Emma and Joe establish the Project’s Steering Committee, which works to ensure that the learnings, considerations and collective wisdom contributed by the victim–survivors who responded to the survey are used for the greatest good. In March, the committee meet and outline the longer-term strategy and vision for the project based on the survey results.
Once the survey closes, Emma and Joe begin to assess responses from the 355 people who completed it, identifying common themes, noting early findings and formulating their next steps.
Emma is interviewed live by Joe about Emma’s Project at the Fourth Biennial International Childhood Trauma Conference attended by 3,078 people, the largest of any Foundation conference so far. Emma shares her story and why it’s time to listen to and learn from survivors of child sexual abuse.
A confidential online survey is created., inviting survivors of child sexual abuse, those close to them and those who work with them to share key insights about what they know could have helped to keep them safe. The Emma’s Project campaign is initiated to ensure the survey is disseminated widely, allowing survivors from across the…
Planning for Emma’s Project begins, designed to give adults a clearer understanding of what they need to know and do to keep children safe from sexual abuse by harnessing the invaluable wisdom of survivors.
While still in high school Emma reaches out to the Foundation and meets with Joe. Emma expresses her eagerness to contribute her knowledge and insights as a survivor of child sexual abuse to collaboratively develop an Australian-first survivor-informed community education program.