Searching for Angela Shelton, April 28, 7pm
This film will be followed by a discussion led by a staff member from Mountian Crisis Services.
93 minutes, rated R for mature themes and explict language.
In Searching for Angela Shelton, filmmaker Angela Shelton sets out on a journey to meet every other Angela Shelton in America and through them survey the early 21st Century thoughts of American women.
What she wasn't prepared for was learning that 16 out of 32 Angela Sheltons she spoke to had been raped, beaten or molested, herself included. Then there was an Angela Shelton who tracked sexual predators and just happened to live in the same town as the filmmaker's father who is a child molester and defiled her and her step-siblings for five years.
The film culminates in Angela’s confrontation of her abuser in a tramatic conversation with the man on Father’s Day, outside of his home in North Carolina.
Links and resources:
Mountain Crisis Services
Mountain Crisis Services provides services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault and their families. Offers support groups and counseling. 742-5865 (office). Hot Line: (888)966-2350, mcs4you@sierratel.com. An compassionate, caring group of women.
The official site of Searching for Angela Shelton. This is not just a film; this is a Movement. One of the best features of this site is a forum where survivors can share their stories with other survivors.
Adult Survivors of Child Abuse
All These Years
Tori Amos inspired site for survivors of sexual abuse.
Alliance for Sexual Assault Survivors
Based at the University of California at Irvine. Our goals are to break the secrecy and silence about incest, rape and child sexual abuse, to celebrate survivors of abuse, and to prevent sexual assault by changing attitudes. Our website features an opportunity for survivors to "come out" by posting a brief message about their experience. Contributors can be anonymous or give their first or full name, as they wish. We also feature photos and a description of "The Healing Quilt," an annual project at UC Irvine that began in April, 2001. The quilt was created by survivors, their friends and allies. It was sponsored by the Alliance for Sexual Assault Survivors, a group of students, faculty and staff. ASAS also contributes to the website and sponsors other events. The website also includes general information on sexual assault, and campus resources for survivors. Additional pages on "Political Advocacy", "Resources in Orange County, CA", and "Resources for Asian-Americans," are being created.
California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CalCASA)
The California Coalition Against Sexual Assault, a statewide coalition of rape crisis centers and prevention programs founded in 1980. TheCalifornia Coalition Against Sexual Assault is an organization providing leadership, vision and resources to individuals and groups committed to ending sexual violence. Guided by feminist principles, we address sexual violence in the context of eliminating oppression in all forms.
CAVNET - Communities Against Violence Network
Started and operated by the former Special Counsel to the Violence Against Women Office at the U.S. Department of Justice, CAVNET (Communities Against Violence Network) is a tax-exempt nonprofit based in the United States, addressing domestic violence, sexual assault, rape, incest, stalking, youth violence, and violence against people with disabilities. CAVNET is not affiliated in any way with any governmental agency. Guided by experts from around the world, we provide three types of services: access to an international network of experts, advocates, and advocacy organizations addressing these issues, a comprehensive web-based database of information, and voice-conferencing using the Internet.
Covert Incest
An organization whose mission is to "prevent covert incest from being passed on to successive generations by educating the public and providing services to those who are too close to a parent."
Dancing in the Darkness “This website serves as a safe haven for rape and sexual abuse survivors to share their thoughts and fears as well as words of hope and courage for others like them.”
FaithTrust Institute (formerly the Center for the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence)
An interdenominational educational center, providing material and training to religious communities, with the aim of the prevention of sexual and domestic violence. They offer training, workshops, videos, books and publications, including a quarterly newsletter, Working Together, to help those who work within the faith community to combat domestic abuse.
MaleSurvivor
National organization against Male Sexual Victimization. An organization that provides resources and programs that help men and boys overcome victimization.
Men Against Sexual Assault
MASA is an organization dedicated to raising awareness of issues of sexual assault. We aim to accomplish this through education with a special emphasis placed on male responsibility. This is done with the intent of preventing all types of sexual assault.
Men Can Stop Rape (MCSR)
Men Can Stop Rape empowers male youth and the institutions that serve them to work as allies with women in preventing rape and other forms of men's violence. Through awareness-to-action education and community organizing, we promote gender equity and build men's capacity to be strong without being violent.
National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center
Welcome to the National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center website (NVAWPRC). Both this website and the NVAWPRC are sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We have designed this website to be useful to scientists, practitioners, advocates, grassroots organizations, and any other professional or lay person interested in current topics related to violence against women and its prevention. We invite you to browse our topics and send us your feedback on both our content and our organization.
PANdora's Box -- Breaking the Silence of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Positive Resolve
Beth Stickley, M.Ed created this organization that seeks and compiles survivors stories to be published in order to share and serve as inspiration to other survivors.
Rape/Sexual Assult and Incest Statistics
RAINN: Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network. RAINN is the nation's largest anti-sexual assault organization. RAINN operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1.800.656.HOPE and carries out programs to prevent sexual assault, help victims and ensure that rapists are brought to justice. On this site, you'll find statistics, counseling resources, prevention tips, news and more.
SAFER: Students Active For Ending Rape
SAFER is a national non-profit organization committed to empowering students to hold colleges accountable for sexual assault in their on and off campus communities. SAFER trains students in effective organizing tactics and challenges them to examine the overlapping links between sexual assault and all forms of individual and institutional violence.
Survivors of Incest Anonymous
A self-help group of women and men, 18 years or older, who are guided by a set of 12 Suggested Steps and 12 Traditions.
VDAY
V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. V-Day generates broader attention for the fight to stop violence against women and girls, including rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation (FGM) and sexual slavery. V-Day is also a non-profit corporation that distributes funds to grassroots, national, and international organizations and programs that work to stop violence against women and girls.
VOICES In Action
An international organization providing assistance to adult and adolescent victims of child sexual abuse and other sexual trauma, including rape. We help victims become survivors and create accurate public awareness of the prevalence of child sexual abuse and other sexual trauma, its impact, and ways in which it can be prevented or stopped through educational programs.
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