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Date: January 15, 2018 09:13PM
Thursday, January 18th, 10-11 am Presenting -
SAM YOUNG
Houston business owner, father of 6 daughters, decades of service to the LDS church including bishop, bishopric counselor, ward mission leader, ward young men president, stake young men president, stake public affairs director, stake activities director, high councilor, high priest group leader, seminary teacher, institute teacher and several special assignments. Served full time mission in Guatemala/El Salvador
JOELLE CASTEIX
Sex Abuse Victims’ Advocate; Western Regional Leader, SNAP, the Survivors Network
Named one of Orange County’s 100 Most Influential People, Joelle is the award-winning author of the bestsellers The Well-Armored Child: A Parent’s Guide to Preventing Child Sexual Abuse (RiverGrove Books) and The Power of Responsibility (based on her wildly successful TEDx talk.) A successful writer and blogger, she is also a leading national “in the trenches” expert on the prevention and exposure of child sex abuse and cover-up, especially within institutions such as the Catholic Church.
A former journalist, educator, and public relations professional, Joelle has taken her own experience as a victim of child sex crimes and devoted her career to exposing abuse, advocating on behalf of survivors, and spreading abuse prevention strategies for parents and communities. Her writing has been featured in The Orange County Register, Parenting.com, and hundreds of other blogs and magazines nationwide.
Since 2003, Joelle has been the volunteer Western Regional Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests. In that capacity, she has traveled the world exposing abusers, helping victims get healing, justice and accountability, and researching predatory abuse patterns in institutions.
Her expertise includes an in-depth understanding and recognition of patterns of abuse, predatory behaviors, grooming, prevention, institutional disregard, and criminal cover-up.
She also conducts trainings for families, churches and communities on how to raise empowered children and keep our communities safe from child sexual abuse.
NATASHA HELFER PARKER, LCMFT, CST
She has practiced for over 20 years, primarily working with issues of relational health, faith journeys, and sexuality. She is a Certified Sex Therapist and Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist. She writes a blog called The Mormon Therapist, and hosts the podcasts Mormon Mental Health, and Mormon Sex Info. She also runs a sex education program, Sex Talk with Natasha and her private practice, Symmetry Solutions. For more information visit natashaparker.org.
Natasha has been writing and podcasting around her concerns regarding this issue of interviews that cross personal sexual boundaries and cause shaming harm as well as risky power dynamics that can lead to ecclesiastical abuse for years.