Implied/Express/Informed Consent Welcome to The Consent Chronicles, with Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Services. Our agency serves Androscoggin, Oxford, and Franklin Counties in Maine. The intent of our productions is to provide trauma informed information and conversation around the topic of consent. We ask that you take good care of yourself while listening and taking in the conversation. If you are in need of help or someone to talk to at any time the Maine helpline is available at 1-800-871-7741. If you are outside of Maine and need to talk, please contact the national sexual ass ..read more

Week 12: The one where we put it all together.  We don’t need to have every box checked.  We can look at this like a story that we are sewing together…and patching when it needs patching.  Visible mending…And just like visible mending, we fix the pieces that need repair and it will look different than before…but still amazing and beautiful.   You may not have every pace as a part of your development or present in your life now, that's ok.  Which were you able to identify for yourself? Can you create the missing ones?  It’s never too late. Healing is not linear ..read more

Welcome to our PACES Mini-Cast Series. Question TEN: In your home, were there rules that were clear and fairly administered?   We talk about restorative justice, in a home setting. We chat about seeing the need behind behaviors. And we talk about boundaries. Boundaries boundaries boundaries:  How do we create consistent boundaries for ourselves, help our children create them, and keep them respected in a family setting?   What about consent?  Yeah, consent.   Jennifer Viets video, Talking Circles at Home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ0pfRGILsE Karen Purvis ..read more

Question NINE: Overall, did your schools provide you the resources and academic experiences you needed to learn? It would be great if we could reframe schools as a community center type space.  Let’s talk about how to work within the school system… Kids would go to school just so that they could talk to a support person...we’ve had kids who will show up because we scheduled a meeting.  Their people are at the school and they need that connection.  We wish they were also more hungry to learn and allowed to be curious...and make messes… They also might go to school because they wa ..read more

This episode was an impromptu conversation regarding the hashtag and new movement #saveourchildren. It is a raw and mostly unfiltered chat, edited for time. Please take good care while listening, if you need support and are in Maine, our advocates are available at 1-800-871-7741 24/7, you can also text that number between 8am and 8pm. If you are not in Maine, you can call the RAINN helpline at 800.656.HOPE (4673). If you or someone you know is a victim of sex trafficking and you need help SAPARS has a dedicated advocate. Alternatively, the national helpline for sex trafficking is 1 (888) 373 ..read more

In this episode, Heather and Bridget chat with Bill Lowenstein, Board President and OG crisis response provider in Maine. We introduce our agency, Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Services, how our prevention education came to be, and talk about normalizing consent as a part of every day stuffs. We hope you enjoy. ·       Welcome to The Consent Chronicles, with Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Services. Our agency serves Androscoggin, Oxford, and Franklin Counties in Maine. The intent of our productions is to provide trauma informed information and conversation ..read more

Welcome to our PACES Mini-Cast series. Week nine:  Question eight: Was your home typically clean AND safe with enough food to eat? This could be a tricky question.  This could also be loaded.   BUT how can you create safer spaces in your home space?  We talk about potential barriers to keeping space clean, while also acknowledging cleanliness is pretty subjective. Where can you go to get food if food is an issue? We chat about possible barriers to accessing food security. Food is fuel.  We need to have food to learn, to grow.  Maine was the 1st state to offer a ..read more

Welcome to our PACES mini-cast series. Question SEVEN: Was there an adult (not your parent) you trusted and could count on when you needed help or advice (e.g., coach, teacher, minister, neighbor, relative)? Who were the trusted adults/people in your life?  Who were the safer person/people? Who are your mentors?  Are you a mentor for someone else? https://electricliterature.com/kurt-vonneguts-graduation-speech-what-the-ghost-dance-of-the-native-americans-and-the-french/   What qualities do these trusted people bring to the relationship that created that feeling of safety a ..read more

Welcome to our PACES mini-cast series. Question SIX: Did you have an engaging hobby- an artistic/ creative or intellectual pastime either alone or in a group (e.g., chess club, debate team, musical instrument or vocal group, theater, spelling bee, or did you read a lot)?  We love that part of this PACE question is reading a lot.  We also love that creativity is a protective factor.  Creativity and curiosity are play! As a child, play is and should normalized. As an adult, play is not. Instead, we call them hobbies. Do we allow children to play, get dirty, make messes? Or do we ..read more

Question FIVE:  Were you an active member of at least one civic group or non-sport social group such as scouts, religious group, or youth group? Again that sense of belonging is an important part of being able to heal.  How can you know that that group that you are a part of has healthy boundaries?  NoMoreLonelyFriends, established out of unhealthy friend group dynamics, built an afforming and accepting collection of friend groups, uniting many.  https://www.indy100.com/viral/tiktok-friends-new-york-rejection-b1861797 Why social connections are significant: https://www.ex ..read more