memorial service for victims of Straight, November 11th 6PM

[dragonfly]

[dragonfly]

[starry-eyed pirate]

On 2006-07-07 13:11:00, S wrote:

"i'm hoping u can make it ! but if can't i won't have a stroke!"

 :rofl: very good then. :lol:

[Anonymous]

On 2006-07-05 13:04:00, Anonymous wrote:

"it isn't that easy.  I sent out over 200 emails to survivors for one event and only about 15 showed up.   Very discouraging."

7.5% return rate on attendance. To get thirty people, invite 400. Put an ad in paper.

[Anonymous]

The LIFE program had a reunion and about 200 attended.

[Anonymous]

Was Helen Petermann there?

[Anonymous]

On 2006-07-08 12:55:00, Anonymous wrote:

"Was Helen Petermann there?"

 She sure was.

[Botched Programming]

On 2006-07-08 07:04:00, dragonfly wrote:

"I have not written anything yet.



I'd like to hear all your ideas and sort of make a solution out of it all, so they are our words.



I can't do anything like this until the first week of November. And November 21st is my intake day, so that week would be meaningful to me as well.



If somebody who likes computers could start looking for folks from Straight and looking for surviving family members to invite, I'll buy them dinner.



Even if somebody could just come up with a list of names.



And again, I really think we should start an email list and conduct all this stuff under the radar.



I have three email addresses.....  "

 ::bump::

[dragonfly]

[Botched Programming]

One thing I am grieving is the loss of trust towards family as when I was sent they really had families in my area believing that the kids were going to die if they didn't get them help, and they had the people and place that could do it.

Even after I got out I had little or no trust in family and as the result of 20 years plus later I live over 700 miles from my immediate family and talk to them less than once a month.

I have tried to forgive and reintegrate myself back into the family fold, however the abuse I endured while in Straight cut to the core of my existence.

I miss my family, however the trust thing still keeps me distant.

Straight hurt families, they did not help.

[starry-eyed pirate]

On 2006-07-09 16:17:00, Doc Slow wrote:

"One thing I am grieving is the loss of trust towards family...I have tried to forgive and reintegrate myself back into the family fold, however the abuse I endured while in Straight cut to the core of my existence.
"

Yeah, that's the thing.  I've spent many years trying to communicate with my folks but it seems that they have been brainwashed and can't hear me anymore. I have a very hard time with them.  When I am with them everything is uncomfortable and strained and repressed.  Their presence depresses me.  I don't really even like them, personally.

[lostnfound]

On 2006-07-09 14:45:00, dragonfly wrote:

"One thing I am thinking about today is this   grieving over my loss of integrity that occurred when I was brainwashed.



Part of this service needs to mark our process of regaining the integrity that was taken from us.



That is also a loss of life I want to honor and acknowledge and move on from and call attention to.



To strip us of our integrity and replace it with institutional personalities and leave us blaming ourselves, that is a death I want to mark and honor and come back from.



And to acknowledge my own turning of the wheel, and the harm I caused.



And to acknowledge the years of confusion realizing I had been brainwashed and harmed and blamed. I want to celebrtate our efforts in coming back from this experience.



Maybe we could have pictures of as many victims as possible and a list of names, as many as possible.



 "

I will try to go by there this week after work and see if they will allow us to do this.  Are you thinking in the back parking lot or the front parking lot?

[starry-eyed pirate]

Thank-you L'n'F.  Uh...I don't mean to be patronizing, but I just want to remind you to be polite and respectful when you make our request.  Thanks again.  Let us know the result.

[Anonymous]

On 2006-07-10 07:00:00, starry-eyed pirate wrote:

"Thank-you L'n'F.  Uh...I don't mean to be patronizing, but I just want to remind you to be polite and respectful when you make our request.  Thanks again.  Let us know the result."

I will be videotaping her. She better be polite and respectful, OR ELSE.

[lostnfound]

On 2006-07-10 07:00:00, starry-eyed pirate wrote:

"Thank-you L'n'F.  Uh...I don't mean to be patronizing, but I just want to remind you to be polite and respectful when you make our request.  Thanks again.  Let us know the result."

Not a problem Pirate, I understand.   :wave:
Ironically, I use to work for the company that now occupies the building. The only think that I'm worried about is that there also use to be a parent that worked there too. Hopefully if she is still there, she will not promote negative "advertisement" for us.