Sue Stutman hosted a 'sharing circle' after the program where students, both speakers and a retired school teacher with a history of abuse facilitated a conversation about healing from abuse.
Chris Kirchner, executive director of the Philadelphia Children's Alliance, shared information and resources about the center that provides collaborative investigations of child sexual abuse.
Julie Otsuka’s book "The Buddha in the Attic" provided the perfect jumping-off point for students, faculty and staff of Penn State Abington, along with the larger Abington community, to engage in in-depth analysis of the penetrating emotions of prejudice, alienation and stigmatization of Japanese “picture brides”—a topic central to the book.
