Current Affairs

  • The Sturdy Wall of Doing Nothing!

    The first "Take Back the Night" event happened. The panel arrived and spoke…into a very sparse audience.  However, the newspaper and TV reporters were there taking notes and filming…so the reach was further than the four walls.   Each sharing… Continue reading

  • Shatter Their Silence.

    Tonight at Michigan Tech in  ME-EM 112 (which is R.L. Smith Hall)., there will be the first annual "Take Back the Night" event.   Shatter the SilenceBreaking The Silence Through Storytelling  “It takes two people to speak the truth: One… Continue reading

  • They are my heroes

    In the paper yesterday two young girls spoke up about their abuse…and their abusers are now in the court system.  While many may focus on what kind of punishment the men will get, I see this from how it affects… Continue reading

  • There is No End Game.

    In the past few days, between reading books, exchanging emails and dialogues, I have been shown the angst of trying to get a new response from an old system, and it is impossible. It is my belief, you have to… Continue reading

  • Much more alike than different.

    Only a few percentage of lives make the paper, are the headlines and open for discussion, while many others experience the same things, but never get caught or press charges.   There are many lives behind each Newspaper Story, there… Continue reading

  • What we sow, we Reap

    As the Justice System continues to fail, we are asked or challenged not to fail reality.  Teens sentenced for assault – MiningGazette.com | News, Sports, Jobs, Michigan – The Daily Mining Gazette. The Justice System takes an action and reduces… Continue reading

  • Remain Unmoved.

     The gift that the scandal at Penn State is offering is it is encouraging others to stand in the long line of abused children, whether it happened recently or years and years ago. The adults who are standing today, are… Continue reading

  • Shattering Dream

    While commenting back and forth with Lynn C. Tolson, the Author of "Beyond the Tears", on facebook, it came to me why folks support the Coach and the Organization and not the abused boys…they don't want to lose that which… Continue reading

  • Keep Play Alive!

    I discovered a great truth about myself and my feelings, that I want to own what I feel and it feels worse to have someone try and get me out before my time, I want feel as long as I… Continue reading

  • Our Abusive Parents Loved Us.

    Tinogona, It is Achievable! Tererai Trent Sometimes it is hard to grasp the how or to figure out the way, but all that is needed is the faith in that it can happen. Surrendering the details up to the Universe… Continue reading