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 34-minute video of the session. Click here for photos of a previous WAVE meeting at Diman. For more information, contact Jay Wong at 508-324-7900 or Ms. Hetzler at 508-678-2891 x1460.