The HEAL Project is a QTBIPOC, Disabled, and Survivor-led think tank working to prevent and end Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) through healing the wounds of sexual oppression and embracing sexual liberation. Learn More here.
Quick Updates (4.14.23):
- We are taking a break from the newsletter & social media for a while. There is a lot of good stuff to check out in the newsletter archives, and our Instagram channel.
- We have finished the 2nd season of Caution: Family Dirt. Watch all five episodes here.
- If interested in RASHIM and Just Healing offerings, fill out a form here.
The Rivera-Azad Sexual Healing Integration Model (RASHIM)
First Pillar: Curiosity & Inquiry
Most of us learn early on to repress our sense of curiosity about bodies, and stop asking questions about sex. Yet, curiosity and inquiry are necessary elements for sexual self-actualization.
Second Pillar: Fantasy & Desire
Our fantasies rarely get permission to exist without shame, and sometimes even fear. Understanding the difference between fantasy and desire makes the path to sexual healing so much smoother.
Third Pillar: Masturbation & Body Exploration
Exploring bodies is an effective way of understanding our own sexual and emotional responses. Body awareness and body literacy are vital for sexual integration.
Fourth Pillar: Health & Reproduction
Sexual and reproductive health is more than pregnancy and STI prevention. If we have a body part, we need to learn how it works so that we can take good care of it.
Fifth Pillar: Sex & Pleasure
Imagine living in a world where we don't think of sex as inherently exploitative; where pleasure is deemed sacred and appropriate for ALL people.
Sixth Pillar: Identity & Behavior
Labels are both empowering and limiting. None of us perform our identities to a t, because such a thing does not exist. We get to explore, change our mind, AND our behavior.
Seventh Pillar: Roles & Power Dynamics
Our relationships constantly interact with power dynamics, whether we notice and name them or not. We aren't bound by our roles; roles are meant to be re-imagined and played with.
Eighth Pillar: Kink & Fetish
Ask 100 people what kink is and you'll get a 100 different answers. Kink and fetish are big pieces of human sexuality, and everyone can benefit from learning about them, even if they never practice.
Ninth Pillar: Spirituality & Transcendence
Sex is not just about the body and physical pleasure. Sex has the power to transform our wounds, and transcend our consciousness. Spirituality and sex are not on opposite paths; we can artfully combine the two and journey in different realms.
How Parents Can Talk to Their Kids About Consent
Black Sexual Violence Survivors Are Telling Their Stories — Only to Be Punished
Disabled People Can Still Be Forcibly Sterilized in Over Half of the US
How Parents Should Talk About Sex With Their Kids (hint: honestly)
Why It’s Never Too Early to Start Sex Ed With Your Kids
The Cascading Silences of Sexual Violence
Please, Talk to Your Kids About Abortion
A Professor Was Accused of Sexual Harassment and Resigned. At His Next University, It Happened Again.
How the Psychedelic Community Should Respond to Sexual Abuse
Survivors of Medical Abuse at ICE Jail in Georgia Are Still Waiting for Justice
Is Criminalization The Right Response To Domestic Violence?
Young People Talking About Their Abortions Could Change Everything
Maybe Cops Shouldn't Handle Domestic Violence Calls
What Do We Do With Abusers Like R. Kelly If We Abolish Prisons?
The Pandemic Disrupted Sex Ed When Students Needed It Most
Beyond Cancel Culture: How to Hold Each Other Accountable—With Love
How To Get An Abortion If You’re Under 18
Texas Valedictorian Drops Her Commencement Speech To Get Real About State's Anti-Abortion Bill
Better Than Sex Ed: Pop Culture Is Teaching Teens About Sex
The Sex Educators Helping Muslim Women Claim Their Sexuality
To Counter Domestic Violence, Some Native Americans Embrace Tradition
Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse Echo on for Generations
Sex Education In The United States Is Broken, But It Doesn’t Have To Be.
A Third Grader Drew a Rocket That Looked Like a Penis. She Was Handcuffed and Removed From School.
How to Normalize Talking to Your Kids About Pleasure
To Confront Sexual Violence, We Don’t Need Better Prosecutors — We Need to Abolish Them
Black Families Are Outraged About Family Separation Within The U.S. It’s Time To Listen To Them
Taking a Stand: How Teens Are Working to End Relationship Violence
How Sex Ed Has the Power to Make Social Change
We Should Teach Children About Miscarriage During Sex Ed. Here’s Why.
For Everybody and Their Mama: Sex Ed For All Month
Abolishing Policing Also Means Abolishing Family Regulation
Child Marriage Is Not Consensual: America’s Dirty Little Secret
Sex Education Is Missing Yet Another Crucial Topic. We Need To Fix That.
Comprehensive Sex Education Could Curb Everyone’s Trauma Around Sex
To End Mass Incarceration, We Need to Bust the Myths That Prop It Up
Everything We've Been Doing To Teach Kids About Periods Is Wrong
What To Know About Sexual Orientation And Mental Health In Youth
What I Learned As A MAP's Partner
Sexual Assault Against Boys Is a Crisis
The Child Welfare System Is Another Form Of Discriminatory Policing
Sexual Violence and the Disability Community
The Silence: The Legacy of Childhood Trauma
What Do Abstinence-Only Sex Ed and Rape Culture Have in Common?
Alternatives to Calling the Police for Domestic Violence Survivors
Childhood Abuse Leaves 'Devastating Impact' on Adults
The War On Porn Does Not Help Children
Do We Need to Abolish Child Protective Services?
‘WAP’ and Sex Ed: How the Billboard-Topping Track is ‘Making Conversations About Sexual Health Less Taboo’
What LGBTQ-Positive Sex Ed Should Look Like
Screening May Miss One-quarter of Child Sexual Abuse Cases
Creating Consent-Conscious Holidays
How 5 Transgender Men Really Feel About The #MeToo Reckoning
A Radical New Plan for MeToo Turns Away From “Law and Order” Feminism
Sex Education Referendum 90 Passes In Washington State Election Results
'I felt like a weight was lifted': How I May Destroy You Empowered Sexual Assault Survivors
Aching for Abolition: As a survivor of sexual violence, I know prison isn’t the answer.
The Truth Behind QAnon
Childhood Sexual Abuse: Mental And Physical After-effects Closely Linked
Dear “Psychology Today”: Believe Incest Survivors
Violence Cannot Remedy Violence
'Defund the police' movement could offer sexual assault survivors a different path for justice
Men Who Survived Childhood Sexual Abuse
We Have Already Stopped Calling The Cops
Remote learning returns this fall, and parents should gear up for teaching sex ed
Police Sexual Violence Is Hidden in Plain Sight
Rochdale grooming: 'Why did I get a criminal record when I was a victim?'
Thousands of Migrant Children Were Sexually Abused in U.S. Custody
Pandemic Poses Key Challenges For Preventing Child Sexual Abuse
How We End Over-Policing of Black Children
Why Students Need Sex Education That’s Honest About Racism
Sex Offender Registries Are Fueling Mass Incarceration — And They Aren’t Helping Survivors
The HEAL Project's Sexual Liberation Calendar is an evolving project to include events, the remembrance of which advances movements for liberation, in particular Sexual Liberation. At The HEAL Project, we journey towards Sexual Liberation as a path that must include liberation from systems of oppression such as racism, sexism, queer/transphobia, abelism, classism, xenophobia and the like.
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