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The following stories were shared by survivors of sexual assault at Colorado State University. The rawness and vulnerability in these narratives speak to the courage of survivors on our campus, and beyond.
Nov 1, 2018 · Filed 10:00 p.m. EDT. 11.01.2018. Life Inside. I Got A Life Sentence At 17. Then I Was Raped In Prison. Even though my son was conceived in the most traumatic possible way, his birth was my saving grace. By Laura Berry. I grew up in Texarkana, Arkansas. I became a rebellious teenager. I met a boy.
Every night since the crime against me occurred, I lay awake waiting for my body to become so tired that it has no choice but to fall asleep. Until that time, my mind keeps me awake thinking about the room that I spent the worst 5 hours of my life in. When I think about that room, I am again experiencing everything that happened that night.
She was 5 years old when a relative began sexually abusing her. For over four decades, she buried her pain. Then she discovered: she wasn’t alone. Read More. Tagged in: Childhood sexual abuse, Incest.
College sexual assault. Sexual assault survivors tell their stories. After conducting a poll of more than 1,000 current and recent college students from around the country, a team of...
Maya was raped by an acquaintance a few weeks into her freshman year of college. As is the case for many survivors, Maya didn’t immediately identify herself as a victim of sexual violence. She began processing her experience of sexual assault about six months later when she told a friend about what happened.
Sarah's Story. Sarah Ortiz is a mother, an advocate, a public speaker, and a survivor of child sexual abuse. The first time that Sarah disclosed her abuse was to her mother at 20 years old.
