by intoaccount | Aug 28, 2019 | Anabaptism/Mennonites, Believing survivors, Church focus, Church policy, College & university focus, Education is Power, Ethics, LGBTQ+ justice, Racial justice, Uncategorized
by Stephanie Krehbiel, Executive DirectorHe loves to volunteer.* That’s the first thing you should know. He is a benefactor, a big donor. He’s retired from his career in education or mental health services or church administration, a career marked with inexplicable...
by intoaccount | Aug 13, 2019 | Believing survivors, College & university focus, Education is Power, NASEM Report on Sexual Harassment, Public Health, Uncategorized
by Cassandra Voth, Michelle Schrag, and Dwight Krehbiel* An Introductory Note Sexual violence is a tool of dominance, and as such, it permeates every aspect of our inequitable society. There is no one disciplinary approach that is the silver bullet for understanding...
by intoaccount | Jun 27, 2019 | Anabaptism/Mennonites, Believing survivors, Church focus, Church policy, College & university focus, Education is Power, Ethics, LGBTQ+ justice, Survivors speak, Uncategorized
Several weeks ago, we published two narratives on our survivor story blog Our Stories Untold, both written by our Director of Theological Integrity Hilary Jerome Scarsella. In the first narrative, Hilary tells her experience of being raped in 2009 by a fellow student...
by Our Stories Untold | Feb 27, 2017 | Our Stories Untold Blog, Uncategorized
Mennonite children are often taught to be “seen and not heard,” to “honor thy father and mother,” and the merits of a “quiet and gentle spirit.” Family secrets run rampant, monsters riding piggy-back on the shoulders of children. Monsters love dark, secret places. ...
by Our Stories Untold | Mar 2, 2016 | Our Stories Untold Blog, Uncategorized
“But if we are abused or ignored in childhood, or grow up in a family where sexuality is treated with disgust, our inner map contains a different message. Our sense of our self is marked by contempt and humiliation, and we are more likely to think “he (or she)...
by Our Stories Untold | Aug 30, 2015 | Our Stories Untold Blog, Uncategorized
The cave of darkness surrounds me, There is no light. I’m wrapped in its strangling cords, So I cannot breathe. Its mirrors reflecting only bitter despair. The ugly reality, The harsh truth finally settling in. As my heart and mouth finally proclaim: I can no longer...
