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Bearing Witness

How one survivor reframes recovery and healing from sexual violence

For JoDee Neil, the sexual violence she experienced didn't change her life goals--she still became an attorney and mother of two--but it did change the way she functioned. In her new book Outcry Witness, Neil uses her own personal experience and professional knowledge to help other survivors. She claims "being witnessed is the beginning of healing," and urges other women to share their own stories.

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Olivia Hines
May 28, 2026
African American Suicide HealthRace RelationsRapeSexual AssaultSuicide

African American Suicide

A mother's mission to bring attention to unspoken, ignored mental health issues

Marcie Gerald was sexually assaulted at the age of 14. Still struggling with the aftermath a year and a half later, the Chicago-area teen took her own life. Her mother Elizabeth has made it her life's mission to raise awareness about mental health issues, which are often ignored in African American communities, in honor of her daughter.

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Kim Whiting
March 23, 2017
Molested & Raped: AbuseCrimePublic SafetyRapeSexual Assault

Molested & Raped:

Why survivors like me must heal through forgiveness and compassion

"For the first half of my life I was such a trauma and pervert magnet that by the age of eight I had already labeled myself a freak. I was the one common denominator in a seemingly endless stream of situations with sexual miscreants," Kim Whiting writes. She says the sexual abuse she suffered from her early childhood to young adulthood taught her that compassion and forgiveness are crucial for recovery.

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Kim Whiting
May 19, 2016
In Search of Truth CrimeFriendshipPublic SafetyRapeWrongful Convictions

In Search of Truth

Why wrongful conviction claims of some may never be truly believed

Mikael Deandre Webb is serving a life sentence in a maximum-security prison in Southern California for double rape and battery with severe bodily injury. When writer Kim Whiting started working on compiling stories for her book When God Shows Off Behind Bars, she unexpectedly met Webb. She shares the story of their three-year-long, non-traditional friendship.

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Kim Whiting
February 2, 2016
Waiting for Justice CrimeRapeWomen

Waiting for Justice

Sexual assault survivors question delays of 'Rape Kits' evidence

Oftentimes agreeing to a rape kit procedure is the only action a survivor can take in the aftermath of a sexual assault. This evidence can ultimately help identify or confirm the survivor's attacker(s) and lead to criminal charges and sentencing. So why, then, are so many rape kits sitting on shelves across the U.S., untouched and untested? Why are so many survivors still waiting for justice?

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Sophie Keane
August 21, 2014
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