Join us as Beth and Liz discuss a project that was done in Cali, Columbia.  The project was a public health approach to deal with high rates of homicide.  Beth begins to interview Liz about pieces of her story and what it took for Liz to navigate the broken system as a battered woman desperate for social support and freedom from violence.  Learn how the Cali, Columbia project relates to what she discovered as well in terms of parts of our social system that need substantial improvement to prevent violence in our communities moving forward.  

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Liz and Beth define violence and share some of their experiences with encountering violence in their communities in Minnesota.  Dive deeper with them to learn more about how to define and identify what violence is according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC).   Liz and Beth work to discover how violence prevention strategies are approached according to the WHO and the CDC.   They share and express their experiences and feelings along the way.  Encouraging an atmosphere of restorative dialogues for each other and for others to learn along side them. 

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Liz introduces Beth and they discuss how they met at St. Catherine University.  Beth shares more about her experience with violence as a child and adult.  Beth also shares about her experience of sharing the violence with her family and how they responded.  They reflect on why they are building Abbey's Place together and their dreams around that process of dedication to violence prevention efforts and trauma informed care from a public health perspective.  

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I am choosing to provide a safe and supportive place for myself in this episode to openly share my feelings about the challenges and obstacles that have held me back from being who I am.  I find it healing to be able to share my story and experiences without the threat of being silenced, bullied, or manipulated in someway.  In this first episode, I am sharing more about my struggles of breaking free from various cycles of violence and the pain I felt after losing my amazing sister to suicide 10 years ago this November 3, 2020.  In honor of her, I am working to bring forward a dream and vision that her and I would discuss frequently to keep ourselves focused on a positive path of healing ahead.  I believe her suicide was preventable and I am determined to figure out how to save my own life moving forward and inspire others through that process.  

Additional information about my sister, Abbey Duncan, and the legacy she left in NYC working for the Bloomberg Office of Environmental Remediation prior to her death can be found here: https://www.nycbrownfieldpartnership.org/abbey-duncan-scholarship-program

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