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A
dozen female students from Diman
Regional High School attended a meeting of the Women Action Voices Empowerment (WAVE) group
on April 26, 2017 to hear a presentation by sexual
assault survivor Maude Gorman, an SCI
Volunteer who is friends with Jay Wong, also an SCI volunteer who
leads the group with Diman
Regional
Adjustment Counselor Michaela
Hetzler. Gorman described the assault that occurred when she was thirteen
but did not tell anyone about for three years. She detailed the emotional
and psychological turmoil that the assault caused and the struggle she
went through to recover a positive sense of self and confidence to move on
with her life. Following the presentation, members of the group raised
probing and provocative questions in an effort to better understand how
they might deal with a similar situation in their life should it occur. The
WAVE group is a project of United
Neighbors of Fall River and Partners and
is led by Jay and Michaela. The group teaches health, guidance, advocacy, empowerment and
academic support to participants. Click here for an
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(Top
two rows) Diman
Regional students listen as sexual assault survivor and SCI
Volunteer Maude Gorman talks about her experiences. (Row three)
Students listen while Diman
Regional
Adjustment Counselor Michaela
Hetzler facilitates the discussion. (Bottom row) Group
Organizer and SCI Volunteer
Jay Wong,Michaela
and Maude talk with the students following the presentation about
upcoming meetings of the group.
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