Blog Voices from Our Community

Read stories, updates, and reflections from artists, staff, and survivors. Here, we share the heart of Awakenings — one post at a time.

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Rewrite

In response to our October prompt, Katherine Page returns to a piece of writing that is distinctly connected to her past experience with sexual violence-a

  • Journal Entry, Memoir, Other, Prose
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Happy New Year by K. Guidi

2015 – Happy New Year, the year I decided would be the year I told any man I felt deserved it “To go fuck themselves,”

  • Journal Entry
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Journal Entry by Jeff King

April 1, 2012 is a date that will resonate with me for the rest of my life. My family and I had just returned from

  • Journal Entry

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