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About Your Facilitator
Maya Brown
MA Counseling Psychology: Drama Therapy
Actor, singer, director, playwright, dancer
Swedish / American, lives in Portland, OR
Queer, feminist, artist, activist, survivor
Consultant for partners, friends and family of
survivors
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Brought to you by…
● Campus workshops
● Monthly film competition
● Short film production grants
● Global community
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Heads Up
• Mental health is personal – YOU are the expert on
your own experience
• Public space – no confidentiality
• It’s okay to feel, and it’s okay to be uncomfortable
• Conversations and activities might be triggering
• Please take care of yourself however you need,
including asking for help
• If you don’t want your photo shared, please let us know
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Group Agreements - What do you
need to feel safe here?
• Take space, and make space for others
• Recognition that you are not alone – we are here together!
• Assume best intentions
• Trust, intent, and name impact
• Judgment-free zone
• If you can hear someone, it’s okay to ask them to repeat
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Sexual Violence Survivor
• Personal definition
• Has been through a potentially traumatic sexual/intimate
experience, or set of experiences
• Experience was against their wishes
and/or crossed a boundary that they had set
and/or left them feeling violated, used, scared, unsafe or hurt
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Sexual Violence Survivor
• Personal definition
• Has been through a potentially traumatic sexual/intimate
experience, or set of experiences
• Experience was against their wishes
and/or crossed a boundary that they had set
and/or left them feeling violated, used, scared, unsafe or hurt
• Mental health and mental wellness - impacts of traumatic
event and ability to be full self
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What are ways that sexual violence might
impact survivors?
Undermines capacity for trust
Negatively affects confidence
Trouble being intimate
Being uncomfortable with how your body looks
PTSD
Shame
Depression
Anxiety
Trouble sleeping
Anger
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How does Alice seem to feel?
• Blame
• Overwhelmed – a lot going through her mind – not able to process.
• Powerless
• Lack of trust in others
• Guilt
• Worthless
• Disconnected
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What thoughts might Alice have?
• I could have prevented it.
• Confusion – “This wasn’t supposed to happen to me.”
• I wouldn’t be surprised if my boyfriend left.
• I wish I could talk to someone.
• I feel like a burden.
• If I told my sister, she might be supportive.
• I have someone to look up to, a role model.
• Did this actually happen to me?
• Sense of dependency on Andre.
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Alice
SaraAndre
Feelings: lost, confused, unsure of
what to do, angry, overwhelmed,
powerless, like a victim
Feelings: concerned, protective,
proud, powerless, self-blame, like a
victim
Feelings: In a void / heavy space, not
getting what I need, overwhelming, sad,
reinforcing negative thoughts
Message: I don’t
know how to help
you.
Message: I didn’t do
enough, so you can’t
trust me.
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What can we do?
• Continue supporting Take Back the Night
• Engage in self-care
• Learn more about on-campus resources and share them with friends
• Offer to be physically present
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Meet the Panel
bit.ly/OBOM-MC
Kaylyn Atkins
Manhattan College Student
Jordan Pascoe
Associate Professor, Philosophy, & Co-Director, Lasallian
Women and Gender Resource Center, Manhattan College,
inside.manhattan.edu/student-life/lasallian-women-gender-resource-center
Taylan Stulting
Enough is Enough Coordinator,
Kingsbridge Heights Community Center, khcc-nyc.org
