Bridie Farrell is a former US National Speedskating Team Member and the founder of NY Loves Kids. When she was 15 years old, she was sexually abused by Andy Gabel, a 33-year-old and the #1 speedskater in the US at the time.

In this episode, Bridie and Torah talk about how difficult it is for adult victims or survivors to come forward, even celebrities who have teams of lawyers, assistants, and PR to help them with what to say. Child victims have no such backing, so it’s upon us adults to speak out on behalf of children everywhere.

Bridie shares how we can help change the laws and raise awareness about sexual assault statistics by sending simple, easy tweets while binge-watching the Winter Olympics or our favorite TV shows. If you do nothing else, tweeting a statistic at your state senators every time you watch a show is enough. You will do more good and create more change than you realize if you’re as committed to tweeting stats as you are to binge-watching.

For a list of Tweetable statistics, check out http://www.TorahBontrager.com/FREE or follow the podcast on Instagram @OurAmishNation www.Instagram.com/OurAmishNation

ACTION STEPS:

Send/schedule a daily Tweet/Gram to @NewYorkGOP or your State senator:

1. Did you know that 8 minutes ago, a child in our country was sexually abused? What are you doing about it?

2. Every 8 minutes a child is sexually assaulted, 1 in 6 boys and 1 in 3 girls. What are you doing about it?

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Connect with Torah, speaker + memoir author of An Amish Girl in Manhattan: Escaping At Age 15, Breaking All the Rules, and Feeling Safe Again

http://www.TorahBontrager.com

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Connect with Bridie:

www.bridiefarrell.com and www.NYloveskids.org