April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Unlike some other awareness campaigns, the issues that get attention during this month have grown and expanded as society and technology changes.
Sexual assault awareness in the past may have focused on rape or just on women. Today, there is a broader discussion of sexual violence that includes child sexual assault, date rape, sexual assaults on college campuses, same sex sexual violence, sexting online without permission and sexual harassment.
Monday’s Smart Talk is centered on these and other issues with our guests Jim Willshier, Chief Public Affairs Officer, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape and Lily Duarte-Evans, Sexual Assault/Rape Crisis Services Program Director, YWCA Carlisle.
If you are a victim of sexual assault and need immediate assistance, please contact our toll free hotline at 1-888-772-7227 or find your local rape crisis center.
ABUSE SURVIVOR TELLS HER STORY OF LIVING WITH MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES
Child sexual abuse and other traumatic childhood events can have a profound impact on the lives of survivors.
Abuse survivor, former elementary school principal and pastor Lyn Barrett unfortunately knows from experience. Ms. Barrett suffered from Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder. She tells her story in an upcoming book Crazy: In Search of a Narrative and a new eBook, DID Unpacked: A Parable.
Lyn Barrett appears on Monday’s Smart Talk.
Join Lyn Barrett on Tuesday, April 20 for a longer conversation with Safe Communities.
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