Tag: Advocates for MST
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Advocates for MST
You think you might not be heard. Speak anyway. – Maya Angelou Advocacy efforts for MST have created tremendous change. Advocates support survivors, raise awareness, and push for systematic changes. Below are a few key organizations: Protect Our Defenders: “Protect Our Defenders (POD) is the pre-eminent national human rights organization dedicated to ending sexual violence,…
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MSTmap – Background
The Journey of Building the MST Map Website: A Platform for Military Sexual Trauma Survivors MST map began as an idea that kept lingering in my mind… What if there was a map for MST survivors? I remembered seeing an amazing Me-Too map, and wondered what a similar platform for MST survivors might look like.…
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MSTmap Origin Story
My Journey with MST MST became a part of my life in the early 1980s, soon after I turned 18 and joined the military. Upon graduating from boot camp, the very next day, I took a bus to tech school. Only a few hours after arriving, I was hungry and ventured out to find food.…