Episode Type: Professional

Host: Dr. Laura Sinko

Description: Dr. Laura Sinko, sexual assault nurse examiner and assistant professor of nursing at Temple University, shares her work supporting and amplifying the healing journeys of survivors of gender-based violence.

People Waiting to Help in the United States:

• Emergency: 911 • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 • National Domestic Violence Hotline: Phone 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) Text “START” to 88788 • National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453 • Safe Helpline, Sexual Assault: 1-877-995-5247

• StrongHearts Native Helpline: 1-844-762-8483

• LGBTQ National Hotline: 1-888-843-4564 • National Runaway Safeline: 1-800-786-2929 • SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services: 1-800-662- HELP (4357) • Crisis Text Line: Text 741741 • National Eating Disorder Association Helpline: 1-800-931-2237 • Veterans Crisis Line: Phone 1-800-273-8255 Text 838255

•Online survivor healing and community building platform: https://ourwave.org

For more resources please visit The Trauma and Mental Health Report resource page https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/resources/

Links Discussed in this Episode:

• Dr. Laura Sinko's biography https://cph.temple.edu/about/directory/laura-sinko
• Our Wave https://ourwave.org
• Short clip "Finding The Strength To Heal" https://discover.ourwave.org/exhibit/finding-the-strength-to-heal
• Coaching for Change https://www.menaspeacemakers.org/coachingforchange
• University of Minnesota-Duluth Restorative Justice and Sexual Harm https://rjp.d.umn.edu/resources/restorative-justice-and-sexual-harm

If you would like to share your story/professional experience in an episode please email us at: LauraDVRC@menaspeacemakers.org