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‘Too late for me’: Women flee Colombia to escape sexualized violence
This article originally appeared on Women Under Siege's website. Please click here to see the original post. By Rachel Halder/Intern — September 21, 2012 A young woman about my age sits across from me at a table in a large house converted into an Ecuadoran church....
Orange Days: Say No — End Violence Against Women and Girls
by Mark Koenig This post was originally published by "Unbound: An Interactive Journal of Christian Social Justice." Although this is about PCUSA's mission, I encourage Mennonites and those of other faiths to look at this example and think of ways that we too can fight...
Todd Akin Controversy: Bringing Misconceptions to the Spotlight
I'm sure I don't need to tell you about the comment Missouri's U.S. Representative and Republican challenger to Democratic U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill said on "legitimate rape." This controversy only reiterates the idea behind Our Stories Untold that sexualized...
My Self-Defense Looks Like Hate
by Hillary Watson Editor's Note: This cross-post comes from a fellow Goshen College alum, Hillary. I first saw this post on a friend's facebook page. A repeated "amen!" ran through my head as I ravaged the post with my eyes. It was as if someone finally articulated...
The Unusual Silence
by Heidi Fischer This post originally appeared as a guest post by Heidi Fischer on the blog Churchlandia on June 5, 2012. Heidi is a recent graduate of Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary with a MA in Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling. Click over to Churchlandia to...
Silencing the silenced: Challenges of collecting stories of sexual violence
When I began Our Stories Untold I didn’t know what direction this website would take. I knew I wanted to create a comfortable space for women (and men) to share their stories of sexual abuse and violence. I particularly wanted to open that space up to women (and men)...
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.