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Trauma and Lack of Nuance
by Anonymous “There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.” —Audre Lorde My assailants told me I was cute, that I was beautiful and small, that I was sweetness, that my hair was soft, that I looked innocent. My assailant told...
Lament for the institutionalized church: Trauma, rage, and hope from Kansas City
Rae wrote a version of this piece, originally posted on Facebook, late on Friday, July 3, after attending the Mennonite Church USA’s “Service of Lament and Hope” for survivors of sexual abuse. The service came a day after MCUSA delegates passed two seemingly...
Pink Menno presents “On the Way: Dis-Covering Diversity” in Kansas City
(Official Pink Menno press release) At the Mennonite Church USA (MCUSA) bi-annual convention (in Kansas City, MO), Pink Menno will convene a symposium focused on intersectionality. “On the Way: Dis-Covering Diversity” will be held in Pink Menno’s hospitality space in...
Breaking Open the Structure of Sexual Violence: An Interview with Ruth Krall
This interview originally appeared on Issue 2015, VOL. 69 of Mennonite Life, a Bethel College publication. I first encountered Ruth Krall’s work at the same time that many Mennonites did, in 2013, with the release of the third volume of her online series of books on...
Mothering and moving on
by Alyssa Rodriguez This mother's day piece was cross-posted from the Mennonite Church USA #WeAreMenno blog on May 8, 2015. Gratitude to Alyssa for sharing this story with everyone so we can all see the courage of motherhood and trauma survival. ...
An open letter to AMBS re: the service of lament
by Anonymous A service like the one you had at AMBS is an amazing undertaking. I’m sure it was difficult to plan, and as I’ve seen in your responses on social media, you knew from the start there was no trauma-and-harm-undoing magic answer. What you may already know...
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.