I read an article in the NY Times this weekend about how spending money on experiences makes you happier than spending money on stuff. Having just bought a new house with my husband, Marc, this article, of course, made me immediate question whether I should have taken the down payment money and gone on […]
In 2008, I created a presentation for a nonprofit management class at Boston College’s Carroll School of Management on the messaging and funding challenges for organizations that work in the sexual violence arena. This work came out of my experience as a volunteer at a local rape crisis center and nearly ten years of […]
Al Franken thought it would be a good idea to revoke funding from companies that prevent victims of sexual assault from pressing criminal charges, like KBR, who allegedly tried to stop an employee who was gang-raped in Iraq from pressing charges against her attackers. The article on E-News Park Forest focused on the fact […]
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Dear Governor Patrick,
I’m writing as your constituent to urge you to sign the $400K included in the FY2010 supplemental budget for the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program. (Line Item 4510-0810 of the Department of Public Health).
I also urge you to match these funds of $600K from the Executive Office of Health and Human Services […]
If there is a crime to get away with, it is rape. Only 16% of rapists will ever spend a day in jail. Read about it on the RAINN website.
Artwork by Paul Pierson
I recently met Katie Simon, a senior at Concord Academy, and the founder of this amazing group called Minga. Minga is an organization focused on organizing youth to raise awareness about the child sex trade. Katie's opinion is that we have have an opportunity to educate youth so that they won't become the next […]
I started speaking as a survivor speaker for the Boston Rape Crisis Center about a year ago. I speak in a variety of venues to different groups of speakers about my personal experiences with sexual abuse and assault in hopes of inspiring people and opening their minds. I began speaking for several reasons:I am […]
What would you say to your closest friend if she were raped or sexual assaulted? How would you respond? What words of comfort would you offer him?Sometimes, we are afraid to say anything. We are afraid to say the wrong thing, or not the best thing. Or, we might be afraid that there is […]
When I was in college at Brown University, there was a date rape case that received national media attention thanks to John Stossel at 20/20. The campus was in an uproar over whether or not a male student had sexually assaulted a female student while they were both allegedly intoxicated. The story quickly devolved […]