Design brought to you by the minds and hearts of Elise Siemering, Chris Wakin, and yours truly.
Purchase of limited release illustration includes %10 donation to aid survivors of intimate relationship abuse.
- Donations given to One Love Foundation -
Feel the love, Share the love, BE the love
Available in minimal locations around Asheville, NC & soon in Hickory and Hendersonville.
Round magnet : $6-
Die-cut sticker : $7-
11X17 unframed print : $28-
11X17 framed print :$40-
specific locations might have extenuating price deals
To purchase a print, magnet, or sticker - please email Elise Siemering at :
elisesiemering@gmail.com
Two gal pals on a trip up north! We had a grand time in New York City in between Elise’s production meetings for “We Believe You”.
Elise and I began our friendship the summer before freshman year on the campus of High Point University in 2008. College life was a seamless adjustment for me because I had a range of friendships blooming from the start and she was one. We ran in somewhat different circles in accordance with our majors and interests, but we ate many a meal together in the cafeteria, celebrated birthdays, attended concerts, and cheered on one another in our aspirations. while I was learning and relearning the gesture in the studio and “working” in the arcade - she was contributing to our wider community with her sorority and unearthing her skills in sports marketing. We reconnected after my transferring to UNCA (Asheville) after my junior year and have become closer than ever. I am so honored to have been a witness to her bravery and trademark bold compassion for all these years and am in awe of her contributions to the inspiring movement to lift up & listen to survivors of sexual harassment and assault. We will have each others backs continuously and she shall always inspire me to raise my voice (and other other essential instruments : the pen or brush) to reinforce our need to mature as individuals, institutions, and beyond.
From young activists at the forefront of the movement to end sexual assault on college campuses, a collection of survivor stories that will connect with students and inform and inspire us all.
Across the U.S. student activists are exposing a pervasive cover-up of sexual violence on college campuses. Every day more survivors come forward. But other survivors choose not to. We Believe You elevates the stories the headlines about this issue have been missing--more than 30 experiences of trauma, healing and everyday activism, representing a diversity of races, economic and family backgrounds, gender identities, immigration statuses, interests, capacities and loves.
More than one in five women and five percent of men are sexually assaulted at college, a shocking status quo that might have stayed largely hidden and unaddressed but for the two authors of We Believe You. In 2013, Annie E. Clark and Andrea L. Pino, then 23 and 20, building on the work of earlier activists, outed themselves as assault survivors and filed a federal complaint against the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) for mishandling such crimes; within a month, the US government began to investigate UNC. Within a year, dozens of colleges were under federal investigation. But Clark and Pino rightly see themselves as two among many. Students from every kind of college and university - large and small, public and private, highly selective and less so - are sounding alarms and staking claims to justice by filing complaints, by pressing charges, and by simply living beyond the effects of assault and the betrayals of their schools. A sampling of their voices speak out in this book.
If you or someone that you know has experienced a form of harassment or assault and are in need of resources, these organizations are available to help.
The National Sexual Assault Hotline : Call 800.656.HOPE (4673)
Love is the most important thing in our lives, yet we are taught very little about it. One Love is on a mission to change that. We educate young people about healthy and unhealthy relationships, empowering them to identify and avoid abuse and learn how to love better.
The mission of It’s On Us is to build the movement to combat campus sexual assault by engaging all students, including young men, and activating the largest student organizing program of its kind in grassroots awareness and prevention education programs.
Safe Helpline has information about the effects of sexual assault, how to get help, reporting options and the impact of trauma on the brain. Remember that you are not alone, and help is available, regardless of where you are in your healing process.
SafeBAE is a survivor-founded, student-led national organization whose mission is to end sexual assault among middle and high school students. As the only national peer-to-peer organization of our kind, we help promote culture change by giving teens the tools to become activists and shift school culture through raising awareness about dating violence, sexual harassment and assault, affirmative consent, safe bystander intervention, survivor care, and their rights under Title IX.
RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization. RAINN created and operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline (800.656.HOPE) in partnership with more than 1,000 local sexual assault service providers across the country and operates the DoD Safe Helpline for the Department of Defense. RAINN also carries out programs to prevent sexual violence, help survivors, and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice.
We are a home for change-makers who inspire, educate, and activate people around the issues that will define this generation — strengthening democracy; fostering civic engagement, social justice and voter participation; addressing public health crises; fighting for gender equity; and more.