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PCAR - 30 Years - 1975-2005

VOICES AGAINST SEXUAL VIOLENCEPCAR and NSVRC logos

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Angela V. Grace
Love all.
22 August 2005 - Vermont
Daisy Oso
You will not win. I will not give up.
22 August 2005 - Colorado
MMC
Rape is rape, even if it is your legal husband. He still does not have the right to rape you and get you pregnant. While the Courts say, "It wasn't rape, you are married." Where is the justice?
22 August 2005 - Massachusetts
Stacey
"Together we need to stop being silent and end the violence."
" T
ogether , we can take a stand to end violence."
" T
ogether as one"
21 August 2005 - Ma
Lisa Thomas-Adeyemo
excerpts from SFWAR's newsletter article."From Surviving to Thriving".

r>"When a client comes to SFWAR for an intake appointment, I take the opportunity at the end of the intake to explain our unique approach towards counseling. I explain that SFWAR recognizes that each survivor is the ultimate expert of her/his own healing process—that existing inside each individual, is the capacity to heal. I further explain that our role as peer counselors, is to walk beside survivors while holding up a metaphoric mirror—a mirror draped in radical compassion and a commitment to both honoring and honing the healing potential and resiliency of each survivor.

I’m exploring the idea that in the aftermath of sexual violence and abuse it can be easier and more comfortable to hold onto the wounds of such an intimate violation. The goal of SFWAR’s Counseling Program is to ultimately shift beyond surviving and into the realm of thriving. Imperative in this process is the conscious paradigm shift away from a culture of wounding and towards a sustainable culture of healing. What incentive is there for people to heal when in fact our culture gives more agency and support to the wounded. When we remain wounded, there is absolutely no energy available to recognize the systems of oppression that perpetuate our wounding. Like a hamster in a hamster cage, we are kept too busy running the wheel to realize that we are being held captive. It is this captivity that renders us ineffectual to resist the systems of oppression, which are the root causes of the violence that inflicted our wounds in the first place."

L
isa Thomas-Adeyemo,<
br>Director of Counseling
Sa
n Francisco Women Against Rape
19 August 2005 - California
caroline
By addressing root causes of sexual violence we are combating sexism, racism, homophobia, ageism and all other oppressions head on. What a difference we can make!
19 August 2005 - Washington State
Elizabeth Haberer
Pase lo que pase, recuerda siempre.LO QUE PASO NO ES TU CULPA!!! ERES INMENSAMENTE VALIENTE POR CONTAR TU HISTORIA!!! EN ESTE MUNDO HAY PERSONAS QUE TE CREEN Y TE APOYAN.
19 August 2005 - Texas
Charlotte Vaidya
I write this to acknowledge the trauma, honor the courage, and celebrate the healing power within each survivor of sexual abuse.
19 August 2005 - Pennsylvania
Charlotte Vaidya
I write this to acknowledge the trauma, honor the courage, and celebrate the healing power within each survivivor of sexual abuse.
19 August 2005 - Pennsylvania
Birdie
Boys/Men are also victims of sexual abuse. Boys, especially suffer in silence. The shame and guilt and hopelessness is evident in their eyes; the girls and boys who have lost their innocence. (As a child sexual-abuse therapist ) I carry their stories, and hope to help them create new ones.
19 August 2005 - Texas

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VOICES AGAINST SEXUAL VIOLENCE