'United With One Voice' is the theme of the first convention sponsored by the Survivors of Institutional Abuse (SIA Organization). It will take place in Long Beach, CA on the weekend of February 24-26, 2012.
This convention has been a long time coming and needs the help and support of all those who have either been victimized in teen lockdown facilities or have known anyone who has experienced this trauma. It is important that victims, by coming out and meeting others who have experienced the same abuse, become survivors.
There will be speakers, including Alexis Parks (author, American Gulag), Nick Gaglia (director, Over the GW, Aaron Bacon), Mark Levine (host, The Inside Scoop), a panel discussion and a memorial ceremony dedicated to those who have died in these places will be held on board the historic Queen Mary.
It is time to make a bold and public statement.
Stop Institutional Abuse!
To donate, please visit:
http://sia-now.org
For information regarding the convention:
http://sia-convention.org
I've been doing anything I can to get ahold of someone who knows this because it is so important to me! I would like to attend the convention in long beach on the 26th. I have no idea when would be a good time to go. Please email me at athenaayden@yahoo.com. I have been abused by a school like this. I am willing to tell my story to anyone who should here it to bring awareness. What they did to me haunts me to this day.
Athena1171 1 week ago