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The Cultural Experience: Being sexually harassed as an exchange student
On October 31 of this year, Ted Mueller was arrested in North Newton, Kansas. He was charged with two counts of sexual battery as well as one count of lewd and lascivious behavior. These charges represent a small fraction of the reports that have been shared with law...
Clergy Abuse is Not Just a Mistake
by Reverend Teresa K. Pecinovsky Kintsugi pottery by Miyo Heki. Image shared with permission from the artist. [Updated on 1/5/2020: This version of Teresa Pecinovsky's interview contains additional details about Dr. Love's behavior in response to the question, "Can...
Boshart’s appointment: Takeaways from today’s article on emerging details
by Hilary Jerome Scarsella, Director of Theological IntegrityUPDATED the evening of 10/21/19 The Mennonite put out an article today on details emerging around the AMBS search committee’s decision to appoint David Boshart the next president of the seminary. We’ll have...
Narrative Erasure is Violence: Dave Boshart Appointed President of AMBS
By Stephanie Krehbiel, Executive Director Often, when the internal ties that bind folks to a community are broken, that breakage happens quietly and the loss of relationship goes unacknowledged. I would like to acknowledge that this decision has effected a break in my...
We ask for your discretion: the old white church college predator
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...
Everyone’s Responsibility: The Health Impact of Sexual Harassment
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...
Our primary commitment is to make ourselves available to survivors who want strategic support as they navigate their options following an experience of sexual violence, whether that experience happened recently or decades past.