Lift Every Voice Family and Community Development Project
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The IV Pillars 

HELP     HOPE    HEALING    JUSTICE TM

 

For 24 Hour Counseling Assistance Contact the Rape and Incest National Network Hotline at 1 800 656 HOPE

 

 Web Special Features: Breaking the Wall of Silence:

A Dallas Examiner Article Series by Marian Hubbard Jefferson

 

The Griot Journal

 

   National Sex Offender Registries

 

 

 

 

There are fewer things that match the wonder of a child confidently

nestled in the arms of safety...consider the lilies (or in this case the blue bonnets)

 

 

  

 
 

 

82% of persons who are victimized by sexual violence never tell. And currently, most health care offices do not provide an atmosphere which may equip, empower or encourage someone to break the fertile wall of silence that predators depend and thrive on to continue these terrible acts. Lift is asking for your support in helping survivors to tell the secret of their abuse and break the silence. Talk to your physician. Tell them of the importance of this initiative which seeks to create an environment where survivors who have never made an outcry may do so by:

1. Encouraging the American Medical, Student and Education Association, to require its memberships to take sexual assault CME training (online, individually or in a group).
 

3. Make available in health care offices brochures on the availability of counseling interventions (many survivors continue to struggle with physical, emotional, economical and societal concerns over the expanse of a life-time and may need assistance with coping years after their trauma), victim reporting and compensation and information on community support groups for survivors and other affected persons. Take a look at The Centers for Disease Controls cadre of brochures, DVDs and assesment tools.

4.Make use of posters in facilities which depict survivors stories of help, hope and justice, utilize public service educational dvds and tapes to educate people about sexual assault and its effects on individuals, families and our community. Materials are available at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.

5. Partnering with sexual assault care centers and other support organizations by sponsoring events which seek to educate the public on sexual assault and ways they can help to diminish the stigma association with survivorship both for victims and other affected persons.

  

 

 

Thank you for visiting Lift Every Voice Family and Community Development Project, an advocacy network supporting survivors of violence; sexual and domestic violence in particular.We hope that within these pages you find something that can be helpful. Please help us to spread our message of hope by telling others what you have found. To learn more about Lift, our passion, mission and purpose please feel free to write:

 

Lift Every Voice Family and Community Development Project P. O. Box 380327 Duncanville, Texas 75138 or call 972-572-5438; office or 972-572-5439 fax