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Hello everyone! It has been a while but we have some great news. On December 2, 2012 Finding Our Voices is having an Art & Craft Fair with a live performance by The Legacy Band. Go to http://findingourvoicescs.org to buy tickets online and have them waiting for you at will-call. They will be $10.00 pre-purchase and $12.00 at the door. Hope to see all of you there!!!!
Pke's Peak Community College Studio Art Gallery
Colorado Springs, Co.
June 22 at 5:30pm until July 20 at 7:30pm
Summer Gallery Hours: Thursday-Saturday 12:23-4:30pm
In conjunction with the Alpha Gamma Alpha chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year colleges, the PPCC Art Gallery is pleased to present Expressions, an exhibit of new art that gives our military and youth their voice through art. Expressions is a labor of love for several organizations and groups at Pikes Peak Community College. The exhibit was initiated by the PPCC Veteran Arts Collaborative (VAC) Bridges committee, a group spearheading training for faculty and staff on effective communication with military and veteran soldiers. This exciting exhibition draws together multiple organizations at PPCC and in the broader Colorado Springs community to heighten awareness of the importance of art in the healing process for traumautized individuals. The drawings, paintings and mixed-media artwork featured in Expressions is from the heart, varied, intense and sincere.
Joyce Aubrey, founder of Finding Our Voices, will present a visual overview of her journey to healing through art. Light refreshments will be served.
Thursday July 19th 5:30-7:00 pm
Pike's Peak Community College Downtown Studio Art Gallery
Colorado Springs, Co.
"This presentation hits to the core of what the EXPRESSIONS Art Is My Voice exhibit is all about. Ms. Aubrey's generous and honest talk illustrates, from a very concrete and personal perspective, the impact that the creative process has on recovering from trauma. Her story is both heart-wrenching and inspiring."
L.Ben Amots
This discussion contains adult subject matter and is not appropriate for Minors.
July's Healing Art Workshop
This upcoming Saturday, July 14th from 10-12 noon
427 East Colorado Avenue Colorado Springs, CO 80903
June's workshop :)
this coming Saturday, June 9th from 10am-12noon
@ the Cottonwood Center for the Arts, 427 E. Colorado Ave.
in downtown Co. Spgs. upstairs in studio 236
We will learn the EFT technique for relaxation before and after we do process painting. All supplies are provided. Come and enjoy with us.
FOV WORKSHOP-process painting
Saturday May 12th
10:00-12 noon
Cottonwood Center for the Arts
427 E. Colorado Ave. in Colorado Springs upstairs in studio 236 and we will be doing process painting. All supplies are provided. Hope to see everyone there!
questions please phone 719-520-1899
Below is one of my first processing paintings and i don't even consider myself an artist. These processing workshops are not for "artists" only, it is for everyone who are survivors of sexual assault and could benefit self expression and healing through art.
This piece was displayed at our 2012 art-show earlier this month at the Stargazers Theatre. We had a wonderful turn out and support.
can buy tickets online (http://www.stargazerstheatre.com/) or by phone 476-2200 or at the box office. Hope to see you there :)
BACA of Colorado
Bikers Against Child Abuse (BACA)
exists with the intent to create a safer environment for abused children. We exist as a body of Bikers to empower children to not feel afraid of the world in which they live. We stand ready to lend support to our wounded friends by involving them with an established, united organization. We work in conjunction with local and state officials who are already in place to protect children. We desire to send a clear message to all involved with the abused child that this child is part of our organization, and that we are prepared to lend our physical and emotional support to them by affiliation, and our physical presence. We stand at the ready to shield these children from further abuse. We do not condone the use of violence or physical force in any manner, however, if circumstances arise such that we are the only obstacle preventing a child from further abuse, we stand ready to be that obstacle.
Finding Our Voices Features Artist Cindilin Pettibone
The article below is from a past show…it’s informative about DID with childhood abuse. It entails about how she has overcome through the use of art therapy.
The following story about Cindilin Pettibone was written by Finding Our Voices friend Karen Sucharski.
“Your hair looks so cute,” I said to my friend Cindilin Pettibone as we met to go to a meeting.
“I know,” she said, then she leaned conspiratorially toward me, “I have no idea who got it cut,” she whispered.
This may seem a strange exchange to anyone eavesdropping. But Cindilin is a rare and strong woman with Dissociative Identity Disorder, formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder.
Cindilin was sexually abused by her grandfather from the age of four to age 16. She was also repeatedly sexually, emotionally and physically abused by other members of her family. When she sought help from a trusted priest, he too abused her.
When we attend group therapy she reads her various diagnoses off her Blackberry. They include PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder; anxiety; and depression. And, with all of this, she smiles. She has an infectious sense of humor and a strong work ethic that has been invaluable to the Finding Our Voices Art Show and Sale.
Cindilin will be there, exhibiting her artwork, selling jewelry with inspirational messages including “Believe the Child” and one word affirmations. She has found a great deal of solace in her artwork trying and succeeding at quilting, photography, cross-stitch, stained glass, painting, poetry, cake-decorating and scrap-booking to name a few. Her favorite is the jewelry making and drawing she said. Her therapist said she has seen growth in Cindilin through her drawing. She used to only draw in black and white. But lately she has added some color. “I love color,” Cindilin said. But she was afraid of it. Her drawing was also one of the clues that helped diagnose her DID. She said when she wrote, her handwriting changed. “The artwork was not all done by the same person and it’s signed differently,” she said.
She doesn’t experience as much missing time as some DID individuals. She has what is called “co-conciousness” with many of her personalities. But not with all. She said, to date, she has more than 50 personalities that range from an infant to personalities in her 20’s and she believes she has more yet to come out. “It takes me an hour to get to sleep because I have to put 50 people to bed. Then I wake up in the night because someone wakes up.”
When asked if integration is her goal in therapy she responded, “I’m not there yet.” Integration of the personalities into the dominant personality is a scary proposition to many people with DID. “DID’s just really tricky,” Cindilin said.
She said some people say, “’Let your little people come out and play with me’ That’s not okay with me because I try to keep myself under control in a world that demands it.” She was quick to add, "That’s just my opinion.”
In the meantime she has her arts and crafts activities. “I have to wonder if, out of the depths of all my desperation, my creativity kicked in. There isn’t a craft I can’t do if I put my mind to it. Exploring my multitude of hobbies will always fill a space in my life as both a means of recovery and as pleasurable pastimes.” (DID is a common condition amongst survivors of childhood sexual abuse. For more information on DID view this blog).
Hope (www.dictionary.com)
1. the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best: to give up hope.
2. a particular instance of this feeling: the hope of winning.
3. grounds for this feeling in a particular instance: There is little or no hope of his recovery.
4. a person or thing in which expectations are centered: The medicine was her last hope.
5. something that is hoped for: Her forgiveness is my constant hope.
verb (used with object)
6. to look forward to with desire and reasonable confidence.
7. to believe, desire, or trust: I hope that my work will be satisfactory.
8. to feel that something desired may happen: We hope for an early spring.
9. Archaic . to place trust; rely (usually followed by in ).
Idiom
10. hope against hope, to continue to hope, although the outlook does not warrant it: We are hoping against hope for a change in her condition.
Training & Technical Assistance from CCASA
CCASA provides valuable educational programs, trainings, and technical assistance to member programs and other sexual assault victim service providers in Colorado. Educational and training topics include effective response to sexual violence victims, best practices for prevention and intervention, sexual assault laws and legislation, organizational capacity-building, working with marginalized groups, and other emerging issues as requested. Staff also regularly responds to requests for technical assistance, resources, and information.
Publications
Go to the Publications page
CCASA strives to provide the most current and culturally-specific resource materials on issues related to sexual assault and service provision. We publish a quarterly newsletter (The CCASA Connection) and bi-monthly email news briefs with statewide training information, job postings, events, legislative updates, and sexual assault news. The following CCASA resources are also available:
Toward Healing & Justice: A Handbook for Survivors of Sexual Assault (English and Spanish)
“About Sexual Assault” brochure (English and Spanish)
“What Happened?: Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault” brochure (English and Spanish)
Fact Sheet: Human Trafficking & Sexual Assault (English, Spanish)
Fact Sheet: Interpersonal Violence (IPV) & Sexual Assault (English, Spanish)
Fact Sheet: Sexual Assault & LGBTQI Communities (English, Spanish)
Fact Sheet: Stalking & SA (English, Spanish)
Fact Sheet: Teens and Sexual Assault (English, Spanish)
CCASA Resource Library
*All Fact Sheets are available in English and Spanish.
Finding Our Voices Founder 2 Receive Advocacy Award
transferring more info from an older blog...updating is always a good thing :) thought i'd let u all know what a great job this organization is doing for the survivors in Colorado :)
CCASA: Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault will be awarding Joyce Aubrey the 2011 Excellence in Sexual Assault Advocacy Award. This honor recognizes individual or organizational dedication to dispelling myths about sexual violence, breaking the silence surrounding this crime, and providing survivor-centered services. The award will be presented to a member agency or individual who consistently demonstrates commitment and skills in providing exceptional services, which may include prevention education work, on behalf of primary and secondary survivors of sexual violence. Joyce will receive this award on June 27, 2011 in Vail, CO. Congratulations to Joyce and FOV!
Art processing towards healing. Works that were complete at previous shows.
www.survivingspirit.com Michael Skinner is a musician and advocate. His website, music, face book page and monthly email newsletter are FULL of excellent support; resources, events and more for survivors of trauma, abuse or mental health concerns.
www.ManyVoices.com Hope and healing resources, newsletter for people recovering from child abuse or severe trauma. Many articles address living with DID.
www.survivorship.org educational info, newsletter, webinars and online support forum for survivors of ritual abuse, mind control and torture, and their allies.
www.stopitnow.org Prevents the sexual abuse of children by mobilizing adults, families and communities to take action to protect children before they are abused w/webinars, training and flyers.
www.ra-info.org thorough and simple to follow site of resources re:ritual abuse,
ritual crime and healing.
www.darknesstolight.org dedicated to teaching adults simple, pro-active steps to help protect children from sexual abuse.
www.preventconnect.org is a national project of the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA) providing free webinars and advocacy information.
CCASA www.ccasa.org Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Abuse address public policy issues which affect sexual abuse survivors at a state and national level. See “Towards Healing & Justice” in your packet…pages 58 - 72 lists resources. Individual membership is $25/year and runs July 1-June 30. CCASA offers members free pamphlets and quarterly regional meetings and newsletter; free webinars, advocacy training and updates on legislation.
COMPASSIONATE COUNSELING CONSORTIUM www.ccc-cs.org Behavioral health clinicians in Colorado Springs come together to provide outpatient counseling services to uninsured and underinsured persons for fees starting as low as $5 cash per contact or session, depending on income.
COVA www.ColoradoCrimeVictims.org Colorado Organization for Victim Assistance sponsors many training programs including “Ending violence against women”& “Engaging men to end sexual violence”
DBSA http://www.dbsacoloradosprings.org/ Depression and BiPolar Support Alliance provides weekly no-cost drop-in support groups, hotline, events and advocacy. FOV members facilitate a support group for sexual abuse survivors and their allies Wednesdays at 7pm. DBSA has an extensive free library for education and support, and a list of local resources on their website.
RAINN www.RAINN.org (Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network) Our nations’ largest anti-sexual violence group; they work with public policy, education, speakers bureau, national hotline & victim support
RAAP www.RAAP.org Rape Assistance and Awareness Program is Denver’s only rape crisis center. Primary goals are to assist victims and educate the public in the prevention of sexual violence.
Safe Passage http://www.safepassagecac.org/ The authoritative regional resource for child sexual assault services, for the children and non-offending family members.
TESSA www.tessacs.org Working to build a community without Domestic and Sexual Violence, they offer a safe house, counseling and legal assistance. Office: 719-685-6812, Crisis Line: 719-633-3819
WINGS www.wingsfound.org Provides support groups and counseling - statewide and local.
www.ht-colorado.org Southern Colorado Human Trafficking Task Force, monthly meeting (second Tuesday) of many agencies/people involved in work against human trafficking. Also see: restoreinnocence.com a local non-profit working to open a safe house for trafficking victims.
Resources: Books
BOOKS:
Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse. First published in 1988, it is a popular self-help book written by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis that discuss the impact of child sexual abuse and how to address it. (Re-issued in 2008)
Miss America by Day: Lessons Learned from Ultimate Betrayals and Unconditional Love by Marilyn Van Derbur is a guide for parenting…resource for professionals…handbook for survivors of sexual abuse…and a love story. Published in 2003, this includes a comprehensive review of literature and a guide for parents to keep their children safe.
It Happens Every Day: Inside the world of a sex crimes D.A.. In this informative but uneven examination of sex crimes against children, Robin Sax, former Los Angeles Deputy DA traces the prosecution of this social epidemic.