Congresswoman Speier Describes One Woman's Nightmare Of Being Raped In The US Military

[democracy1st]

Run time: 05:45 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKu4QzSt6rs   Posted on YouTube: April 13, 2011 By YouTube Member: MoxNewsDotCom Views on YouTube: 291   Posted on DU: April 15, 2011 By DU Member: democracy1st Views on DU: 970

 
Congresswoman Jackie Speier represents California’s 12th District which covers the southwest quarter of San Francisco and most of the adjacent San Mateo County.

http://speier.house.gov/

http://www.stopmilitaryrape.org/

Case Managers

All of our case managers are certified rape counselors having completed a 40-hours rape crisis training and an additional 30 hours training on Military Sexual Trauma.

Panayiota is a veteran of the United States Coast Guard. She founded the Military Rape Crisis Center while still on Active Duty after noticing that the Coast Guard was lacking in resources needed to help Military Sexual Trauma survivors. Panayiota is serving as the Executive Director. She can be reached at [e-mail]


Melissa O'Brien is a veteran of the United States Air Force. She started as a volunteer with the Military Rape Crisis Center in 2007 while still serving with the United States Air Force. Melissa is serving as the Assistant Director. . Melissa holds a certification in rape crisis counseling from the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center. She resides in Boston, MA but is on the road at least 200 days a year educating people on Military Sexual Trauma. Contact her at: [e-mail]

Ashley Young was employed by the United States Army for over 20 years; first as an Active Duty soldier and later as a civilian employee and reserves. She serves as our advocate for all current and former members of the United States Army.Email her at [e-mail]

Staff:


Stacey Tanya: Holds a BA in Government from Harvard University and a Master of Public Policy from Georgetown University. She resides in the DC area and spends countless hours lobbying to develop better programs to help military sexual trauma survivors and pass laws to prevent future incidents. She spent a short time in the Coast Guard in the early 1990s where she was raped by her company commander at basic training. [e-mail]

Rachel: Is an Active Duty Marine based out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Rachel experienced sexual harassment and witnessed a sexual assault cover-up during her first deployment in Iraq and vowed to not remain silent about what her brothers and sisters are experiencing. Rachel can be reached at:[e-mail]


http://www.stopmilitaryrape.org/our_team.html

[Tx4obama]

1. K & R n/t

[me b zola]

2. Shero indeed

Eyes brimming with tears

[girl_interrupted]

3. K&R

[liberalla]

5. SHE-RO. That got me too...

Jackie Speier is pretty exceptional herself.

[mfcorey1]

4. Speechless!!!!

[JJW]

6. It is a war crime if a soldier rapes a woman

It should be treason, to rape and fellow soldier.

[SoulSearcher]

7. Shocked to hear that 19K/yr stat!

And yeah - "Shero" is pretty cool.
Looking for more info on that, impressed with
her straightforwardness on a tough issue.