After launching this blog on June 5, 2012 and spending nearly 4 years working for awareness and healing around the topic of sexualized violence in the Mennonite Church, it is time for me (Rachel Halder) to step down from this blog so I can step up to other projects that life presents. When I had a dream while traveling on a plane to create a space for people to tell their stories of sexualized violence, I had no idea what a deep impact this blog would make on the world and lives of so many. The journey this space has taken me on is radical. This blog, alongside my family and amazing beings who have supported and poured their hearts into this blog, has helped me heal, transform, and create a new life I never knew was possible. I have tremendous gratitude for Barbra Graber and Hilary Scarsella, my two blog partners who joined me on this journey–stepping up in ways I did not know how and aiding me in my healing journey. Though I am stepping away as director of this space, the work of Our Stories Untold will continue to create change, transformation, and healing in a world […]
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