*Content warning: hate crimes, bigotry, racism, gun violence, child loss, parent loss, and mass murder.

Mindy Corporon is a speaker, author, founder, and CEO from Oklahoma. She attributes her personal and professional success to her loving, tight-knit upbringing. However, everything she knew to be true would be deeply challenged on April 13th, 2014, when her father and son were murdered in a hate crime. Mindy has allowed her faith and her unending fortitude born from her family, to withstand all that came next for them. This includes a legal battle to convict their murderer, the publication of her memoir, Healing a Shattered Soul, the creation of a foundation, and the unending mission to inspire others wading through the throes of grief. The Broken Cycle media team is very grateful Mindy is sharing her journey with us today, as well as for her continued advocacy work. I am also personally grateful for her sisterhood in survivorship, as we are lifelong members of the same sorority.

This episode is dedicated in loving memory to Reat Underwood, Dr. William Lewis Corporon, & Terri LaManno.

Mindy's website
https://www.mindycorporon.com/

Healing a Shattered Soul by Mindy Corporon
https://www.mindycorporon.com/healing-a-shattered-soul/

Real Grief, Real Healing with Mindy
https://www.mindycorporon.com/real-grief-real-healing/

Seven Days: Make a Ripple, Change the World
https://sevendays.org/our-story/the-ripple

Laws Against Hate Crimes Don’t Exist in Kansas
https://www.ksnt.com/news/laws-against-hate-crimes-dont-exist-in-kansas/

Hate Crime Laws and Policies
https://www.justice.gov/hatecrimes/laws-and-policies

FBI 2014 Hate Crime Statistics
https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/fbi-releases-2014-hate-crime-statistics

FBI 2022 Hate Crime Statistics
https://www.justice.gov/crs/highlights/2022-hate-crime-statistics

USA Today on Hate Crimes Hit Record Levels
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/01/05/hate-crimes-hit-record-levels-in-2023-why-2024-could-be-even-worse/72118808007/

How to Report a Hate Crime
https://www.justice.gov/hatecrimes/report-a-hate-crime

Hate Crime Prevention
https://www.justice.gov/hatecrimes/hate-crimes-prevention

For additional resources or a list of related non-profit organizations, please visit http://www.somethingwaswrong.com/resources