Voices of Experience

“…in serving the best interests of children, we serve the best interests of all humanity.”

~Carol Bellamy

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Who are VOE?

Voices of Experience (VOE) include adult survivors of child sexual abuse or exploitation (CSA/E), parents of children who were sexually abused and exploited, loved ones, those deeply impacted by cases, those who know someone who has caused sexual harm, parents of juveniles with sexually reactive/harmful/aggressive behaviors,  etc.)

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Why VOE stories?

Your voice, your experience, is part of the spark needed to help prevent the sexual abuse and exploitation of children.  VOE intends to build on the power and insights of VOE to build urgency for prevention and to help others see how VOE informs responsible prevention actions. Historically, VOE have been part of raising awareness of the problem of CSA/E and sexual violence throughout the lifespan.  This VOE initiative is to engage such wisdom in prevention.

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Name or Initials:(required)

Email/Phone/Address (Please provide at least one):(required)

Preferred method of contact:(required) Email Phone Mail

My experience as a VOE is: (be as brief and general or specific as you are comfortable)

What people need to know about VOE is: (e.g, Everyone knows someone who has been CSA/E; VOE have nothing to hide; as traumatic/harmful as CSA/E can be, those who know and support victim/survivors or who are V/S or know and love those who’ve caused harm, are needed at the table with those working to prevent it)

From my experience as a VOE, I’m now committed to prevention. I believe to prevent future children from being victimized or growing into those willing/able to perpetrate, we need to:

I am willing to have my story shared by Demand the Change for Children.(required) Yes No

If you are willing to have your story shared by Demand the Change for Children, what is yout preferred method of idenfication: Whole Name Anonymous Initials First Name with Last Initial Other

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If there is an image, story, or other representation of the event that you can send in to illustrate your story, please send it to demandthechange@mncasa.org.

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