By COLlive reporter
The Neshamos organization will be hosting an event titled “What do we do now?” on Monday, February 14, 8:15 PM at the Ohoeli Torah Ballroom in Crown Heights.
“Now is the time to show up for our victims, to lend your support and to raise awareness so that we can cause vital and significant change for our community,” organizers say.
The evening will commence with Rabbi Yosef Braun, member of the Crown Heights Beis Din, who will give halachic insight in regards to this matter.
Following that, Dr. Akiva Pearlman, PhD, LCSW, will aim to educate the crowd about the implications of abuse. This type of trauma has neurological ramifications, as well as physical and emotional effects. From his professional and experiential standpoint, he hopes to empower the audience with tools and knowledge to arm themselves in facing this matter.
Other speakers will share their stories with us as well.
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“Neshamos is moved to be hosting an event of this caliber, and we would be honored to witness your participation and care,” organizers said.
“It is our wholehearted belief that this evening can prompt waves of inspiration, awareness, and change for our Lubavitch community. As a united front, now is the time that we must come forward stronger than ever.”
The event is open to the public.
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Will this be available virtually?
To arrange to have this streamed & recorded – people all over the world need to be able to access this & some people will find it way too difficult to attend in person. Please let us know !
These panels are extremely important, and encourages those who need it most
Will it be available on line to watch for those who can not attend.
Events like these are so important!
To the event planners, coordinators, and attendees, you did an incredible thing. Tonights event was incredibly well done. It was amazing to see who came out to show support and to share in awareness and education. Tonight, my community planned to join together. Join to stand with our survivors. To stand with me. To stand with my brothers and sisters. To anyone impacted by sexual abuse. Unfortunately, it’s more than you’ll ever know. So we planned. We prepare, we advertised. And yet, when the time came, there was silence. Half of the chairs were empty. Flyers being ripped down. “It’s… Read more »
close to 1,000 were watching online
An event and organization like Neshomos are so crucial to our community, especially, since this topic is so taboo and stigmatized in our community. It’s about time we make conversations about this topic normal.
I would love to see many more in the future.
Thank you to all who are bringing awareness of abuse.
Please continue to speak about ALL types of abuse.
These topics are so important. ALL abuse should be spoken about. A lot of education is needed in these areas as well as more community support .