Breaking The Silence: Bringing Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Into The Light

Welcome to Breaking The Silence Episode 11

In this inspiring interview, Jeanne Mitchell shares her journey from surviving childhood sexual abuse to becoming a strong, successful, and resilient woman. She discusses the challenges she faced, the healing process, and the determination that helped her reclaim her life. Jeanne's story is one of courage, perseverance, and hope, demonstrating that trauma does not define a person's future. Through her experiences, she offers encouragement to other survivors and highlights the power of resilience, self-belief, and healing. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Welcome to Breaking The Silence Episode 10

On this episode, we talk with project partner and Pastor Eric Munson. Pastor Munson has been in full time mininstry for 30 years and is currently lead pastor at New Life Community Church in Shelby Montana. Connie and Eric discuss the roles and challenges that faith leaders encounter when faced with domestic violence in the church and how they can best help victims. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Welcome to Breaking The Silence Episode 9

In this episode, we meet Angela Meyers, who specializes in Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Counseling. Angela has been working with Hi-Line's Help for many years offering her counseling services to victims of dometic violence and sexual assault. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Welcome to Breaking The Silence Episode 8

This video podcast is the fourth in a series where we talk with Angela Mastrovito about what happened to her daughter, Rebekah Grace Barsotti in Montana on July 20, 2021 when she and her beloved dog disappeared. In part 4, we continue talking to Rebekah’s mom Angela Mastrovito about the events that happened within the first year after her daughter’s disappearance. Angela describes the countless obstacles that she and her husband encountered from law enforcement and other agencies instead of the help they expected, the inconsistancies of evidence and lack of anwers to questions that any parent would have. Despite the domestic violence that occurred, Law enforcement told Angela that her daughter’s perpetrator would “never be considered a person of interest and refused to investigate in that direction. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Welcome to Breaking The Silence Episode 7

This video podcast is the third in a series where we talk with Angela Mastrovito about what happened to her daughter, Rebekah Grace Barsotti in Montana on July 20, 2021 when she and her beloved dog disappeared.  We continue talking to Rebekah’s mom Angela Mastrovito about the events that happened within the first several weeks after her daughter’s disappearance. Angela describes the countless obstacles that she and her husband encountered from law enforcement and other agencies instead of the help they expected, forcing them into having to do much of the footwork and investigating themselves, despite the pushback and downright refusal of the professional agencies and the court system to help in many instances. Despite the domestic violence that occurred, Law enforcement told Angela that her daughter’s perpetrator would “never be considered a person of interest and refused to investigate in that direction.   ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.