In just a few weeks Silence Is The Enemy
has grown exponentially, with more support than I could have imagined. The Facebook group alone approaches 5,000 members.
What comes next is up to you...
You see, June was only the beginning. The goal remains to draw attention to sexual abuse globally and encourage everyone to talk about it and act. We're not focused on one gender or limited to a single specific region and now we must continue to bang the drum.
The lovely and talented Arikia Millikan of The Millikan Daily has voluntary started to build a website and the bare bones beta page is up and running! As you'll see, there's much work to be done, but the reason I want to announce the url now is because so many readers and bloggers are checking back throughout the month. So spread the word:
Participating blogs linked on both sides of the main page demonstrate the strength of support this initiative has already received. Soon we'll provide much more information with resources and links, and the site will serve to compile Silence Is The Enemy posts from across the blogosphere. Please join me in thanking Arikia for her wonderful work online in comments! Readers are also encouraged to leave suggestions and ideas on the design below and we'll incorporate the best into the website.
In the mean time, several bloggers have pledged to donate their June revenue (based on traffic) to Doctors Without Borders. So remember you can support the effort with each click on:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/http://scienceblogs.com/isisthescientist/http://scienceblogs.com/aetiology/http://scienceblogs.com/bioephemera/http://scienceblogs.com/neurotopia/http://scienceblogs.com/authority/http://scienceblogs.com/drugmonkey/http://scienceblogs.com/ethicsandscience/http://www.examiner.com/x-6875-Seattle-Grassroots-Examinerhttp://moderateleft.comhttp://www.scientificblogging.com/rugbyologist/silence_enemyhttp://scienceblogs.com/sciencewoman/
Thanks to everyone who has already joined the cause and contributed using their words, voice, mouse, and more. Since I've been traveling, the coalition list below is no longer up to date because new bloggers are taking up the call everyday. That said, consider this a sample:
On Becoming A Domestic And Laboratory Goddess
Adventures in Ethics and Science
Nicholas Kristof’s On The Ground
Dispatches From The Cultural Wars
Julia Sherred: From the Mundane to the Insane
Nit Pickers Guide To The Galaxy
Who Does John Gregson Think He Is?
New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault
Adventures of the TV Addict, the Wannabe Writer, and the Should-Be Famous
Quantum Living in a Juicy-Sunshine Parallel Universe
Transmissions from a satellite heart
Darfur: An Unforgivable Hell On Earth
