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Make it safer for sexual violence survivors to name perpetrators
This cross-post by Stephanie Krehbiel originally appeared in the opinion section on The Mennonite's website on October 5, 2015. In August, together with 10 other Mennonite or formerly Mennonite advocates for survivors of sexual violence, I attended the annual...
Survivors Protest CMU’s John Howard Yoder Course Description
As the North American Mennonite church has these past two years (and decades) discussed, discerned and shed tears upon tears regarding John Howard Yoder’s sexual abuse of women, it has been repeated again and again: Yoder’s treatment of women was abusive. It is not to...
“Finding Peace While Fighting PTSD” by Anonymous
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...
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...
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