Speak Loud

Today, I have a special guest because of what she’s been through and how she has dealt with her abuse. I’m chatting with Vanessa Osage, a sexuality educator for the past decade, and runs a non-profit, The Amends Project, whose mission is to “Mend the loophole that has allowed for the Cupra of the abuse of children in private schools.” Vanessa’s work is to implement the Justice CORPS Initiative, which she created with other health professionals. She has also authored the book “Can’t Stop the Sunrise: Adventures in Healing, Confronting Corruption and the Journey to Institutional Reform.”Vanessa’s Home Life and Childhood"I was a tomboy of the 1980's" is how she thinks of herself, looking back on her childhood. She grew up in a household of five children that were born within six years. Vanessa remembers her parents being unhappily married, her mother an alcoholic, and both her parents falling into consumerism as a way to project stability and happiness; she remembers her life growing up with her p