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Courageous Conversation: Abuse Survivors Discuss the Act of Sharing Their Stories
At last week's Courageous Conversation, speakers Gina Barthel, Wendy Mitch, and Vincent Perez recounted some of the most helpful and compassionate responses to their abuse stories, as well as a few of the most painful.
Awake Asks Questions From Survivors About Wisconsin’s Clergy and Faith Leader Investigation
Back in April, on the second anniversary of the Wisconsin Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Clergy and Faith Leader Abuse Initiative, Awake published a blog post detailing how the DOJ team was trained to work in trauma-sensitive, victim-centric ways with survivors who report that they were abused by a priest or other faith leader.