Imagine attending a #BlackLivesMatter organizing meeting and hearing the organizers spout #AllLivesMatter or #BlueLivesMatter as a rallying cry. Imagine going to a Title IX policy workshop that touted itself as a solution to strengthening accountability of campus rape and sexual assaults, then hearing the speakers refer to Brock Turner, not as a convicted rapist, but…
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This is the fifth “Reflections” episode where I examine a series of interviews with my friend, Michael. He joins me as we reflect back on episodes 25 (âBrock Turner for Prisonâ Facebook Group Founders on Rape Culture & #MeToo), 26 (Tammy Cho, Co-Founder of Better Brave on Workplace Harassment and Discrimination),  27 (Council Member Jennifer Gates on…
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On this #SurvivorStories Series episode, we speak with Lana, a protective mother whose failed plight to seek help from the legal and justice systems in New York City for her daughter has led her to find refuge in Russia. Â Lana describes the police, court and child welfare response when she first suspected her toddler daughter…
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In our #SurvivorStories Series episode, we feature “Caitlin”–a protective mother who shares custody of her two children with her ex-husband. Caitlin describes how her ex-husband’s behavior revealed signs of abuse that she didn’t want to acknowledge nor understand. As Caitlin began to realize that her relationship was one of psychological and emotional abuse, began to…
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In this #SurvivorSeries episode, we speak with Anita Gera, a protective mother from Great Britain. Â In 2014, Anita went to British government to seek protection against her abusive and controlling ex-husband, an American pilot who was based in Arizona. Â Over the next year, through her ex-husband’s misuse of the Hague Convention, Anitaâs case brought her…
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