Survivors of sexual violence emerged from the shadows to build a powerful social movement to challenge centuries of abuse and exploitation. The growing influence of survivors has compelled reforms in law, social relations, and culture. In the recent period, survivors expanded political power as it reformed laws in thirty states and prompted dozens of states…

Sexual Abuse Survivors Create a Movement The Movement for Respect and Dignity Emerges Survivors of sexual abuse are creating a new movement from their furious, decades-long struggle to end rape and sexual abuse. They have stood up and bravely told their story. No longer will they remain quiet. They demand respect and dignity. Movement for…

Taking the Struggle from ‘Us and Them’ to  ‘Community versus Predators & Predator Institutions’ A Hundred Questions in Ten Steps – An theoretical thought essay on messaging, hegemony, ideology, and practice  Introduction During my decades of social activism and political organizing, it has schooled me well. Three lessons I repeatedly learned, investigate, ask questions, and…

Memories Overwhelm  Horrific memories, nightmares, and other forms of PTSD symptoms can overwhelm survivors of childhood sexual abuse and become too painful to endure. The natural response of survivors overwhelmed by horrific memories is to bury the memories, cover them up, ignore them, push them away.  Many try to flood the memories in drugs and…

I Got There I was speaking with my daughter Maya recently. I mentioned to her that I came into my full self when I was 65. She replied, at least you got there. True that. Some may not understand what I mean by my true self. For decades I buried painful memories of being raped…

The video, Organizing Within your Community, was a SNAP presentation I made at the SNAP Conference in 2020. How do you contact survivors and help them forward.  Survivors of sexual abuse have changed the world. We are no longer in the background. Courageous survivors have commanded the high ground through courage, dedication, and endurance. There…

The Politics of Bizarre Conspiracies of Q-Anon The Q-Anon cabal has a political agenda to destabilize society. This gang of conspiracists uses the righteous outrage of child sexual abuse and sex trafficking to enflame emotion and fear. The emotional turmoil gives the conspiracists a platform to use fear and outrage as a tool to advance…

At a presidential candidate forum, I would ask the following questions. Remove Non-profit Status Do you support removing the non-profit status of those institutions, schools, universities, athletic teams that participated in coverups of sexual abuse? Should those non-profit institutions who refuse to report to the police or who fail to protect the safety within their…

I recently responded to questions held by many legislators in North Dakota when they were considering Statute of Limitation (SOL) reform. Legislators questions are in bold.  My comments are highlighted in italic. Giving a two-year window for civil lawsuits will overwhelm the court with frivolous lawsuits.  Justice, accountability, and the rule of law should be…

The recent article in Nation Magazine, We Should Take Women’s Accusations Seriously. But Tara Reade’s Fall Short, by Katha Pollitt, demonstrates how partisan politics smother an accusation of sexual abuse. And this article discourages all victims of sexual abuse from reporting. It says that partisan politics is more important than their rape. Disbelieve Women The…