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Handle on Scandal, How a TV Show Deals with Sexual Assault, Part 2

By Kristine Ives, CCASA Blogger In a recent episode of Scandal entitled, “We Do Not Touch the First Ladies,” the effects of Mellie Grant’s sexual assault in episode 7, “Everything is Coming Up Mellie,” are…

Social Inequality and Survivorhood: The Politics of Speaking Out

By Meghann McCluskey,             CCASA Blogger The process of publicly identifying as a survivor of sexual assault is fraught with difficulty for just about anyone who undertakes it. But not all…

In the News (Jan. 25, 2014– Jan. 31, 2014)

A Sioux Falls teacher claims an abusive marriage was part of the reason she entered a sexual relationship with one of her students. Why the “rape audit bill” is more (and much worse) than that…

In the News (Jan. 4, 2014- Jan.10, 2014)

A Voice for Men strikes again: this time by bribing people to make false rape accusations and accusing a prominent victim advocate of sexual assault. This poem isn’t new, but it’s a great spoken word…

Top 3 CCASA Blogs for the Holidays

In the past, CCASA bloggers have shared their own messages and experiences of healing and hope for the holidays.  Below are three posts we love (and know you will, too!) that reflect on the holidays,…

In the News (Nov. 29, 2013- Dec. 6, 2013)

CNN International will be covering the gang rape of a student that happened on a bus on December 16, 2012 in an Untold Story tomorrow (Saturday, December 7th) night. FSU quarterback Jameis Winston will not…

Moving Forward

By Kemi Chavez, CCASA Blogger It’s not that I forgot I was sexually abused as a child. From my memories, I pin my abuse to have started around age 4 and ended in my late…

I AM THE ONE

A campaign for childhood sexual abuse survivors By Kemi Chavez, CCASA Blogger What does it say about our society that even though we have the power to prevent many instances of sexual abuse, we still…

One Woman’s Journey to Rise

By Heather Schreck, CCASA Guest Blogger My name is Heather Schreck.  I am 39 years old.  I am a daughter, a sister, and a friend, I am a woman and I am a survivor. It…

Surviving the Holidays

By Kemi Chavez, CCASA Blogger I’m a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. My abusers were well known to me, as they were either relatives or close friends of my family. My experience with sexual abuse…