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Decolonizing the Anti-Violence Movement and Domestic Violence Awareness Month Reading List.

Week 2: Childhood Survivors and Victim-Centered Justice

1. The ways childhood trauma and abuse can affect survivors http://www.asca.org.au/survivors/how-can-abuse-affect-me.aspx

2. The Effects of DV on Children http://www.acadv.org/children.html

3. What Would Make You Believe A Childhood Survivor of Sexual Abuse? http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2014/02/04/make-believe-survivor-childhood-sexual-abuse/

4. Dehumanization, Disbelief, and Disenfranchisement: Why We Must Believe Survivors http://diannaeanderson.net/blog/2014/2/dehumanization-disbelief-and-disenfranchisement-why-we-must-believe-survivors

5. I Am A False Rape Allegation Statistic http://freethoughtblogs.com/almostdiamonds/2013/08/23/i-am-a-false-rape-allegation-statistic/

6. 8 Guaranteed Ways to Emotionally Fuck Up Your Kids http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sherrie-campbell-phd/8-guaranteed-ways-to-emotionally-fck-up-your-kids_b_4619389.html

7. On Boarding Schools from the Boarding School Healing Project http://www.academia.edu/1835202/Boarding_Schools_and_Reparations_A_Critical_Appraisal  and Soul Wound http://www.amnestyusa.org/node/87342

8. Victim-Centered Restorative Justice: An Essential Distinction http://justalternatives.org/VCRJ.pdf

9. Transformative Justice and Community Accountability http://www.usprisonculture.com/blog/transformative-justice/

10. “But What Can I Do?” Helping Victims of Domestic Violence http://literacy.kent.edu/Oasis/abuse/0300-23.pdf

11. Good Practice Guidelines When Supporting a Victim of Domestic Violence and Abuse http://www.safetotalk.org.uk/professionals/good-practice-guidelines-when-supporting-a-victim-of-domestic-violence-and-abuse/

12. Trauma informed services and care http://www.wcsap.org/sites/wcsap.huang.radicaldesigns.org/files/uploads/resources_publications/special_editions/Trauma-Informed-Advocacy.pdf

13. Childbearing 101 for Abuse Survivors http://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/childbearing-101-for-sexual-abuse-survivors-ze0z1405zhou.aspx#axzz32Nb1ZoNB

14. Why is Victim a Dirty Word? http://thecurvature.com/2008/12/13/why-is-victim-a-dirty-word/

15. Exploring alternatives to the heteronormative “victim to survivor” discourse http://eminism.org/blog/entry/291

16. Negative survivorship: Reclaiming “Victim” and Embracing Unhealthy Coping http://eminism.org/blog/entry/357

17. Beyond Eve Ensler: What Should Organizing Against Gender Violence Look Like? http://andrea366.wordpress.com/2013/12/13/beyond-eve-ensler-what-should-organizing-against-gender-violence-look-like/

18. The Revolution Starts At Home http://lgbt.wisc.edu/documents/Revolution-starts-at-home.pdf