We always welcome submissions from RAMCOA survivors who would like to be featured in the Meet a Member column in our newsletter!
About Meet a Member
What to Include in Your Submission
Submission Form
about Meet a Member
Meet a Member was created to put a face on the GrassRoots RA/MC Survivors’ Collective, so members could feel a part of something larger than themselves and less alone.
It’s also a chance for survivors to share a bit about themselves with our larger membership and feel heard and validated. The use of a pseudonym for this column is both common and welcome, though not required, and what you share is completely up to you.
If you are a RAMCOA survivor and attend one of GrassRoots’ events or volunteer your time, you are considered a member and can choose to be featured in this column.
Our Meet a Member column runs three (3) times a year in our emailed newsletter. Each column features a different member of the GrassRoots RA/MC Survivors’ Collective.
what to include in your submission
Please keep your submission to 400 words maximum. You can easily check the word count in your word processing program. Submissions over 400 words will not be accepted.
When sharing about trauma and abuse in your submission, please only write about it in general terms. For example, it’s fine to say you were tortured and abused from a young age by an organized crime group. Just don’t go into detail about what that torture and abuse involved.
Some ideas of what to share (feel free to use any or all of them):
- Introduce yourself: Hi, I’m [insert the name you want to use]!
- A bit about your healing journey. For example, when you realized you were a survivor of RA/MC and/or child sex trafficking; when you realized you were multiple/dissociative; what has been helpful in your healing.
- Your likes and dislikes, hobbies, and things you enjoy.
- How you found GrassRoots and/or CUPP of Hope (many find us through CUPP of Hope).
- How GrassRoots and/or CUPP of Hope have helped you.
- If you volunteer with GrassRoots or CUPP of Hope, or even if you volunteer elsewhere, what your role is and a bit about your experience volunteering.
- How you feel about writing this for Meet a Member.
- Anything else you would like people to know about you.
When you’re ready, use the form below to send us your Meet a Member submission. We recommend writing your submission in a word processing program and then copying and pasting your text into the form.
We appreciate you and look forward to reading what you’ve written!
Submission Form
Please note that we’re a volunteer run organization and will do our best to get back to you regarding your submission within 10 days. If you haven’t heard back from us by that time, please follow up and Contact Us.
Thank you!
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