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This is not an arson threat, Mike Peters.
Help us put the fire out. On October 19, on the steps of the Eisenhower Office Building in Topeka, Kansas, I said the following: I’ve been in the profession of victim advocacy since 2016, and I consider myself an ally of the mental health professions. Most of my...
I Have Made a Few Decisions
by Alexa Barkley "Imagine a community with tons of eager, well-meaning young people who really want to please God. Imagine that this group of young people has little to no sex education and may not even know words like consent or the accurate names for their own body...
Reader, Rainbow Mennonite Could Be Your Church
Fire at Rainbow Mennonite Church: A Study in Organizational Trauma What exactly happened? In 2019, in Kansas City, Kansas, a woman named Kimberly reported a church employee had been abusive in the context of an intimate partner relationship to leaders at Rainbow...
Call to Courage
Rainbow Mennonite Church is one example of a congregation that has suffered needless trauma due to its leaders’ refusal to take responsibility for immoral and harmful decisions. When congregants make allegations of abuse and harm, many churches take actions based in...
To Make Music of My Own
(first published anonymously on October 20, 2020) New Introduction by the author, Natalie Pucillo In June 2020, Into Account emailed me, along with a number of other music professionals, to inform us of reports of sexual violence perpetrated by David Haas (DH): not...
Kent Peters Statement
Kent Peters Statement Erin Bergen, Director of Student Advocacy Into Account has received numerous reports from young women who describe grooming, sexual harassment, and sexual abuse perpetrated by Kent Peters of Newton, Kansas. Some of them reported that they were...
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