Survivor Stories
Spotlight: Supporting Hispanic Survivors
This week we sat down with Rosa Beltré to discuss the nuances and best practices of supporting Hispanic survivors of child sexual abuse. Rosa serves as the Executive Director of the Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence, a state-wide coalition that advocates for comprehensive responses and rape crisis services for survivors and empowers communities to … Read More
Honest Conversations: Believing Survivors
In Honest Conversations episode 6, we sat down with three passionate advocates to discuss protecting Orthodox Jewish kids from abuse. Watch the full conversation below. The issues facing the Jewish community aren’t unique—just watch our previous conversations about the stigmas and challenges in Hispanic and Black communities. It’s clear that community leadership is key when … Read More
A Survivor Becomes An Advocate – Sylvia’s Story
I don’t talk about my story much. I guess it’s easier to suppress the feelings or forget about what happened years ago. I remember being a child in Guatemala, my birth country. My parents were working on migrating the family to the U.S. My father left several months before us. We lived in a large … Read More
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Thank You Susan Komen
The window of “Cupcake.” King St. Charleston As I’m sure we’ve all seen, October is breast cancer awareness month. Traditionally, October evokes images of reds, golds and browns, but PINK is quickly becoming a major player in October’s color world and quite frankly, it’s WONDERFUL! In 1982, when Komen for the cure was founded, breast … Read More
As a fellow child rape victim, hearing Roman Polanski’s supporters brings the injustice of that incident flooding back
There is a sense of outrage that cannot be quelled, that never goes away. It appears that Roman Polanski, the film-directing admitted child rapist, has become something of a martyr to some of the smartest and most creative people in the world. People from Pedro Almodovar to Jack Lang, the former Minister of Culture in … Read More
Facebook Successes
Thanks to our anonymous August Donor we blew our Facebook “Race to 15,000 Member Challenge” out of the water! An average of over 200 people a day joined our Cause and helped us recruit 8,000 new members in 5 weeks. Thank you to all of you who joined our cause, especially those of you who … Read More
Darkness to Light in Colorado
As we get ready to celebrate Labor Day and reflect on the start of another new school year, it is a good time to look at all the great things that have been accomplished through our prevention efforts. It’s also a good time to look forward to some new changes and ways to continue making … Read More
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