Today marks our change over from The 24 Foundation to Awaken Arts. We are so glad that you are joining us on our journey. Why the change you ask? 1) Our foundation name was based on a film that was created by our founder and each mentor would have to explain her whole story if asked why is it called 24. Instead we wanted a name that really highlighed what we do and have each individual share their own experience instead of the founder's. 2) We found out that in the nonprofit

Saturday at Sunburst Youth Academy was, as Chief K put it, sort of an experiment. There wasn't a laid out, micromanaged agenda- just a very basic idea - 5 survivors of abuse (including sexual, physical, emotional...) , all willing to share, and 55 young women, needing to hear stories that felt relevant to their lives. The sheer number of us women willing to speak helped on several levels. It helped each of us on the panel, I suspect; certainly it helped me, to say something a