Confronting sexual assault with transformative justice
Table of contents:
– starting group? start here
– PSU: points of unity
– language
– grounding our work
– PSU: our approach and analysis
– Philly’s pissed: shifting the balance of power in our communities
– Self care now! sustoining ourselves, sustaining each others
– intro to transformative justice
– taking risks: implementing grassroots community accountability strategies
par le collectif Philly Stands Up
I remember every fucking moment and perhaps, somehow I am a bit too soft. Or a bit too grateful: I have not been raped by most definitions and I lie in waiting for it to happen, because by all statistics it will and I carry this anticipation with me to the post office, to the beach, the bedroom. Sexual assault defines my past but also my future.
Posted in VIOLENCES SEXISTES ET SEXUELLES
Consent can never be assumed, consent isn’t defined the same by everybody, consent can be nonverbal including body language, consent is never assumed with stranger OR long term partners, consent is an ongoing process at each new stage, consent is only possible when so is healthy communication.
Posted in CONSENTEMENT
I never had many friends myself, but there were often boys who attempted to make me feel welcome.
It was, however, nearly always a certain kind of trade-off.