Join our
#TrueMemories
Campaign
Some call it "Recovered or Repressed Memory" and others "Delayed Recall." The DSM-5 refers to it as "Dissociative Amnesia." No matter what language you prefer, if your memories of Sexual Assault, Abuse, or Trauma resurfaced years after the event/s occurred, or if you're a supporter of the True Memories Movement, please, join our campaign for April's Sexual Assault Awareness Month!
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
April 1-30
Incest AWARE is partnering with 5WAVES and other advocates to launch the True Memories Campaign in order to uplift sexual assault, abuse, and trauma survivor accounts, highlighting those who have recovered memories.
The campaign will launch on April 2 as part of sexual assault awareness month.
Share Your Story &
Support on Social Media*
*Note that sharing your account on public platforms may have legal, social, psychological, physiological, and other consequences. Please, ensure that you understand the risks and consult a lawyer before disclosing, as well as have support systems in place to help you manage potential trauma triggers, social backlash, and/or online trolling. You can review Incest AWARE's recommended Crisis Support and other organizations that work with survivors. You can also download The Women's Legal Defense and Education Fund's Guide to Defamation for Survivors of Sexual Assault or Harassment,
as well as Josephine A. Lauren's Writing Guide for truth tellers.
POST ON SOCIAL:
HASHTAGS:
VISUAL RESOURCES:
Individuals are welcome to share a video, reel, or post about their recovered memory experiences or support for the movement in their own networks, or they can give 5WAVES video clips or quotes that others can post (anonymously if desired). If you are interested in being involved, please email Maria Socolof: msocolof@5waves.org.
#truememories #repressedmemories #recoveredmemories #delayedrecall #dissociativeamnesia #Iforgot #Iremember #repressedmemoriesarereal #believesurvivors #survivorsdontlie #believeincestsurvivors #wearereal #metoo #metoomovement #metooincest #incestaware #incesttoo #siblingsexualabuse #siblingsexualtrauma #siblingstoo #sasurvivor #csasurvivor
Download prepared social media visuals here.
Attend a Virtual Event
with Survivors
RECOVERED MEMORIES FILM
DATE: APRIL 5,
- 2PM-330PM ET FILM
- 345-430PM ET Q&A
LOCATION: ZOOM
REGISTER HERE
Incest AWARE will show Mary Knight's film, Mothers of Molestation, to educate others about true memories and the backlash against survivors, as well as offer space for those of us hurt and/or abandoned by mothers to prepare for Mother's Day. A discussion will follow.
OutSPOKEN INTERVIEW
DATE: TO PUBLISH APRIL 14
WATCH ON YOUTUBE
Incest AWARE will interview Mary Knight to discuss her own experience with recovered memory, as well as her process of creating her film.
#SIBLINGSTOO DAY
DATE: APRIL 15
LOCATION: ZOOM
LEARN MORE
#SiblingsToo Day, lead by survivor Sibling Sexual Abuse survivor Nancy Morris, will have a number of events throughout the day. Please, visit their website for more information.
HUSH No More INTERVIEW
DATE: APRIL 28
LOCATION: FACEBOOK &
YOUTUBE LIVE
LINKS COMING SOON
Join Dr. Vanessa Dunn Guyton as she interviews several survivors who will share their journeys of remembering their trauma after being abused. This episode is one that will inform and inspire you to HUSH No More and support the #truememories campaign.
