2014 • The Variety By Laura Prudom Viacom has partnered with Mariska Hargitay’s Joyful Heart Foundation for a new series of PSAs aimed to raise awareness for the NO MORE movement to end domestic violence and sexual assault. read more
	Rape survivors face resistance in fight to test rape kit backlog May 29, 2014 • MSNBC By Meredith Clark After San Francisco resident Heather Marlowe was drugged and raped at the city’s annual Bay to Breakers race in May 2010, she trusted local police to process her rape kit–the evidence collected during a forensic exam–and update her if any leads turned up. When they didn’t call for more than a year, she began researching why. read more
	Viacom & the Joyful Heart Foundation Say "No More" to Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault May 29, 2014 • The Wall Street Journal By Business Wire Viacom Inc., in partnership with the Joyful Heart Foundation founded by actress and advocate Mariska Hargitay of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, today announced its commitment to raise awareness for the NO MORE movement to end domestic violence and sexual assault with a new series of groundbreaking NO MORE PSAs. read more
	Joyful Heart Foundation and Viacom Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell to Say NO MORE to Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault May 16, 2014 • The Wall Street Journal MarketWatch By Global Newswire Viacom and the Joyful Heart Foundation will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square in support of NO MORE. read more
	Mariska Hargitay: ‘Society Continues to Misplace Blame on Survivors’ May 15, 2014 • Time By Mariska Hargitay Despite the progress we as a nation have made in the movement to end sexual violence, much work remains. read more
	USA Network’s ‘SVU: No More Excuses’ Marathon a Social and Ratings Success April 30, 2014 • Lost Remote By Adam Flomenbaum The night proved to be a big success, both ratings-wise and across social media. The episodes that aired between 7-11pm delivered double-digit ratings increases across the board with an average of 2.6M total viewers. The hashtags #sayNOMORE, #NOMORE and #NOMOREexcuses trended nationally. read more
	Exclusive: USA, Mariska Hargitay Team Up for an SVU Marathon with a Cause April 23, 2014 • TV Guide By Kate Stanhope To commemorate National Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention month, and in partnership with Hargitay's Joyful Heart Foundation and the NO MORE campaign, USA will air a special 16-hour SVU "No More Excuses" marathon hosted by Hargitay and her SVU co-stars. read more
	Celebrity PSAs Address Male Survivors Of Childhood Sexual Abuse April 1, 2014 • Look to the Stars By Look to the Stars The new campaign speaks to the excuses and myths that male survivors of sexual abuse are confronted with. read more
	‘Law And Order’s Mariska Hargitay Teams Up With Amy Poehler And Other Celebrities To Fight Rape Culture March 28, 2014 • ThinkProgress By Tara Culp-Ressler The celebrity PSAs (which also feature Hargitay’s Law & Order co-stars) challenge traditional assumptions about victimization, like the ideas that rape victims must have done something to “ask for it,” men are never victims of assault, and it’s easy for women to leave abusive relationships. read more
	Being Raped In A Bankrupt City March 27, 2014 • BuzzFeed By Emily Orley Wayne County, Mich., the region where Detroit is located, has been riddled with problems for decades. But when a massive backlog of rape kits was discovered, a few mighty voices decided to work on changing the way sexual assault is viewed and how victims are treated, while also opening every single kit. read more
	There Are 400,000 Unprocessed Rape Kits in the U.S. How Can This Be? March 12, 2014 • Slate By Katy Waldman Last week, Vice President Joe Biden announced a White House proposal to pour $35 million into testing backlogged rape kits and bringing sex offenders to justice. read more
	Detective Olivia Benson on the Case: Mariska Hargitay’s Emotional Plea to Get Backlogged Rape Kits Tested March 12, 2014 • Time By Charlotte Alter The Law & Order: SVU star teared up when she discussed the immense backlog of untested rape kits. read more
	Did Mariska Hargitay Help Catch A Real-Life Rapist? March 11, 2014 • Huffington Post By Erin Whitney It's no news that "Law & Order: SVU" star Mariska Hargitay fights for survivors of sexual assault in real life. The Joyful Heart Foundation, which she founded to help put an end to sexual and domestic violence, has recently helped the city of Detroit obtain funds to process a backlog of nearly 11,000 untested rape kits. read more
	Actress Hargitay, Prosecutor Worthy discuss rape kit project March 10, 2014 • My Fox Detroit By Associated Press Actress Mariska Hargitay joined Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy Monday to discuss proposed legislation that would speed up sexual assault kit testing. read more