by intoaccount | Mar 13, 2019 | advocacy, Anabaptism/Mennonites, Survivors speak, trauma
by Kathy Wiens, Chair, Into Account Board of Directors I was recently at a physical therapy appointment. In the paperwork, they asked for my occupation. I dutifully filled in the blank with “author and speaker.” Even though my work entails more than this,...
by intoaccount | Jan 8, 2019 | advocacy, child sexual abuse, Racial justice, Survivors speak, trauma
by Alicia Crosby On Thursday, January 3rd I found myself sitting on the couch in my mother’s living room watching Lifetime. For two hours, I bore witness to unconscionable stories of abuse and assault as my mother and I watched the 6-part docuseries by dream...
by intoaccount | Oct 15, 2018 | advocacy, Anabaptism/Mennonites, Church focus, Survivors speak, theology, trauma
By Katherine B. Wiens M.Ed, LP, Chair of Into Account Board of Directors Wherever you are on the journey is exactly where you need to be. This is my new mantra about sexual violence and survivors. I believe this statement honors each survivor and where they are on...
by intoaccount | Oct 2, 2018 | Survivors speak, trauma
by Hayley Brooks The past few weeks for me have largely been a series of remembering moments I’d like to consciously forget but that my body holds onto. The way the body recalls is often miraculous to me, but I also often wonder what my body is trying to tell me by...
by Our Stories Untold | Nov 29, 2017 | Our Stories Untold Blog, trauma
by Katherine B. Wiens This is part three in a series of posts by Kathy Wiens, a sexual violence survivor, and her husband, Tim, who has been her strong ally. The series focuses on her experience of advocating for people vulnerable to abuse in her Mennonite church...
