Survivorship Notes
Vol. 188 No. 5 and 6
May and June, 2015
The Notes, formerly called Chart Notes, ISSN 1523-275, is published bimonthly, copyright © 1999-2015 by Survivorship, Family Justice Center, 470 27th Street, Oakland, CA 94612. All rights reserved. The entire contents of this issue are copyrighted by Survivorship and by the individual contributors. Contact Survivorship, or email for permission to reprint. Survivorship is a nonprofit organization.
Dear Survivorship Community,
Our conference is ‘just around the corner’. If you haven’t registered yet, there is but a little time left
https://survivorship.org/survivorship-ritual-abuse-and-child-abuse-2015-conference/
As of June 1, Shamai will be stepping off of the board of directors and the many loving hours she has put into supporting your journeys. Best of luck Shamai
The Survivorship Board of Directors
Micci, Neil, Spence
Survivorship blog https://survivorshipwp.wordpress.com
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Ritual Calendar 2015- Difficult Days
May
5/1 Beltane ( May Day) Fire festival/celtic festival, Greatest Sabbat, fertility rites/open fields
5/4 Full Moon 5/5 Cinque de Mayo
5/5 May day (Ireland) 5/7 Lag B’Omer (birthday of Jewish Mysticism) 5/8 V-E Day
5/9-5/13 Lumeria (three days Roman All Souls)
5/10 Mother’s Day
5/18 New Moon 5/21 Armed Forces Day
5/21 Ascension Day
5/22 Israel Independence Day (Yom Haatzmaut) 5/23 Shavuot 5/24 Pentecost 5/25 Memorial Day
5/29, 5/30 Memory day dedicated to Joan of Arc
June
6/2 Full Moon 6/3 Eastern orthodox Ascension Day 6/6 Queen Elizabeth’s birthday ( New Zealand 6/1 West Australia 6/28)
6/6 D Day (invasion of France in WW2)
6/16 New Moon 6/18 First day of the fast of Ramadan: Islamic 6/21 Father’s Day 6/21 First Nation’s Day Canada
6/21 Summer Solstice (orgies)
6/21 Rituals of the Elements and Feast of the Times
6/23 Midsummer’s Eve
6/23 St. John’s Eve Fire Festival
6/24 Lighting the Midwinter Bonfires in New Zealand 4/30-5/5 Grand Climax/Da Meur/ Beltane (blood)
CONFERENCES, WEBINARS, WORKSHOPS, AND TRAINING
First Person Plural Understanding & Working with Dissociation May 14- June 19, 2015 Manchester, UK http://www.firstpersonplural.org.uk
Male Survivor: Weekends of Recovery
May 15 -17, 2015 Blue Ridge Level 1 Blue Ridge, NC July 17- 19, 2015 Guest House Level 1 Chester, CT August 7-9, 2015 Advanced Alta, UT September 18- 20, 2015 Alta Level 1 Alta, UT October 16 – 18, 2015 Hope Springs Level 1 Peebles, OH http://www.malesurvivor.org/weekends/2015/schedule.html
Organized Ritual Violence
July 25 -26 and September 5, 2015 Bremen, Germany
www.nivt.de
PODS
Trauma and the Body: Somatisation and Dissociation
May 23, 2015 Bristol
October 3, 2015 Belfast October 17, 2015 Birmingham
Working with Relational Trauma – Attachment and Healthy Relationships
May 9, 2015 Exeter
May 16, 2015 Manchester
Trauma, Dissociation and Recovery: Working with Dissociative Identity Disorder and Complex PTSD.”
June 20, 2015 Huntingdon
June 27, 2015 Bradford
July 11, 2015 Sutton Coldfield
July 18, 2015 London
November 7, 2015 Crawley
November 28, 2015 Bristol
December 5, 2015 Huntingdon
http://www.pods-online.org.uk/events.html
Safeguarding Children Ongoing training North Yorkshire, UK http://www.safeguardingchildren.co.uk/lscb-training-brochure.html
Trauma Center International Trauma Conference May 27 - 30, 2015 Boston, MA Summer Training Institute July 20 - 24, 2015 Cape Cod, MA Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) Certification Program
September 11-13, 2015 http://www.traumacenter.org/training/workshops.php
Trauma and Contemplative Practice May 1-2, 2015 Cambridge, MA http://www.nesttd-online.org/event-1891505
Preventing Child Abuse One Child at a Time
May 2nd, 2015 Amarillo, TX http://www.preventchildabusetexas.org/amarillo_day_care_5-2-15.html
Child Maltreatment Conference May 7-8, 2015
La Crosse, Wisconsin
http://mayoclinichealthsystem.org/locations/la-crosse/education/child-maltreatment
Identify the Problems, Focusing on Solutions May 8-9 2015 Iowa http://www.preventingabuse.org/about.html
Children's Justice Conference May 11-12, 2015 Seattle, WA http://www.dshscjc.com/
Battered Mothers Custody Conference: HandsAcrossthe Water!
May 15-17, 2015
Secaucus, NJ
(201) 348-6900
http://www.batteredmotherscustodyconference.org/
Survivorship: Support Along the Path
May 16-17, 2015
Oakland, CA https://survivorship.org/survivorship-ritual-abuse-and-child-abuse-2015-conference/
Child Aware May 18-19, 2015 Melbourne,. Australia http://childawareconference.org.au/index.asp?IntCatId=14
For America's Children
May 18-21, 2014 Jacksonville, FL http://preventchildabuse.donordrive.com/?fuseaction=cms.page&id=1020&preview=true
National Judicial Institute on Domestic Child Sex Trafficking May 19-20, 2015 Minneapolis, Minnesota http://www.ncjfcj.org/DCST2015
The Self behind the Self May 21, 2015 The Netherlands https://dissociatie.wordpress.com/
Child Abuse Prevention Conference May 25, 2015 Los Angeles, CA http://www.asianpacificpolicyandplanningcouncil.org/lacac-free-annual-child-abuse-prevention-conference/
Crimes Against Children Conference May 26-28, 2015 Cheyenne, Wyoming https://www.facebook.com/WYCACC http://ag.wyo.gov/victim-services-home-page/events-and-training
Psychological Trauma: Neuroscience, Attachment, and Therapeutic Interventions
May 27 – 30, 2015 Boston, MA. http://www.traumacenter.org/training/Trauma_Conf_2015.php
Child Abuse Paediatrics
June 1-5, 2015
Uppsala, Sweden http://www.trippus.se/web/presentation/web.aspx?view=category&evid=IlEySrAOu1+O9h/DrWwXCg==&ecid=BfALn552sBw/rId+YwAvbA==&ln=eng&template=Desktop
Child Abuse & Neglect Institute June 1-5, 2015 Reno, Nevada http://www.ncjfcj.org/CANI2015
Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect June 3-5, 2015
http://doj.nh.gov/criminal/victim-assistance/events.htm
International Conference on Trauma, Dissociation and Psychosis June 3-5, 2015 Kristiansand, Norway http://www.isps.org/index.php/conferences-and-events/other-events-in-the-field-of-psychosis
Domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse June 4-5, 2015 Boise, Idaho http://icdv.idaho.gov/conference/index.html
Exploitation of Women and Children: Global Perspectives June 10-12, 2015 Lancaster, PA http://blogs.millersville.edu/learninginstitute/
One Child, Many Hands
June 10-12, 2015 Philadelphia , PA
Debra Schilling Wolfe
(215) 573-9779
http://www.onechildmanyhands.org
Trauma in Changing Societies
June 10-13, 2015 Vilnius, Lithuania http://estss2015.eu/
Group Therapy, Perpetrator Attachment, and Social Neurobiology
June 11 – 13, 2015 Leipzig, Germany http://www.traumapotenziale.de
Trauma Informed Care June 14-17, 2015 Atlanta, GA http://richmont.edu/trauma-informed-care/
How safe are our children?
June 17-18, 2015
London, UK http://www.nspcc.org.uk/what-you-can-do/events/how-safe-conference-2015/
Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect June 24-26, 2015 Perth, Western Australia https://www.aracy.org.au/events/event/3rd-national-conference-on-prevention-of-child-abuse-and-neglect
SNAP Conference July 31-August 2, 2015 Alexandria, VA http://www.snapnetwork.org/2015_snap_conference
SMART
August 7-8, 2015
Windsor Locks, CT
https://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/
Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect
May 22 - 25, 2016 Stockholm, Sweden.
http://www.nfbo.org/web/page.aspx?sid=7799
NEWS AND LINKS
Rochdale child sex ring No officers to be charged over Rochdale child abuse failure, say police
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/mar/13/no-officers-charged-over-rochdale-child-abuse-failure-greater-manchester-police
Cyril Smith child abuse probe 'scrapped after his arrest'
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-31908431
Undercover elite child sex abuse investigation 'scrapped by police commanders'
BBC Newsnight has claimed that an undercover police operation in possession of evidence that a member of the security services and a prominent MP were involved in child abuse was scrapped by commanders shortly after investigating officers sought to make arrests
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11476231/Undercover-elite-child-sex-abuse-investigation-scrapped-by-police-commanders.html
Enoch Powell is named by bishop in sex abuse probe: Scotland Yard to investigate satanic abuse claim - and demands to see filed held on serving MPs
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3016399/Enoch-Powell-named-bishop-sex-abuse-probe-Scotland-Yard-investigate-satanic-abuse-claim-demands-filed-held-serving-MPs.html
Police ‘covered up child sex abuse by actors and priests’ http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/crime/article4395594.ece
MI5 'hid' child abuse at boys' home: Former Army intelligence officer claims security chiefs told him to 'stop digging' when he reported possible paedophile ring
Brian Gemmell said spy chiefs ordered him to 'stop digging' at boys' home
Former Army Intelligence officer claims MI5 covered up the sexual abuse
Staff jailed in 1980s for sexual abuse at notorious Kincora children's home
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3029553/MI5-hid-child-abuse-boys-home-Former-Army-intelligence-officer-claims-security-chiefs-told-stop-digging-reported-possible-paedophile-ring.html
Kincora historic VIP paedophile ring - shock revelations Tuesday 07 April 2015
A Kincora abuse victim from Northern Ireland has told Channel 4 News how he was also abused at London's Elm Guest House and Dolphin Square at the hands of "very powerful people"
http://www.channel4.com/news/vip-paedophile-ring-westminster-abuse-elm-guest-dolphin
Michael Jackson Allegedly Paid $200 Million to 20 Child Sex Abuse Victims
http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2015/04/06/michael-jackson-allegedly-paid-200-million-20-child-sex-abuse-victims
Bitcoin's Blockchain Offers Safe Haven For Malware And Child Abuse, Warns Interpol
http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2015/03/27/bitcoin-blockchain-pollution-a-criminal-opportunity/
ON-GOING MEETINGS AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
More information is available at https://survivorship.org/events/
Adult Survivors of Child Abuse-ongoing meetings/Beyond Surviving
Second Thursday of each month, 6:00-8:00 PM
Embarcadero YMCA, 169 Steuart St., San Francisco, CA
http://rachelgrantcoaching.com/
ASCA (Adult Survivors of Child Abuse)
On-going meetings in CA, FL, IL, NE, NJ, NY, NC, RI, and South Africa
www.ascasupport.org
Christina Arguello
http://therapists.psychologytoday.com/rms/prof_detail.php?profid=119345&sid=1336589023.0802_18054&city=San+Francisco&county=San+Francisco&state=CA&spec=19
Intensive Trauma Therapy, Morgantown, WV.
Free Thursday morning Trauma Seminars
http://www.traumatherapy.us
Survivors of Incest Anonymous
SIA holds 12-step meetings for incest survivors. Those designated “Nothing Too Heavy to Share” meetings are designed for ritual abuse survivors.
410-282-3400
http://www.siawso.org
SIA Coming Home phone meeting
Daily at 11:30 am and 9pm eastern time.
1 712 432 8808 code is 742247 then press 5 once you're in.
Trauma Center at JRI
Free lecture each Thursday of the month, 12-1 p.m., Brookline, MA
617- 232-1303
www.traumacenter.org/training/workshops.php
Womencare Counseling Center
Weekly ongoing groups, Evanston, IL
847-475-7003
www.womencarecounseling.com
Women’s Center, 46 Pleasant Street, Cambridge, MA
Weekly and monthly groups for survivors of child sexual abuse, incest survivor’s interfaith quilt project, Survivors of Incest Anonymous, eating disorder support group, emotional healing group, more.
Phone: 617-354-6394
Helpline. 617-354-8807
http://www.cambridgewomenscenter.org
Dissociation & Trauma Clinical Discussions
The Dissociation & Trauma Clinical Discussions (DissTCD) list has been created to allow for clinical discussions for all licensed mental health counselors and retired licensed mental health counselors around the world. If you have a related license or degree, please write for more information at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DissTCD
Survivorship is presenting this as information and cannot guarantee your safety. If you choose to get involved, please know that you are choosing to do this at your own risk. We advise having a back up support system in place before. If you know of other groups that are active and have been helpful, please do let us know.
The Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline1-800-4-A-CHILD (1-800-422-4453)
HOTLINES FAMILIAR WITH RA ISSUES
* Bay Area Women Against Rape (BAWAR): 510-845-7273
* San Francisco Women Against Rape (SFWAR): 415-647-7273
* Women’s Center, Cambridge, MA: 617-354-8807