I started Tuesday by donating last month’s blog proceeds to Doctors Without Borders.
Silence Is The Enemy, which began in June, was only the beginning. It’s one effort in the long and continued crusade to end sexual violence around the world.
Join us on facebook, Twitter, and become a part of our growing coalition. Contribute through blog entries, letters, Op-Eds, donations, and any means you can.
Rage against the silence.
September 15th, 2009 at 10:02 am
I’ve long since joined the facebook group, etc..
My wife has just started blogging about her experiences, and those of the women, at YANA in Baltimore. YANA (You Are Never Alone) is one of the few nonprofits in the country to reach out to prostituted women. Essentially all of them were sexually abused before entering prostitution. All, of course, are abused in the life.
Vickie is also giving voice to the experiences of the women of YANA. No Hollywood caricatures. No silence.
(I’ve linked to her site rather than mine at my name.)
September 15th, 2009 at 10:10 am
@1 Robert Grumbine,
Thanks for sharing Vickie’s blog. I’ve added it to our coalition list and will explore the site.
September 15th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
Sheril, I not sure if you know, but the You Tube atheist community had a 24 hour fundraiser last Saturday for the same organization. We ended up raising over 32,000.00 dollars! I can’t think of a more worthy cause and you and Chris should be commend for not only donating but also for building the coalition.
I was looking threw the list and couldn’t help but feel saddened when I noticed high profile blogs like “Pharyngula”, “ERV”, and “Why Evolution is True” were not there. I know the conflict between “The Intersection” and these other blogs is neither shallow nor narrow but there is no conflict on this subject. It seems like it would be a positive gesture to try to bring them in to the fold. Whatever the strife is elsewhere, there is a concord here.
…or not….just the thoughts of some random dude on your blog.
“We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic cords of memory will swell when again touched as surely they will be by the better angels of our nature.” AL
September 15th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
@3 Cain,
That’s fantastic!
I’m glad to include everyone interested in participating.
September 17th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
This isn’t directly related to this post, but I figure that since Sheril is following the story, I should point out that Caster Semenya is on suicide watch. Pretty awful.
September 17th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
[...] In 2009, it is legal in eight states and D.C. for health insurance companies to reject applicants who are survivors of domestic violence. Read more at Corpus Callosum, The Jackson Free Press, The Huffington Post, The Primate Diaries. Get outraged. Speak out. End the silence. [...]