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The show was first aired in September of 2011, just five weeks before the Penn State and Syracuse stories hit the headlines, and helped prepare its 8 million viewers for the realities of those tragedies.

1in6 is honored to have consulted on the script, as well as a 2-minute public service announcement (PSA) linked to the show.

We extend our heartfelt thanks to our partners at NBC and the Joyful Heart Foundation, to the show’s actors, especially Mariska Hargitay, Ice T and Danny Pino, to the director, Jim McKay, to Bryan Goluboff, who wrote the inspired script, to creator/executive producer Dick Wolf, and to all of the producers and staff of Law & Order: SVU.

See the PSA at men.joyfulheartfoundation.org, and a special message from Mariska Hargitay that aired just before the show.

You can watch the episode (for $1.99) on Amazon, and please consider using the Viewer Guide created by 1in6.

1in6 offers information, options and hope for Men and their Family, Friends & Partners.

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First aired in September of 2011, for its 8 million viewers the episode served as a prelude to the Penn State and Syracuse stories.

1in6 is honored to have consulted on the script, as well as a 2-minute public service announcement (PSA) linked to the show.

We extend our heartfelt thanks to our partners at NBC and the Joyful Heart Foundation, to the show’s actors, especially Mariska Hargitay, Ice T and Danny Pino, to the director, Jim McKay, to Bryan Goluboff, who wrote the inspired script, to creator/executive producer Dick Wolf, and to all of the producers and staff of Law & Order: SVU.

See the PSA at men.joyfulheartfoundation.org, and a special message from Mariska Hargitay that aired just before the show.

You can watch the episode (for $1.99) on Amazon, and please consider using the Viewer Guide created by 1in6.

1in6 offers information, options and hope for Men and their Family, Friends & Partners.

Triple Tour de France winner Greg LeMond has been confirmed as guest of honor at the 2012 Tour of the Battenkill in Cambridge, New York, with the former world champion attending the race in April and taking part in a group ride the morning of the main event.

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Twice a year the 1in6 Board of Directors meets in person to chart the growth of 1in6 programming and set goals for the future.  We were so excited by the progress made over the course of 2011 that I’d like to share with you just a few of our accomplishments, as well as a bit about the plans for program expansion that were approved at the December board retreat in Los Angeles.

1) Web-based Programming – The 1in6.org website currently receives about 600 visits daily which translates to nearly 215,000 visits a year.  Over the course of 2011, the 1in6 Online Lending Library provided free resources to over 150 individuals, the 1in6 Online SupportLine assisted over 350 individuals and 25 pages of web content were translated to Spanish.  In 2012, our web team will continue to expand educational content and create new structures that allow users to navigate the site more easily.  Depending on their learning style and interests, site users will be able to follow a series of brief (30– to 90-second) videos featuring, as well as text stories about, individual success stories – which will also link to relevant support resources and the more generalized content of the site.  We will also continue translating the entire website to Spanish.

2) Professional Training and Outreach – 1in6 professional training and educational resources are targeted at community service providers and range from 90 minute educational workshops (often presented at national and international conferences) to the two-day Men & Healing training.  In 2011, 1in6 educational materials were made available to over 7,300 conference attendees and 1in6 staff provided presentations or training modules directly to 1,140 professionals.  In 2012, 1in6 will schedule more presentations and trainings than ever before – 10 two-day trainings and at least 15 workshops/ presentations over the course of the year.  We are also developing a series of webinars, to launch in the first half of 2012, which will support professionals unable to attend trainings in person.

3) Community Education and Outreach – In 2011, our campus outreach program distributed thousands of copies of 1in6 educational outreach materials to five pilot campuses in the greater Los Angles area; sent email blasts to over 600 college counselors nationwide; and provided the first crisis response to the breaking stories of childhood sexual abuse emerging from Penn State and Syracuse University. 1in6 also distributed our television PSA (which features the voice of actor Harrison Ford and debuted on CNN Newsroom with Don Lemon) to the 10 largest media markets in the country (covering 50 stations) and collaborated with the Joyful Heart Foundation, NBC, Wolf Films and A Call to Men, in the production of a Law & Order: SUV episode (first aired September 28, 2011.  In 2012, we will deepen our work with our pilot colleges by offering presentations and trainings for campus staff, faculty, administrators and students and partnering with campus groups around Sexual Awareness Month (April) and other events.  We will also continue our collaboration with the Joyful Heart Foundation, developing joint trainings and public awareness efforts.  

We enjoyed great success this past year and look forward to more progress in 2012.  Thank you for your continued support of our efforts, we could not do our work without you.

Happy New Year!

Greg Light

1in6 Board Chairperson

Moran, a highly successful actor in theater, television and film, recently joined the 1in6 Board of Directors and is author of The Tricky Part: A Boy’s Story of Sexual Trespass, a Man’s Journey to Forgiveness.

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Listen to Peter speaking his moving and hopeful words.

Like so many, I’ve been deeply moved in recent weeks by the stories of abuse and neglect pouring out of Penn State. Predictably, it’s stirred memories of my own healing from sexual abuse by a trusted childhood mentor.

But despite those memories, I’m confident that as we gather for Thanksgiving dinner and college football rituals Thursday, we can still find plenty to be thankful for when the talk inevitably turns to Penn State.

I’m thankful for the courage of eight young men who reported being sexually abused. They found the strength to come forward and to insist that those who failed them, be held accountable. The world is already a better place as a result.

And I’m grateful for the growing public support for those young men and others like them. Each day, the volume of that support encourages the 19 million men in the US with similar experiences of childhood sexual abuse to believe that it’s safe to begin telling their own stories.

I’m thankful for the paradoxical lessons we’re learning at Penn State. We’re reminded that men’s lives can be shaped by being silent victims of violence and that asking for help makes a man stronger, not weaker.

From an early age, we men are told to never express emotions like fear or sadness — to never acknowledge being victimized. Denied adequate outlets, many of us who are abused turn to drugs or alcohol to numb the feelings; to addictions, like food, work, sex, or risky behaviors to distract us from the feelings; or to physical or sexual violence or even suicide to shove those forbidden feelings away.

And so, I’m thankful for the opportunity our new awareness about sexual abuse gives us, to offer boys and men options, other than brave silence. From my own experience of healing, I know that by revealing those underlying emotions, we men can free ourselves from a lonely, secret shame. Then we’re ready to shift our focus toward a future of possibility instead of always looking back in anger.

As with any traumatic experience, sexual abuse changed my life in ways that can never be erased. But once I began talking about it, once I asked for help, I was able, with the support of my family and friends, to create a life I love – though very different from the one I might have had, unabused.

I don’t pretend it was always an easy process, or that I haven’t stumbled, or don’t mourn what was lost.

Healing is a journey with many potential detours.

But I do know, that if we support them, healing is a possibility for the young men who were hurt at Penn State and for many others.

And for that, we all can be thankful.