TRB EPI 7: You Are More Featuring Jocelyn Vaughn, Chief Empowerment Officer, Eye Am More

TRIGGER WARNING: April is Sexual Assault + Child Abuse Awareness Month and these unseen injuries will be discussed in this episode. Resources are available in the show notes and as always, sending much love and healing light. 💛, e-

 

Today's Reframed Brain episode brings forward the often shamed unseen injury of abuse in recognition of April's designation of Sexual Assault + Child Abuse Awareness month with advocate + guest, Jocelyn Vaughn, Chief Empowerment Officer of Eye Am More.

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Jocelyn Vaughn is living proof that there is life beyond where you come from. This East Atlanta native developed a passion to make resources more accessible to the community early on. Whether expanding programs or helping the public connect with existing organizations and services, she has spent more than a decade doing just that. As a survivor of trauma, she strives to make an impact within her community as a servant leader. Her hope is to eradicate shame and stigma surrounding health matters like HIV, mental health and sexual abuse and to empower others to lead the discussion about risk reduction, prevention, treatment but most importantly - healing. When she is not working hard in the name of advocacy and prevention, she enjoys spending time reading and writing, as she is soon to be a published author.

Jocelyn is an alum of the “Unsinkable” Albany State University and later served as an University System of Georgia Ambassador at the Autonomous University of Yucatán in Mexico.

You can connect with Jocelyn here:

Website: www.eyeammore.com

IG: https://www.instagram.com/eyeammore/

Child Abuse Awareness Month Proclamation Biden/Harris Administration:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2022/03/31/a-proclamation-on-national-child-abuse-prevention-month-2022/#:~:text=BIDEN%20JR.%2C%20President%20of%20the,National%20Child%20Abuse%20Prevention%20Month

Thank you for connecting with today’s episode and please see resources below if you or someone that you know may need help:

National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673

CHAT: https://hotline.rainn.org/online

National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453

Text and live chat function. Also map for local state support. https://childhelphotline.org/

If you or someone you know may be considering death by suicide, please, please call or text one of the numbers. You are loved and not alone.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 24/7 1–800–273–8255

National Institute of Mental Health Text HOME to 741741 to connect with a Crisis Counselor 24/7

National Institute of Mental Health WhatsApp: https://api.whatsapp.com/send/?phone=14437877678&text=HELLO&app_absent=0

 

Disclaimer: Erica Savage Wilson is not a medical practitioner, therapist, or counselor. This podcast is not a substitute for medical or mental health services. Erica's brain health champion expertise is centered in having sustained a traumatic brain injury in March 2021 and having to adapt to a new life of active healing and ongoing recovery.