Each year, the National Sexual Assault Conference® (NSAC) brings together more than 2,000 advocates, preventionists, researchers, educators, service providers, and allied professionals from across the country to learn, collaborate, and strengthen the movement to end sexual abuse, assault, and harassment.
Hosted by Respect Together, NSAC 2026 will take place August 19–21, 2026, in Washington, D.C., under the theme “United in Purpose, Committed to Action.” This year’s theme reflects our shared responsibility to turn knowledge, relationships, and collective resolve into meaningful action that strengthens our movement, supports survivors, and advances prevention efforts in communities across the country.
Whether you’re looking to deepen your expertise, expand your professional network, or discover new strategies to strengthen your work, NSAC offers opportunities to learn, connect, and take action alongside colleagues who share your commitment to ending sexual violence.
What Is NSAC?
The National Sexual Assault Conference® is more than a conference. NSAC is where the movement comes together.
NSAC is a national gathering for people working to prevent sexual violence, support survivors, strengthen systems, and build safer, more respectful communities. Through engaging workshops, keynote presentations, networking opportunities, and collaborative discussions, participants gain practical skills, discover innovative approaches, and build lasting connections with colleagues from across the country.
Designed to support both individual growth and collective movement-building, NSAC provides a space to exchange ideas, explore emerging issues, and strengthen our shared capacity to create lasting change.
What to Expect
At NSAC 2026, participants can look forward to:
- Workshops and training on intervention, prevention, advocacy, leadership, and systems change
- Opportunities to connect with advocates and partners from across the country
- Space to share ideas, challenges, and strategies
- Conversations focused on survivor-centered services, prevention, racial equity, community accountability, and movement sustainability
- Tools and relationships that participants can bring back to their organizations and communities
Who Should Attend?
NSAC welcomes anyone committed to ending sexual abuse, assault, and harassment, including:
- Sexual assault advocates and rape crisis center staff
- Prevention educators
- Coalition staff and movement leaders
- College and University students and staff
- Community-based professionals
- Researchers, trainers, and technical assistance providers
- Public health, legal, medical, and systems partners
- Anyone working to advance dignity, safety, healing, and prevention
Whether you’re new to the field or have spent decades advancing this work, you’ll find opportunities to learn from others, share your expertise, and return home inspired and better equipped to make an impact.
Why This Conference Matters
The work to end sexual violence requires more than individual commitment. It requires shared strategy, strong relationships, honest learning, and coordinated action.
NSAC creates space for the movement to come together, reflect on where we are, learn from one another, and leave better prepared to meet the needs of survivors and communities.
Participants leave with new ideas, practical strategies, and valuable connections that strengthen their work and help meet the evolving needs of survivors and communities.
About Respect Together
Respect Together is proud to host NSAC 2026. Through our divisions, the Pennsylvania Coalition to Advance Respect and the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, we work to prevent sexual abuse, assault, and harassment and support the advocates, organizations, and communities leading this work every day.
Join Us in Washington, D.C.
The 2026 National Sexual Assault Conference® will be held August 19–21, 2026, in Washington, D.C.
Whether you’re attending your first NSAC or returning to reconnect with colleagues from across the country, you’ll leave with new knowledge, practical tools, meaningful connections, and renewed energy to advance your work.
Registration is now open. Join us in Washington, D.C., and be part of a community that is United in Purpose, Committed to Action.