Sexual Abuse
Erin Merryn
Please Share In the holiday season I ask that you pass this video on to 5-10 people and ask them to do the same. My goal is to get thousands to have viewed this video by the New Year when several more states will be introducing Erin’s law in 2012.
Penn State/Syracuse University Scandals, Erin’s Law News
Should schools teach sexual abuse education? Watch video below on Erin’s Law New York news with sponsor of Erin’s Law Senator Valesky Nov. 20, 2011 Article in Auburn, N.Y. paper today Nov. 20, 2011 Erin’s Law would mandate sexual abuse education-Auburn, New York 3 Weeks ago here I was introducing “Erin’s Law” in Syracuse, New […]
Is Your Glass Half Full?
Would you describe yourself as a person who is glass half full or half empty? The glass half full is usually described as someone who is optimistic and happy where half empty look at life in a negative/ pessimistic way. The choice on how you look at life is up to you. I can personally […]
Live with Oprah tonight. Join us!
Last week while working away on my 3rd book I got an email from a producer at Harpo. She asked me if I had time to talk. I thought well this is strange why are they calling me Oprah ended her show. I spoke with the producer who was calling about a letter I sent […]
Oct. 5, 1996
I remember this day clearly my younger sister remembers it too because I brought her with me. We rode our bikes into our old neighborhood crossing the busy street of Schaumburg Rd. A road we were not suppose to cross but broke the rules that day to ride back into the neighborhood we were raised […]
Video of recent travels from September speaking
Been a busy month of traveling. Just some clips from speaking in two of the states I was in this month Alabama and Texas.
Letter to my teacher 9 years ago making a point!!!!
While I have lots to share about my non-stop travels speaking every week for the past month, that will come in a later post this week with photos and video. I am going to tell you about something that happened 9 years ago when I was working on my first speech for my high school […]
Alabama, Stedman Graham, Taking Care of Myself
Two weeks ago I was speaking in Washington for the YWCA. Here is the article from that event. Then there was a follow up article on the success of the event. Friday morning I got up early for an 8am flight to Atlanta and then onto Alabama where I was speaking at the U.S. Space […]
If you could go back what would you say and do?
I ask that to those who survived childhood sexual abuse. If you were to pull out a photo of the age you were when you were abused and had the ability to jump back into that photo for a day as the adult you are now and come face to face with the child you […]
Anniversary
Today I spoke to a crowd of nearly 600 people in Vancouver, Washington for the YWCA annual event. Article in paper already on it. http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/sep/07/sex-abuse-survivor-speaks-out-against-keeping-secr/ Like ever event I tell my story, mission, and speak on Erin’s law. I always meet new faces, hear from survivors, and am reminded why I followed my purpose into […]
