Support For Survivors | Sexual Abuse Survivor Legal Advocates

Shaunestte will be talking with Greg Laker, partner and chair of the personal injury practice and sexual abuse litigation team at Cohen & Malad, LLP and Amina Thomas, attorney and fellow sexual abuse litigation team member. Greg will share more about his background fighting for survivors of sexual abuse as well as his journey in building his legal practice that is focused on personal injury and the work he has done on cases involving children. Amina will talk about the importance of being an advocate and providing a voice for survivors in the civil justice system.

Host Shaunestte Terrell talks with Tracey Horth Krueger Chief Executive Officer of the Indiana Coalition to End Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking about the issue of victim blaming in cases involving sexual assault. ADVISORY: in this episode Shaunestte and Tracey discuss specific cases of sexual assault. This content can be triggering. Listen with caution.

Host- Shaunestte Terrell

Guest- Tracey Horth Krueger

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Today we are talking with Indiana State Senator Aaron Freeman about the need to protect survivors of sexual abuse via reforms to the Indiana statute of limitations. He will talk about the work he has done on behalf of survivors and his plans moving forward to get a bill passed that could potentially increase the amount of time that sexual abuse survivors will have to file a legal claim against their perpetrators in civil court.

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Today, Shaunestte will be having a conversation with Courtney Curtis, Assistant Executive Director for the Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council (IPAC) about how racial bias has played a role in the way that sex crimes against Black women have been handled from the reporting stage through the prosecution of the crime and the need to not only educate but also advocate for change to combat systemic racism.

Courtney Curtis is an attorney and trains Indiana prosecuting attorneys from 91 counties in trial procedures on behalf of IPAC in her role as Assistant Executive Director. Prior to her role at IPAC, Ms. Curtis served as the Division Chief of the Special Victims Team for the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office overseeing 27 attorneys and 4 assistant supervisors in handling cases involving sexual assault, child molestation, and human trafficking. Ms. Curtis served as Chair for the Marion County Child Fatality Review and was co-leader of the Child Fatality Trial Team. She has trained for the states of Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana and Indiana in the areas of Trial Advocacy, Homicide, Sexual Assault, Child Molestation, and Domestic Violence.

Host- Shaunestte Terrell

Guest- Courtney Curtis

Resources

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Today we are talking with Professor Marci Hamilton the Founder, CEO and Legal Director of Child USA and Kathryn Robb the Executive Director of Child USAdvocacy. Shaunestte will be talking with Ms. Hamilton and Ms. Robb about the exceptional work they have done across the United States to advocate for reforms to child sexual abuse legislation.

Marci and Kathryn are lawyers, law instructors, and legislative advocates who have done significant, ground-breaking work in fighting for reforms to the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse legislation. Ms.Hamilton and Ms.Robb have affected legislative change through the use of evidence-based facts and science including medical, psychological and social science data to support the need for common sense legislation. Together Marci and Kathryn have helped to advance legislative reforms in nearly a dozen states and will continue this work until all states have passed legislation to protect our most important asset—children.

Host- Shaunestte Terrell

Guests- Marci Hamilton & Kathryn Robb

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This show was created to help sexual abuse survivors on their path to healing. We will be talking with resource partners including legislators, victim advocates, mental health professionals, sexual assault nurses, other service providers, and survivors themselves to find ways the community can work together to help sexual abuse survivors and find ways to end sexual abuse.

Please join us on this journey. We encourage you to submit questions, suggestions for interview guests, and feedback via our website www.supportforsurvivors.com. You can also find us on Instagram, here: @support.for.survivors.