by Torah Bontrager | Dec 21, 2023 | Blog, Educational Neglect, Survivor Stories
Torah Bontrager was born and raised traditional Amish and escaped at age 15. In 2018, she founded The Amish Heritage Foundation, which is a nonprofit committed to empowering Amish women and children through education past the 8th grade and fostering public awareness...
by CHILD USA | Apr 18, 2023 | Blog, Survivor Stories
Written by Kelsey Bryner and Sarah Bousquet Kelsey Bryner is Development Director at CHILD USA and Sarah Bousquet is a CHILD USA Research & Development Intern. Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields highlights a phenomenon that has long plagued American culture: the...
by Paul Jan Zdunek | Mar 16, 2023 | Bankruptcy Reform, Blog, SOL Reform, Survivor Stories
Written by Paul Jan Zdunek, COO at Miller Kaplan, an Instructor at UCLA and a Partner at Tipping Point Strategists. Paul is proud to be an advocate for SOL reform and for legislative change in Maryland. **Content warning: this blog may contain content...
by Kimberly Ann Priest | Feb 21, 2023 | Survivor Stories
Kimberly Ann Priest is the author of Slaughter the One Bird, finalist in the American Best Book Awards, and chapbooks The Optimist Shelters in Place, Parrot Flower, and Still Life. She is an associate poetry editor for Nimrod International Journal of Prose and...
by Liz Goldman | Jan 29, 2023 | Blog, SOL Reform, Survivor Stories
By Liz Goldman, 1/29/2023 Liz Goldman, M.D., is a board-certified psychiatrist specializing in women’s mental health care and currently serves as a Clinical Associate faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Goldman’s story has been told in the film...
by CHILD USA | Dec 7, 2022 | Blog, SOL Reform, Survivor Stories
Photo of Art Baselice Jr. holding a portrait of his son, Arthur Baselice III. By Karim Sharif, MSW & CHILD USA’s Social Work Intern, who collaborated with Art Baselice Jr. to write this story and honor the memory of his son, Art Baselice III. “See,...
