Starting at 9am 9/11/2010 Amy Campi and Kerry Smiles will be blogging for 24hours here: http://kerrysmiles.blogspot.com/
You can watch them live via webcam: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/kerrysmiles

They are raising money for Darkness to Light and the Survivor Manual so if you find anything on the Survivor Manual helpful and/or love the work of Darkness to Light, please make a donation by visiting their FirstGiving page: http://www.firstgiving.com/kerrysheehan

The whole point of starting Survivor Manual was to share answers to the myriad of questions, provide healing techniques and platforms for all organizations out there doing good work. My top favorite organizations in the trauma and recovery moment are Darkness to Light, Bikers Against Child Abuse and Alexa Foundation. There are many more, but these three really sum it up.  All donations raised on this blogathon go to Darkness to Light!  Thank you for supporting our friends and supporters!  What better way to give thanks than to give back, literally.

A blogathon is where you post blogs for 24hrs straight every half hour to raise money for a cause and theirs is for the Survivor Manual and Darkness to Light. The Survivor Manual is an online resource for survivors of abuse in need of comfort or ways to heal from their past.  Kerry and Amy’s blogathon is extra special because its also a vlogathon which means you can watch them live for 24 hrs. Which means things will probably get a bit silly so please stop by on Sept 11th.

You can donate online with a credit card. All donations are secure and sent directly to Darkness to Light by FirstGiving, who will email you a printable record of your donation.

Thank you Kerry Sheehan and Amy Campi!

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We filmed a video about our trip here in Kansas City yesterday that we thought we’d share with you. It’s a take off of Bob Dylan’s old Subterrenearn Homesick Blues video with an altered narrative about how YOU can help us END child sexual abuse. Hope you enjoy it!

We’re on our way into Kansas today, 600 miles of flat windy corn and wheat fields. EVERY person we’ve talked to has said Kansas will be the toughest part of our trip… We’ll fight boredom, extreme distances without water and food stops and worst of all, brutal headwinds. Being in Kansas City, MO feels like we’re on the edge of the highboard looking down in the pool below, and we’re just about to take that leap into the deep end. We’ll get you our blog from Sedalia to KC up tonight, we were just so excited about our video we had to shift up the order!

From: www.PedalforPrevention.com

http://www.vimeo.com/14470316

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Moving Beyond Survivor Guilt

August 25, 2010

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In all kinds of various therapies, the term “peeling the layers of the onion” is used. But that elusive onion and all its layers can be difficult to see when you first begin to recover from whatever trauma you’ve been through. It may feel like you peeled back miles of layers if you [...]

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Pedal for Prevention Rides From Nashville to St. Louis

August 23, 2010

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The guys have made it over 1,000 miles to St. Louis, MO! Follow their journey at www.PedalforPrevention.com as Tyler, Landon and Mike try and raise $40,000 to END child sexual abuse. Also check out their Media Page and see the amazing work they’re doing as they cross America on bikes.

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WHAT!?! You want me to do what!?!

August 21, 2010

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Have you ever doubted yourself?  Like truly doubted yourself, your abilities, and your purpose in life?  I have been going through some personal and professional difficulties and have been feeling pulled by something beyond myself.  It takes complete trust to continue on the path that I am on right now.  I have doubted myself so [...]

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Introducing – Pedal for Prevention

August 19, 2010

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- 3 Guys.
- 3 Bikes.
- 4,000 miles.
- 40,000 children safe from sexual abuse.
Three volunteers are riding from Charleston, SC to Los Angeles, CA to tell America child sexual abuse doesn’t have to happen. Tyler, Landon and Mike are trying to raise $40,000 to provide prevention scholarships for adults across the country to learn to Prevent, [...]

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Peddling Joy (Revisited)

August 17, 2010

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Ever read the same book, watched the same movie (or YouTube video), or listened to the same song over and over again for the purpose of igniting that something inside of you that warms your entire being, not in the sense of unhealthy pining, but rather in that it touches the core of YOU?  It [...]

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Hello, My Name Is…

August 17, 2010

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M y name is Christina Sapien and I have worked as a counselor for survivors of sexual assault and childhood sexual abuse for approximately two years now.  It has been a difficult journey yet such a beautiful experience.   I also know about sexual abuse from a personal perspective.  Growing up my mother had these episodes [...]

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Finding Nurturing Balance in the Middle of the Seesaw

August 8, 2010

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Life is like a seesaw sometimes, with or without trauma and recovery, up and down from happiness to heartache.  Everyone has gone through some kind of trauma it seems and trauma doesn’t have to be the same as someone else to be traumatizing.  Whatever the traumatizing or heartbreaking event, it can still lead you to [...]

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How comfortable are you with the facts?

August 5, 2010

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This week I posted the following on my blog.  The more I speak in front of people about the issue of child sexual abuse and prevention the more I become aware of the feelings of discomfort in the room.  And it is not all coming from me!
I admit when I first started sharing my story [...]

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