CAJ Abuse Survivor Advocacy, with Janet Pape Oates
In Season 2, we’re interviewing some members of a group of CAJ alumni who are working on bringing to light abuse that occurred some decades ago at CAJ. Content warning: we will be discussing various types of abuse experienced by children in these episodes. In this episode, we spoke with Janet Pape Oates ('63) who has spent the last several years reaching out to survivors, helping share their stories and advocating on their behalf. In our conversations with Janet, she shared that a tangible way for alumni to show support for CAJ abuse survivors is to write emails to CAJ and to the founding missions, encouraging them to take seriously the recommendations of the Telios investigative report. While the report has not yet been released, it's a great time to start mobilizing and showing support for the survivors by sending emails now. We've drafted an example letter, with guidance from Janet, which can be used as a template. Read the example email here and start writing!