Shattering The Silence Tour and Documentary Project-Kansas

I am currently in Colby, KS, working on venues for upcoming free education/prevention conferences on child sexual assault prevention and human trafficking prevention; and obtaining speakers and talent for the events. It is 18 degrees outside and us southern belles are not use to it being that cold. We are warm blooded creatures, and like to stay that way.

So, what is the Shattering The Silence Tour and Documentary Project you ask?  I am glad you asked and I would love to share about the incredible work we are doing with the tour, from the FACSAFoundation.org (Family and Friends Fighting Against Child Sexual Assault).

We are changing the social stigma of child sexual assault, public policies, conducting current research of community needs and assessment, educating communities on prevention and education of child sexual assault by hosting free conferences with local advocates; filming a documentary on survivors stories across the nation and how to heal from any trauma, not just child sexual assault and human trafficking, for people to thrive, rather than just surviving. It is time we learn to live, rather than merely exist.


We will be traveling across the nation on the Shattering The Silence Tour and Documentary Project. We will be in each location for 4 days and three nights,
1) filming a documentary of adult child sexual assault survivors, the latest healing therapies and the best ones which have helped, and the latest technologies, which have helped them network, regain their lives and happiness through faith or therapy.
2)We will be conducting research on the current communities needs, which will enable us to design better programs for families and the current needs of our communities; We are asking, and to gain current statistics by sampling the population of the 10% of survivors who do tell, and gain a broader perspective of the 90% who do not tell.

• We are asking academic professionals in psychology, sociology, statistics, church's, students to assist the FACSA Foundation Shattering The Silence Project and this important work, by filling out the downloadable questionnaires and the online polls; or having your students get involved by answering the questionnaire, or sharing it with their peers. The research is a minimum of a year long project. The California Cognitive Behavioral Institute, www.theccbi.com There is a number for counselors to reach in case students or anyone needs to be consulted.

3) We will be hosting free nationwide 101 city Shattering The Silence Tour conferences, advocating prevention and education of child abuse, child sexual assault, and human trafficking.

If you would like to get involved with the national Shattering The Silence Tour and Documentary Project http://facsafoundationvirtualexpo.ning.com/,

You can help by:
1) Sponsoring our event; call 318.540.4464
2) Volunteer your time to speak as we come to your area, if you are a speaker.
3) Donate in kind donations such as venues, hotel stays, gift cards, gas cards, restaurant gift cards, child sexual assault prevention and educational materials, promotional items, PA System, video equipment, cordless microphones, etc.
4)Volunteer your time and services helping to set up venues, pass out material, sit at booths, and technological assistance
5) Thank you so much for being willing to sever as a point person for the Holocaust of Innocence Tour in your city.
Your upfront work will serve the tour well.
We will be kicking off February 23, 2013 in Westerville, OH.
What you can be working one now no matter when the tour is coming to your city:
*locating free venues; libraries, churches, community centers, local universities, or outdoor venues.
*approaching local/national businesses to see if they would like to sponsor the tour.
Sponsor packages range from $300-20,000. All sponsorships are appreciated and needed. Don't be afraid to only seek 300.00 sponsors. I will appreciate this and this multiplied across the country does wonders.
*contact local media and send them info on the tour. Radio and TV are both equally important.
*contact local colleges and universities and ask if their film program would agree to tape the tour while it is in your city.
*seeking local churches to deliver food and help with set up and break down.
*contact the child advocacy center in your location and see if they will give postcards for us to hand out.
*one person per city MapQuest the locations for your town, print them and bring them to the first venue for that city.
*post city dates, and locations to your Facebook page.
*invite law makers to the event.
*print post cards for your city with location venues and times give out to libraries, churches, high schools, community organizations, friends and law enforcement.

The Shattering The Silence Tour and Documentary

The Shattering The Silence Tour and Documentary/Research Project February 23, 2013, will begin from Oklahoma City, Ok (which due to inclement weather was cancelled). We will tour the U.S. prevention and education of child sexual advocating prevention of child sexual assault, researching the current needs of our communities, and producing a film documentary of the process. The Holocaust of Innocence is the time someone is sexually assaulted, they are never the same, having trust and emotional issues the rest of their lifetime.

The Shattering The Silence Tour will consist of speakers, personal testimonies from survivors, art, music, poetry, which will be displayed on the virtual and physical Shattering The Silence Wall. We are very excited for you to join us along this journey and we look forward to seeing you on the tour!

This is a preliminary schedule of the highly anticipated Shattering The Silence Tour. We will stop in at churches, businesses, and organizations, throughout the tour, to present the program for donations. The venues will continually change and more speaking engagements will be added, throughout this process. Please spread the word! If you would like for us to come through your area, please call Connie Lee, at 318.540.4464

Please look in the speakers table at the top of this site for speakers bios and pictures, which are being added daily.

FACSA Foundation Shattering The Silence Spring/Summer Tour and Documentary Project
Due to events scheduled throughout the year, the schedule may change or not follow sequence.
If you would like for us to stop in your area, church, or business, please call Connie Lee, 318.540.4464, or email us at facsasavethechildren@hotmail.com


Please join us tonight, March 05, 2013, Oakley, KS, 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Northwest Kansas Service Center, 703 West Second Street, Oakley, KS 67748.

If you can not make it, please join us online and follow this incredible journey!! We hope to see you in a town near you!!

Connie Lee/FACSA Foundation/Founder/President
318.540.4464
FACSAFoundation.org
facsasavethechildren@hotmail.com

18 degrees today and Snow at Wal-Mart, in Colby, KS, outside of Oakley, KS (We don't see this at home folks :)