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Events

The Survivors and Allies Taskforce and the Never Alone Milwaukee Fundraising Kick-Off Event

The Healing Center, Sexual Assault Treatment Center, Pathfinders and the UMOS Latina Resource Center have joined forces to expand sexual assault advocacy in Milwaukee.

Never Alone Milwaukee will change the face of victim support services in Milwaukee

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

Please join us~

Date: Saturday, February 18th, 2012

Time: 4:30-9:00 p.m.

Place: ART BAR, 722 East Burleigh St., Milwaukee

Details:

4:30 – 6:00pm:

**This meeting is open to all ages**

Survivors and Allies Taskforce meeting, overview of the Taskforce and its statewide activities, networking, learn about volunteer opportunities for raising awareness and direct service, overview of the mission of the Never Alone Milwaukee project.

6:00 – 9:00pm:

Never Alone Milwaukee Fundraising Kick-Off

Music, welcome by Senator Lena Taylor, local art sale, 50-50 raffle, FOOD, fun!

**Suggested donation of $5**

To find out more, find us on Facebook at Never Alone Milwaukee or email us at neveralonemilwaukee@gmail.com

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Mount Mary College Events

Friday, March 9th

Creativity for Social Change: A Forum

Keynote speaker Anne Ream, dinner, and breakout sessions

Open to the public, $35 / $20 for students

6:30 pm: Welcome and Dinner

7:00 pm: Keynote Speaker Anne Ream

8:15 pm: Breakout sessions (participants choose which session to attend)

- Dancing with Tears and Rage: The Role of Art Making in Survival, Art Therapy Department

- Writing as Healing – Specific activities in memoir and journal writing can help writers move from

victim to survivor. (Based on Louise De Salvo's “Writing as a Way of Healing”) , English Department

- The Journey to Wellness: Using Mindfulness Based Strategies to Promote Personal Healing

- Milwaukee Responds: Together – A discussion of groundbreaking partnerships, including the Sexual Violence Victim Advocacy Project

and the Justice Department

Saturday, March 10th

Sexual Assault in the 21st Century: The Digital and Media Arts Discussion

Presented by A Long Walk Home™ www.alongwalkhome.org

1:30 p.m. / Open to the public, no cost. Registration requested.

The Internet has increasingly become the hunting ground for sexual predators. Using new methods in art therapy and the digital arts –

including photography, projection, video, Twitter, Facebook, and live feed – we will discuss how state‐of‐the‐art technology can empower

communities and individuals to prevent and heal from sexual violence. A Long Walk Home™ is a nonprofit organization focused on sharing

testimonies, poetry, music, dance, photography and video by survivors of sexual abuse and their allies in order to provide safe and

entertaining forums through which the public can learn about healing from, and preventing, sexual violence.

Saturday/Sunday, March 10th & 11th

The Stories We Tell, Testimonial Writing Workshop

Taught by R. Clifton Spargo, presented by The Voices and Faces Project™ www.voicesandfaces.org

8:30 a.m. / Participants chosen by advance application, limit of 15.

Fifteen pre‐selected survivors of sexual or domestic violence or human trafficking will develop a creative piece in this intensive testimonial

writing workshop taught by R. Clifton Spargo, an award‐winning writer and Arts Fellow at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Participants will

showcase their work through a format provided by The Voices and Faces Project™ and Mount Mary College in order to impact the

community through individual testimony.

Apply at www.mtmary.edu/campuscalendar.htm

The Voices and Faces Project is a national documentary initiative created to bring the testimony of sexual violence and trafficking survivors

to the attention of the public. To register, apply for the workshop or for more information, visit www.mtmary.edu/campuscalendar.htm

Questions: Contact Rachel Monaco‐Wilcox at 414‐358‐4810 x442 or monacowr@mtmary.edu

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The Survivor Newsletter contains articles about The Healing Center events, Survivor poetry, upcoming events and support groups. It is published quarterly.

Survivor submissions are welcomed. Contact Stephanie Shabangu at (414) 671-4325, ext. 407.