Book Review: Live Through This
by Liz N. Clift, Communications Intern at CCASA Trigger warning for discussion of sexual assault – incest. [From the book jacket]: From the outside, Coley …
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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 …
The Garcia Gene
By an Anonymous Survivor in Denver There was always a saying in my family; “You’re a Garcia you have the Garcia temper!” If someone managed …
Do I Need to Forgive to Heal from Sexual Abuse?
By Amy Marschak, CCASA Guest Blogger “Healing may result in forgiveness but forgiveness does not bring healing, it only covers over the wounds allowing them to …
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 …
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
By Michelle Wolff, CCASA Blogger If you’re lucky you’ll know in advance that someone who assaulted or abused you is being invited to the same …
Reproductive Coercion: A New Term for an Old Problem
By Karen Moldovan, CCASA’s Director of Advocacy & Policy Throughout my career, I’ve consistently worked with women (and girls) who are pregnant. As an advocate …
Supporting Secondary Survivors
By Dan Church, CCASA Blogger Sometimes when I’m interviewing people to serve on our crisis hotline I will ask them what they imagine it being …
Intimate Partner and Familial Human Trafficking: When Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking Collide
By Becky Owens Bullard, CCASA Blogger October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM), an awareness month that is particularly meaningful for me. Domestic violence was the …
A Survivor Speaks Out…and Rewards Accrue
By Joyce Aubrey My childhood on a small Kansas farm sparked a lifelong appreciation of the simplicity and wonder of nature. From the one-room school …