Breaking the Myths of Predatory Grooming and Sexual Abuse
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ATHLETE A: Viewing and Panel on February 22, 2021
The Army of Survivors' campus ambassadors are presenting the Netflix's film, Athlete A, and Panel Discussion with Caroline Sylvia, John-Michael Lander, and Jen Sey.
Here is the link to view the recording of our panel discussion:
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I had the opportunity to sit down with an incredible young man, Nick Murray, that is breaking barriers with the Gamers population by sharing survivors' stories. Take a moment and listen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbHCZTzJWuw
Empowering gamers/survivors through education and giving them a voice to speak up against abuse. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gamersagainstabuse/support
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2021 Canadian Sexual Exploitation Summit May 6 & 7, 2021
2021 Canadian Sexual Exploitation Summit
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https://sexualexploitationsummit.ca
May 6 & 7, 2021
Why do we need a Canadian Sexual Exploitation Summit?
To unite organizations and individuals in Canada fighting sexual exploitation.
To create an opportunity for networking and strategizing.
To fuel a movement towards collective action and ground-breaking strategies against sexual exploitation in Canada.
What will the focus of CSES be?
The theme for CSES 2021 is “Disrupting Demand”. The focus will be educating and equipping on effective ways to disrupt the demand for purchasing sex in Canada.
Why focus on Demand?
Sexual exploitation is based on economic principles. If there were no demand, there would be no supply. It is time we give attention to this important part of the crisis of sexual exploitation. Who is the buyer? How do we make this part of sexual exploitation more visible?
Pornography plays a huge role in fueling the demand. Our hyper-sexualized culture factors into all parts of sexual exploitation. The challenges and risks are urgent as we see grooming and luring of youth and an increase in sexually explicit content on social media. The internet has allowed for a global crisis of exploitation to occur.
What will the summit be like?
The Canadian Sexual Exploitation Summit will be a one-of-a-kind setting where people from across, business, transportation, Indigenous, education, health, service provider, child welfare, justice, law enforcement and survivor sectors as well as from a diverse range of professional, political, and personal backgrounds, coalesce to be informed, equipped, connected and inspired.
The time is now!
The challenges of sexual exploitation facing us are urgent. We must act now. It’s time to work across sectors to disrupt demand. We must stand together to confront the rising tide of exploitation in Canada.
Come join us as we fight for a world free from sexual exploitation!
SPOTLIGHT SERIES WITH ROBIN REARDON
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Athletic Predatory Grooming by John-Michael Lander
NEW CEASE SPOTLIGHT November 9, 2020
CEASE UK https://t.co/KIlVyTbaGY.
NEW CEASE SPOTLIGHT: An Athlete’s Silence. John-Michael Lander (An Athlete's Silence) discusses the exploitation that goes on behind the closed doors of professional sports groups and schools || Please read and share below 
CEASE UK's VISON
Our vision is to see a society where porn is no longer seen as harmless, recreational fun, but is recognised as violent, misogynistic and racist and damaging to society.
We want Britain to be a nation that recognises prostitution as exploitative and seeks to reduce demand and ultimately end the sex trade through the introduction of the Equality Model (or the ‘Nordic Model’).
We are fighting for a culture that recognises hypersexualisation, porn-culture and the sexual objectification of women as incompatible with true sex equality.
Ultimately, we want to help Britain to become a country whose national institutions stand up publicly against the sexual exploitation and abuse of the sex trade and sex industry.
CEASE UK's AIMS
1. To expose the inherent harms and abuses of the commercial sex industry (e.g. porn, strip clubs) and the global sex trade (prostitution) and their destructive cultural influence.
2. To raise awareness of the links between all forms of sexual exploitation among key public sector bodies and charities.
3.To dismantle the commercial and cultural forces which fuel sexual exploitation and become an agent for systemic change.
4. To unify, strengthen and resource the sexual exploitation sector, in order to amplify a powerful, collective voice.
What do we mean by sexual exploitation?
Sexual exploitation is: “Any actual or attempted abuse of position of vulnerability, differential power or trust, for sexual purposes, including, but not but not limited to, profiting monetarily, socially or politically from the sexual exploitation of another.” 1 Closely related to this is sexual abuse, defined as: “Actual or threatened physical intrusion of a sexual nature, whether by force or under unequal or coercive conditions.”
Sexual exploitation encompasses a wide-range of sexual abuse or utilitarian sexual uses of persons, regardless of age. It includes sexual objectification, sexual violence, pornography, prostitution, sex trafficking and more.
It always involves:
- Differentiated Power: perpetrators of sexual exploitation abuse a position of differentiated power or trust in order to derive sexual gratification, financial gain or some form of advancement through the sexual abuse of individuals.
- Vulnerability: although sexual exploitation can affect anyone, its effects are felt disproportionately by those who on are socially and economically marginalised. Individual, familial and environmental risk factors are interconnected and often cumulative. 1
- Harm: sexual exploitation involves the abrogation of a person’s basic human rights, including their right to dignity, equality, autonomy, and physical and mental well-being. 1 Victims suffer acute harm and negative long-term consequences. 1
The harmful effects of sexual exploitation are not limited to the victims: when the most vulnerable individuals in our society are robbed of the opportunity to thrive, living a life free from sexual harm, we all feel the effects.
We have a responsibility to fight back and to hold to account the multi-billion dollar industries that feed off exploitation and abuse.
Local author, Hollywood actor shares impacts of sexual abuse
Former competitive diver says he suffered abuse as a teen.
Article by Beth Anspach
https://www.facebook.com/231828623522223/posts/3414674421904278/
PREDATORY GROOMING PROGAM
Predatory Grooming
2020 End Sexual Exploitation Global Summit
https://vimeo.com/439119774/174690a53b
Watch the Predatory Grooming Video presented by Brent Cary, John-Michael Lander, and Dawn Hawkins
The summit had
22,087 registrants from over 100 countries
Coming Soon!
Brent Cary, hockey player, and John-Michael Lander, diver, will be providing a Predatory Grooming Program to help parent, athletes, sports teams, coaches, school, and organizations to identify the signs of predatory grooming, manipulation, and sexual abuse. Lean what to do if you suspect you or a loved one is being groomed. Learn tools how to help those who are being groomed or have been groomed. Learn tools how to help yourself if you are being groomed or discover you were groomed.
- ANYONE CAN BE GROOMED AT ANY TIME.
- ARE THERE DIFFERENT TYPES OF GROOMING?
- EACH PREDATOR HAS A UNITQUE METHOD OF GROOMING.
- DOES GROOMING ALWAYS HAVE TO LEAD TO SEXUAL ABUSE?
- WHAT ARE THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF GROOMING?
- HOW DO YOU RECOGNIZE YOU OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE IS BEING GROOMED?
- HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO BE GROOMED?
- IS GROOMING BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION?
Hear from two athletes that were groomed by predators and how they are recovering in order to help others.
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