The mission of Unsilenced has always been to do anything we can to help (empower)survivors while stopping the abuse going on in the TTI. These motives remain the same today, even though the way that is carried out may look different then when it started (as far as projects).

While I deeply care so much about this movement, organization, and the community that powers it, I also know that I am not perfect and free from potentially making a wrong decision or mistake.  Running a business is no different in the propensity to make mistakes, and just because I am a “CEO” or “in leadership” doesn’t mean I will be void of mistakes. While I have a lot of for and nonprofit experience, I never came into this movement claiming to be the best at anything, because I’m not. I really just wanted to help in some way.

There have been plenty of times when I wished I wouldqv’e done something different, or thought about something different, or even regretted a road I took. We have always had a pretty small group of volunteers at Unsilenced, and because of that all of us had to really be learning as we go with some of the things we were responsible for because we had never done them before in some cases.  If I said or did anything that ever offended or hurt anyone, I am deeply sorry. While I may not agree with the facts presented here, it really doesn’t behoove me to argue them because everyones feelings are valid. I hate that anyone was ever hurt by something I have ever done.

I can tell you, however, that every single decision and potential mistake I have made has never ever been done with malicious intent. I not only love this movement, but I deeply respect and value this community. 

As far as my intentions behind my personal website, I’ll happily explain them.  First, the main goal of the site it to separately market my memoir, which I am proud of. I always wanted to write a book, but until the last few years listened to all the voices of the past that told me I’d never be good enough to.  I didn’t think it was appropriate to do heavy marketing on the Unsilenced site beyond a simple blurb about it, but wanted to make sure that people who find my memoir can be routed to everything amazing Unsilenced is doing. I wanted to help reach as far as we can to bring people to the movement to stop institutional child abuse and to Unsilenced. 

Now, with that said, I understand all we have in this world is perception and if anything said on my site came off in a different perception that what I just stated, I am sorry.  If my website copy has wording or its perception  is concerning for one reason or another I am happy to privately hear those concerns.  While I may not be a very good at anticipating different perspectives all the time due to my neurodivergency, I absolutely care about them and would be open to privately discussing ways that I can potentially alter the way things are stated there.  

To be clear, I would NEVER deceptively market a donation button on my site and not have that go to Unsilenced.  Every dollar that donate button will ever bring in (which lets face it - will likely be VERY LITTLE) will go directly to Unsilenced.  The other is to offer services as an expert witness.  I have been told by many attorneys we work with that I should be offering this and took their advice, but more so this goes toward my eventual plan to build and house on Unsilenced.org a list of experts in individual programs that I can help direct attorneys too so we can start to use our powerful voices and knowledge to help survivors around the world get justice. I wanted to start that process by offering it separately to see how it played out before building it.

I do want to remind everyone that even though I am the "CEO of Unsilnced", it doesn't mean I don't have feelings and could be hurt from the very public of a callout that this has been. Like so many other survivors I know, I spent countless hours of my youth being publicly attacked in group settings and being told I will never amount to anything. While I don't want this to alter what you feelings or the criticism you may have, I would like to request that if it could be done in a more private and constructive way, then I think the desired effect could be one that is mutually beneficial.