SPEAK OUT - Silence Broken

Issue: Natural and Societal Disaster Preparedness

Grant Amount: $38,485.00
Milwaukee, WI
Year Funded: 2011
Organization: Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee Inc

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SPEAK OUT—Silence Broken is a youth-led program that focuses on sexual abuse and its impact on people locally, globally and across cultures. Participants will research the issue, connect with community partners, develop a peer-to-peer healthy relationship curriculum and create interactive media. The program will culminate with a SPEAK OUT—Silence Broken Symposium and Take Back the Night event planned and implemented by youth and open to the public.

SPEAK OUT—Silence Broken addresses sexual abuse and its negative impact on families, friends and neighbors, as well as people around the globe. The impact of sexual abuse has long-term effects on an individual’s life that threaten the health and well-being of the community. According to a 2002 report from the World Health Organization, victims are three times more likely to suffer from depression, six times more likely to have post-traumatic stress disorder, 13 times more likely to abuse alcohol and 26 times more likely to abuse drugs. The affects on victims are magnified when they do not seek support or justice for the crime. SPEAK OUT—Silence Broken is a youth-led effort that seeks to end the stigma that leaves many victims suffering alone by encouraging the community to address this very real and life-altering problem.

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