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Kara Chamberlain
In June of 2002, when I was 15 years old, I was kidnapped from my friend’s front yard in broad daylight by a stranger. That man held me captive for 18 hours during which I was sexually assaulted multiple times. When I was able to escape my captor and report my crime to law enforcement, …
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Learn MoreBrittany Boitnott
I was raped twice – once when I was a sophomore in college, and again when I was a first year in veterinary school. I felt isolated, alone, and lost. I felt like a statistic. “1 in 5 college women suffer sexual assault” constantly played in my head. I was the one. It wasn’t until …
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Learn MoreChristine Depre
My assault took so much away from me without even understanding it. I lost a huge part of my life to living in survival mode. The carefree full-of-life 18-year old didn’t exist anymore. I was now a survivor and there was no going back. The fear that we all may have at one point or …
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Learn MoreElizabeth Johnson
I can hardly imagine how different my life would have been if I had been believed the first time I tried to tell. I was sexually abused by my biological father as a very small child and through the years, tried to tell in various ways. But I was dismissed and doubted for years. In …
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I am a survivor of sexual assault. I never imagined the choice I was given to become a mother would have ever been extracted from me, yet here we are. I’ve been a part of the LGBTQ group since I was in elementary school, and having kids with my future wife was something I dreamt …
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Learn MoreDanielle Moore
I am a survivor of former Olympic gymnast doctor Larry Nassar. In 2018, I gave an impact statement, along with hundreds of other women and girls, to ensure he would spend the rest of his life in prison. However, being sprung into the spotlight was completely unexpected and has truly changed the way I view my …
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Learn MoreKelly Wallace
At age seven, I told my mother that I was being sexually abused by my paternal grandfather. In the middle of a contentious divorce, my mom believed me. My dad, an up-and-coming attorney, sided with my grandfather and assisted him with his defense in court. I was forced to tell the story over and over again to …
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Learn MoreHollis Brown
I was sexually assaulted during my sophomore year of college by a male athlete. We’d been talking, and one night, I went over to his apartment. We started kissing, and I decided I didn’t want to continue anymore, and immediately wanted to leave. He pushed me down and sexually assaulted me. The next day, I …
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Learn MoreChelsea Young
I was sexually assaulted during my first week of college. From the moment I reported, I never felt believed or what happened to me mattered. I remember when the Chief of Police reached out and said she wanted to meet in person. I was relieved she was a woman. I thought, this will be like …
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Learn MoreKimberly Corban
The morning I called 9-1-1 following my sexual assault, I had no idea what was in store. Thankfully, the responders believed me, and that made all the difference. I didn’t know a reality outside of being believed. I had this nice little bubble where everyone believed me from start to finish in that entire time …
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