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- http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2010/01/26/grammy-nominee-bill-miller-reconciles-with-past/
- http://www.dailystrength.org/groups/trauma-research-archivesFor discussion of research and academic scholarship pertaining to various trauma and counseling issues. (NOT a support/help/advice group; NOT a place for crisis management, counseling, or...
- Describe what "courage" means to you. When have you exhibited courage? When do you wish you had exhibited more? Have you witnessed acts of courage that inspire you? What keeps courage from happening?
- Lucky me, I am being flown to Washington, D.C. as part of a workshop on sexual assault! The Fed is putting me up in a VERY posh hotel suite directly up the street from the Capitol Building, paying for the travel, per diem, etc. It's like I hit the...
- Aimee Mann - "All Over Now" - http://resurrectionafterrape.org/mp3/allovernow.mp3Though I let you steerYou were cavalierInch became a light yearIt was patheticOh you can write the playAnd every word I sayBut I don't have to stayTo see the...
- My family is a Christmas-celebrating family, by which I mean we become slightly manic at this time of year. Like any family, we have nuts and whackos among us (funny how we always assume the crazies are *other* people). So here, for your amusement,...
- Okay, so now the good news is coming in bunches. To summarize:I've become part of the Attorney General's steering committee to develop a "Victim Advocates' Academy" to train anyone who works with rape victims in a set of core skills. It will be a...
- http://www.serrv.org/ - buy handmade gifts for Christmas! Fair Trade helps develop market opportunities for women in impoverished countries by paying a fair wage that makes education and basic health care possible for families, as an alternative to...
- http://current.com/items/91442708_sarah-haskins-in-target-women-broadview-security.htmSarah Haskins is TOTALLY worth wasting a day of your life to watch and watch and watch...and I don't mean that in the creepy way as portrayed in the clip above!
- There is a local performance of "V-day" for sexual assault awareness month in Oklahoma City on the night of April 9. We may be able to get discounted tickets and arrange travel for those incoming retreat participants who would be interested in...
- Kivel is a great guy and a fantastic speaker. I found this and thought it would be of interest:http://resurrectionafterrape.org/mp3/KivelOnManhood.mp3
- UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday led a chorus of United Nations officials in calling on the international community to make greater efforts to tackle the global pandemic of violence against women and...
- It's official. You can even download forms now at http://resurrectionafterrape.org/media/RetreatRegistration2010.pdfI don't even have this on my website yet! RAR gets first pick, so claim spots now. The form includes details for mailing registration...
- Shanta, R.; et. al. (2005). "Long-term consequences of childhood sexual abuse by gender of victim." American Journal of Preventative Medicine, 28:5, 430-438.Most studies of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) focus on female survivors. But for both...
- I'm going to periodically post interesting research findings here for discussion or general interest. The first is:McMullin, D., & White, J.W. (2006). "Long-term effects of labeling a rape experience." Psychology of Women Quarterly, 30, 96-105.About...