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Name is demanding justice, sharing her voice and creative spirit to reach it. To all survivors of sexual violence and those who experience misogyny, harassment, retaliation in the workplace, or any discrimination, who are told over and over that they're crazy or to accept what happened as okay, know you're not crazy—because it's not okay. #MeToo

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To me healing means love for oneself and one’s own survivor story.

{~Name~}

Northern Michigan poet and journalist Name exposed her employment contract from company to the elements, letting go as her signature became one with the water. Name worked as the marketing manager of a tech startup hub for entrepreneurs called company in City, State, from Date to Date. On Date following a professional dinner with company board member Name and his son Board Member's Son (a co-worker from the company co-working space), Board Member's Son drugged and raped Name for approximately an hour while she was mostly unconscious. Board Member's Son had sexually harassed Name in the office throughout her employment at company and he sexually assaulted her Date. In addition to reporting his crimes to every level of law enforcement in the United States, Name reported Board Member's Son to her boss Boss (former company executive director) in his office Date, was told to leave the premises, and was forced to resign from her job while Board Member's Son continued to work there. The perpetrator then sued Name for defamation in the County Court abusing her "legally" through re-traumatizing litigation for over a year (beginning at the onset of the global pandemic). Board Memberand Board Member's Son’s attorney Attorney Name (who represented sexual predator Convicted Perpetrator Name and is representing the City police officer who murdered Survivor Name as well as company) forced Name into a fraudulent settlement that silenced her and awarded the perpetrator $30,000 for his crimes (framed as his “damages”), human trafficking Name through America's "justice" system. Years after raping Name, despite her continual reports to police, company, advocacy groups, and public statements about his terrifying abuse, Board Member's Son still works at company, now for U.S. Government Employee, in addition to working with the Organization. Name is demanding justice, sharing her voice and creative spirit to reach it. To all survivors of sexual violence and those who experience misogyny, harassment, retaliation in the workplace, or any discrimination, who are told over and over that they're crazy or to accept what happened as okay, know you're not crazy—because it's not okay.

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Grounding activity

Find a comfortable place to sit. Gently close your eyes and take a couple of deep breaths - in through your nose (count to 3), out through your mouth (count of 3). Now open your eyes and look around you. Name the following out loud:

5 – things you can see (you can look within the room and out of the window)

4 – things you can feel (what is in front of you that you can touch?)

3 – things you can hear

2 – things you can smell

1 – thing you like about yourself.

Take a deep breath to end.

From where you are sitting, look around for things that have a texture or are nice or interesting to look at.

Hold an object in your hand and bring your full focus to it. Look at where shadows fall on parts of it or maybe where there are shapes that form within the object. Feel how heavy or light it is in your hand and what the surface texture feels like under your fingers (This can also be done with a pet if you have one).

Take a deep breath to end.

Ask yourself the following questions and answer them out loud:

1. Where am I?

2. What day of the week is today?

3. What is today’s date?

4. What is the current month?

5. What is the current year?

6. How old am I?

7. What season is it?

Take a deep breath to end.

Put your right hand palm down on your left shoulder. Put your left hand palm down on your right shoulder. Choose a sentence that will strengthen you. For example: “I am powerful.” Say the sentence out loud first and pat your right hand on your left shoulder, then your left hand on your right shoulder.

Alternate the patting. Do ten pats altogether, five on each side, each time repeating your sentences aloud.

Take a deep breath to end.

Cross your arms in front of you and draw them towards your chest. With your right hand, hold your left upper arm. With your left hand, hold your right upper arm. Squeeze gently, and pull your arms inwards. Hold the squeeze for a little while, finding the right amount of squeeze for you in this moment. Hold the tension and release. Then squeeze for a little while again and release. Stay like that for a moment.

Take a deep breath to end.