Sara Almaraz had an insightful conversation about breaking the cycle of sexual abuse toward the women in her family. She quickly recognized that she had to do it for herself and without the women in her family.
Sara Almaraz is an Afro Indigenous Latina, Mama, Advocate, Homeschooler, Founder of We2 Alliance, Bilingual Advocate - Talking Trees, Inc, Director of Advocacy - BCAI Cultural Arts and Humanities She states, "I’m here for the hard conversations". The We2 Alliance connects with professionals, educators and supporters who understand the challenges of raising children after childhood sexual abuse or trauma and provide safe spaces to explore difficult topics. The #We2 mission makes Talking Trees a two-prong approach to breaking the silence of adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. In addition to helping survivors find their voice and live in their truth, we are requesting bystanders to identify as listeners and take responsibility to create a safe space for survivors to be heard. Every survivor needs listeners as they travel along the healing path. They need listeners to break their silence, help them process, and to provide a safe space to release some pain. There are approximately 60 million adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse in America. Most have grown into adulthood without anyone ever saying as much as “I’m sorry” that happened to you. Half of the adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse will never disclose the experience. Victimization is an isolating experience that deeply affects many adult survivors for the rest of their lives. Healing should not be isolating.
The “We2” mission seeks to alleviate the isolation of adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. - https://talkingtreessurvivors.com/we2/
