Proceed With Caution: This post contains topics of child abuse, power imbalance, bullying, sexual misconduct and more. Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” a documentary on allegedlytoxic working conditions for child actors at Nickelodeon during its golden age, has brought criticism of the kids TV powerhouse back to the forefront. The four-part […]
‘Quiet on Set’ alleges a ‘dark underbelly’ at Nickelodeon Read More »
Survivors of Harvey Weinstein are sleeping a little better tonight knowing their perpetrator is is all-but-likely to spend the rest of his life behind bars. Weinstein is appealing his rape and sexual assault conviction, but for these survivors, they feel justice has finally been served. “Today, he will be sentenced. He cannot hurt anyone anymore,” Jane Doe
Harvey Weinstein’s Survivors Receive Justice Years After Abuse Read More »
Jennifer Eckhart came forward about her sexual assault working as a young reporter trying to find her place in the industry and make a name for herself. What happened after that is disheartening, but not surprising. Since reporting her assault, Jennifer has faced blame, shame, and stigmatized ridicule because she dared to tell the story
SURVIVOR STORY: JENNIFER ECKHART Read More »
Like all Survivors, Andrea Constand knows a thing or two about trauma. After coming forward about her sexual assault, Constand’s healing journey inspired her to help provide access to the information and resources she learned for all survivors. “Healing from sexual assault is a multi-layered trauma informed mind/body/spirit journey that lasts a lifetime,” Constand shared
#WHENIREPORTED SURVIVOR STORY: ANDREA CONSTAND Read More »
Lauren Sivan shared her experience coming forward about her sexual assault with Voices in Action: “I reported what happened to me because I wanted to validate the stories of others. Never did I imagine coming forward would grant access to a strong, powerful sisterhood. They’ve shown me how to advocate for myself as well as
#WHENIREPORTED SURVIVOR STORY: LAUREN SIVAN Read More »
Pamela Guest talked with Voices in Action about her experience coming forward about her sexual assault: I was raped at my first professional audition in 1971 or ’72. The event itself is shrouded in shame and trauma so neither I nor the 3 people I told then can exactly pinpoint the date. I never said
#WHENIREPORTED SURVIVOR STORY: PAMELA GUEST Read More »
Caitlin Dulany is a plaintiff’s in Harvey Weinstein’s civil case and as a Silence Breaker has been instrumental in helping ignite the #MeToo Movement, including helping to launch Voices in Action. Caitlin shared her experience coming forward against someone with so much power with Voices in Action: On the morning of October 5, 2017, when
#WHENIREPORTED SURVIVOR STORY: CAITLIN DULANY Read More »
Louisette Geiss is one of the lead plaintiff’s in Harvey Weinstein’s civil case and as a Silence Breaker has been instrumental in helping ignite the #MeToo Movement. Louisette shared her experience coming forward against someone with so much power with Voices in Action: ————– Louisette is a writer, actor, and mother. Lousiette’s new music, “The
#WHENIREPORTED SURVIVOR STORY: LOUISETTE GEISS Read More »
Brittany Perrineau, actor, mother, activist, and board member of Voices in Action, shared her experience of being the family member of a survivor of sexual assault: “She held it in for almost 6 years. She was scared, frightened, damaged. She contemplated suicide, and suffered in silence. When she finally broke, and told me her trauma,
#WHENIREPORTED: BRITTANY PERRINEAU Read More »
Alexia Norton Jones, writer, award-winning poet, tao healing arts practitioner, former actress, and Silence Breaker (to name a few), shared her motivation and experience of coming forward about her assault with Voices in Action: Alexia Norton Jones was born into the center of the Civil Rights Movement as the daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King,
#WHENIREPORTED SURVIVOR STORY: ALEXIA NORTON JONES Read More »