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GRASSROOTS
ART: TELLING THE STORY
MAKING A VISUAL IMPACT
It is
important, we believe, to present the visual artifactual works of
grassroots art—drawings, poems, stories, for instance—artifacts
representative of the ritual abuse-torture endured by persons who
have been so victimized. Visual works are a vital teaching media
to help learn about the lived reality and the horror of ritual
abuse-torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading acts RAT
perpetrators inflict.
ARTIFACTUAL
TESTIMONIES: VOICES OF COURAGE!
There were
over 400 artifactual testimonies submitted to us. Placing all
submissions on our website would fill our website space. The
fairest option to persons who consented to share their work on
our website is to place one piece of artifactual testimony from
each person—one poem, letter, drawing, photograph, painting, or
short story.
We hope all persons who contributed are
especially proud of their courage to speak and to contribute to
the work of educating the global civil society about ritual
abuse-torture. The works listed below contributed to the
recommendation that: “ritual
abuse-torture be identified as an emerging human rights violation
and as a newly recognized form of torture that is inflicted by
‘non-state actors’.” These efforts will validate
persons who have survived and will lead the way to preventing
children of the future from enduring the horrors of the human
rights violations and torture perpetrators of ritual
abuse-torture inflict.
It is with
pride we present the following five categories of “Artifactual
Testimonies: Voices of Courage!”
To view click
any of the five categories listed below:
1.
POEMS
2. PICTURES:
PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, AND PHOTOS
3. STORIES
AND LETTERS
4. IN MEMORY OF...
5.
ADVOCACY AND RESEARCH
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MEDIA COVERAGE
FOR THE RITUAL ABUSE-TORTURE UN PRESENTATION
Quaker
Newsletter
Commission
on the Status of Women Newsletter
(In
this newsletter, scroll down to read Many Faces of Torture)
Westport
News
The
News-Times
Church
Presentation in Torrington, Connecticut
WELL-KNOWN
RESEARCHER on ritual abuse-torture to speak in Torrington. Jeanne
Sarson, R.N., MED from Nova Scotia, Canada, will be speaking on
"Ritual Abuse-Torture as a Human Rights Violation" at
the United Nations on March 8 as part of the 48th Commission on
the Status of Women and she will be in Torrington on Sunday,
March 7 at 1 p.m. speaking at Unity at the Foothills, 43
Daycoeton Place, Torrington. Ritual abuse-torture is a phrase
used to describe victims, almost exclusively women and children,
who are physically, sexually, mentally, emotionally and/or
spiritually abused and tortured in small "family"
groups. This type of abuse is often perpetrated in a ritual
setting. Sarson has spent 11 years working with women who have
broken away from these sadistic, pedophilic groups-usually at
risk to their lives-and are seeking recovery to wholeness. Her
talk will address the special needs of women and children who
have experienced ritual abuse-torture, and what can be done to
stop this human rights violation that is happening in all
communities in America. The talk is free and open to the public.
Seating is limited so reservations are encouraged. (Call
860-459-8477) Due to the graphic and disturbing subject matter,
parental discretion is advised. For more information or to
schedule an interview, contact Rev. Bonny Gilbert Ashe at (860)
459-8477. Unity in the Foothills, which held its first Sunday
service on Jan. 11, is a member of The Association of Unity
Churches and affiliated with Unity School of Christianity. For
more information, please visit www.UnityInTheFoothills.org.
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