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Behind the Scenes of Awake’s Open Letter to Survivors
When members of the Awake Leadership Team began meeting in the spring of 2019, we wanted to make sure our first step as an organization clearly conveyed who we are and why we’re undertaking this work. This is how our Open Letter to Survivors was born.
Awake Asks: How is the Archdiocese of Milwaukee Responding to the Abuse Crisis?
Since we began talking with people at community gatherings, listening sessions, and one-on-one meetings, Awake’s leadership team has heard many questions from Milwaukee-area Catholics about how our archdiocese is addressing the abuse crisis. And in learning more about these topics, Awake’s leadership team has developed questions too.
Introducing the Awake Blog
We warmly welcome you to the Awake Blog, a place where Milwaukee-area Catholics can stay informed about the twin crises in our Church—the crisis of sexual abuse and the crisis of leadership failures in responding to that abuse.
Since the Awake organization launched in the summer of 2019, our leadership team has devoted itself to learning about the crises by listening to and talking with a host of people in the Church community, including fellow Catholics in the pews, abuse survivors and people committed to walking alongside them, lay ministers, clergy, and many others. And we’ve heard over and over again about the real need for trustworthy information on these topics.