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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
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Life in the Key of G

From the advances of a predatory pediatrician to the devastating loss of my father, my teenage years were marked by confusion and chaos

The Reporters Inc.’s newest contributor, G. Marshall-Brooks, continues chronicling her fascinating life with this next entry from “Life in the Key of G.” G. began writing about her life in hopes the stories would help her family better understand who she really is, and how she became who she is. G. also hopes these honest, heartfelt essays encourage and inspire others to share their own memories and experiences with loved ones.

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G. Marshall-Brooks
March 4, 2026
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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
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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
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