STARTING LET IT BE HEARD

I have wanted to start my own company for a while now and it has finally happened.

I may be crazy doing this as I am already a busy person but my love of educating society about these topics and the feeling I get when I share my story has made me take the leap and start Let It Be Heard.

I really enjoy going into local schools and colleges and giving educational programs. The students always have great questions and are shocked by the information which makes this work so important.

Children of all ages are not getting the information that they should have. Whether they are a pre-teen or a college student they need this education.

There is so much education we need to provide them starting off with basic knowledge to know what is considered sexual violence, domestic violence, and stalking. If they don’t know what it is, how can they know if they are doing something wrong or if they are being violated?

We need to give them the tools so if they see something inappropriate they can say or do something to change it.

We need to let victims know that if and when they are ready to share their stories that we will listen, support them and most of all believe them.

Coming out with my “full” story in the beginning was not easy as I myself have been the victim of sexual violence, domestic violence and stalking. I used to think how can a person be a victim of all three of these crimes? But I was.

It was a long treacherous road trying to get justice for myself after my rape and then again after being involved in a domestic violence and stalking situation. If something was to go wrong it went wrong.

During my rape I was told by the police that my perpetrator admitted to what he did but was really sorry and to except that, than they lose my rape kit, followed by my college not taken action due to a fax error and their own statute of limitations even though I reported it the next day, there was so much crap that dealt with trying to get justice after my rape. Only to be dealing years later with an ex “track” me around the state, post things all over social media, trying to get me fired from my job, to finally learn his plan to kill me.

After years of being a victim I thought, how do I get through this? How do I move forward with my life when all of this has happened?

The struggle to come to terms was not easy, and many times I thought I could not move from victim to survivor. But here I am, no longer a victim, forever a survivor… and let me tell you… I AM STRONGER THAN EVER!

#letitbeheard