16. Sharing Our Survivor Story with Desdemona Dallas
Gray Area Stories
English - January 21, 2021 13:30 - 50 minutes - 47.1 MBPersonal Journals Society & Culture Health & Fitness Mental Health healing survivors healingjourneys mentalhealth rape sexualassault storytelling survivorstories Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Johanna and Erica are back in 2021 and thrilled to welcome survivor Desdemona Dallas. Sip on some tea while listening to Dallas’ journey of recognizing their trauma and reclaiming their survivor story.
[Content Warning]: This is a podcast where survivors share stories of sexual assault, sexual violence, and r*pe.
Dallas details how returning to the place where harm was done was the turning point in identifying the trauma they experienced. This turning point was the start of Dallas’ healing journey and their long effort to advocate for themselves and advocate for their case within the NYPD. According to Dallas, through sharing their story with others “I found community around a shared sense of harm and the equally powerful shared desire for healing.”
Survivor Desdemona Dallas is a photographer, filmmaker and advocate. Desdemona is the creator of Survivor’s Toolbox which uses various media to bring education and resources to survivors. Desdemona hopes that in the long term through helping victims, Survivor’s Toolbox can help survivors and advocates lean into a society where empowerment informs futures, instead of trauma.
Follow @survivorstoolbox on Instagram and visit https://survivorstoolbox.org/ for more information.
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Hosted by Johanna Middleton and Erica M. Hart
Edited by Erica M. Hart
Additional editing support by Maya Bingham
Production Assistance by Ashley Nicole Adams
Theme Song by Nailah Hunter
Show logo by Brianna Guerra