Tag: survivor advocacy

Two Loving Fathers, One Cruel Pattern: Understanding Parental Alienation and Family Erasure (August 7, 2026)

August 7, 2026

Parental Alienation: I Watched What Happened to My Father Happen to My Husband & It Broke Me (2024) For most of my life, I believed the story I had been told about my father. I was repeatedly told that he was “evil,” while the abuse happening inside my own home was minimized, excused, or ignored. My … More Two Loving Fathers, One Cruel Pattern: Understanding Parental Alienation and Family Erasure (August 7, 2026)

Lessons We Learned After Being Scapegoated by Toxic Leaders, Authorities and Public Figures (August 6, 2026)

August 6, 2026

Surviving Injustice: Disabled Veterans Battling to Overcome a Defamatory Article in a Rural Maine Newspaper (2024) How two medically retired disabled veterans became targets—not because we were the problem, but because we were vulnerable. One of the hardest lessons I have ever learned is this: Toxic people don’t always target the loudest person in the room. … More Lessons We Learned After Being Scapegoated by Toxic Leaders, Authorities and Public Figures (August 6, 2026)

Trapped in an Abusive Chain of Command: What I Told ‘The World’ About Sexual Assault in the Military (August 15, 2013)

August 15, 2013

Sexual Abuse Victim Compares Military Service to Being Trapped In ‘Domestic Violence Relationship’ Copyrighted By Jennifer Norris, USAF Retired Editorial note: The current written version of The World’s article says my problems began in 2006. The original embedded audio says 1996, which is correct. Also the article says I am a Protect Our Offenders Advocacy … More Trapped in an Abusive Chain of Command: What I Told ‘The World’ About Sexual Assault in the Military (August 15, 2013)

One Reasonable Boundary, Two Angry Strangers, an Internet Beatdown, and the Smear Campaign That Upended My Advocacy Efforts (June 6, 2013)

June 6, 2013

My First Full Day in Albuquerque, New Mexico: Excitement, Faith, and Warning Signs (March 6, 2013) Author’s note: This article is a first-person account reconstructed from my dated photographs, travel history, congressional testimony, published advocacy record, personal recollections, and records I have retained. Some of the linked website entries were published at the time; others were expanded … More One Reasonable Boundary, Two Angry Strangers, an Internet Beatdown, and the Smear Campaign That Upended My Advocacy Efforts (June 6, 2013)

Exploring Pecos National Historical Park in New Mexico: History, Culture and Reclaiming My Story (June 5, 2013)

June 5, 2013

We find it amusing that bad actors were planning our demise while I was running around feeling free af with my new service dog Onyx. Ain’t she regal and beautiful. Nothing they did or said takes away from our story and our experiences. We went to New Mexico to support survivors, get meaningful work done, … More Exploring Pecos National Historical Park in New Mexico: History, Culture and Reclaiming My Story (June 5, 2013)

A Veteran Advocate’s Day in Albuquerque, New Mexico: Behind the Scenes with Glamour Magazine, Veteran Homelessness, & Military Justice Reform (June 5, 2013)

June 5, 2013

I know for a fact that I would have never taken this veteran’s picture without his permission. There is something deeply strange about searching through the history of your own life when you can no longer remember much of it. The photographs are mine. The places are familiar. I recognize the people and sometimes even … More A Veteran Advocate’s Day in Albuquerque, New Mexico: Behind the Scenes with Glamour Magazine, Veteran Homelessness, & Military Justice Reform (June 5, 2013)

Playing Dumb Until I Reached the Airport: My Last Day in Albuquerque, New Mexico (March 8, 2013)

March 8, 2013

Divinely Protected: The Lord’s Prayer I Prayed at San Felipe de Neri Parish in Albuquerque, New Mexico Before Everything Changed (March 6, 2013) The photographs I took that day do not look like tourism. They look like a woman quietly documenting where she was while trying to make it home safely. Copyright © Jennifer Norris. All … More Playing Dumb Until I Reached the Airport: My Last Day in Albuquerque, New Mexico (March 8, 2013)

My First Full Day in Albuquerque, New Mexico: Excitement, Faith, and Warning Signs (March 6, 2013)

March 6, 2013

The Trip That Changed Everything: Jennifer and Onyx Fly to Albuquerque, New Mexico (June 3, 2013) Copyrighted by by Jennifer Norris When I boarded a plane for Albuquerque, New Mexico, on March 5, 2013, I thought I was heading into an exciting new chapter of my advocacy work. I had never been to New Mexico before. Someone … More My First Full Day in Albuquerque, New Mexico: Excitement, Faith, and Warning Signs (March 6, 2013)

Divinely Protected: The Lord’s Prayer I Prayed at San Felipe de Neri Parish in Albuquerque, New Mexico Before Everything Changed (March 6, 2013)

March 6, 2013

The Lord’s Prayer The Lord’s Prayer I Prayed at San Felipe de Neri Parish Before Everything Changed (March 6, 2013) Our Father, who art in heaven,hallowed be thy name;thy kingdom come;thy will be done;on earth as it is in heaven.Give us this day our daily bread.And forgive us our trespasses,as we forgive those who trespass … More Divinely Protected: The Lord’s Prayer I Prayed at San Felipe de Neri Parish in Albuquerque, New Mexico Before Everything Changed (March 6, 2013)

Why Congress Had to Bar Convicted Felony Sex Offenders From the Military—and Why That Reform Was Never Enough (November 29, 2012)

November 29, 2012

Congresswoman Jackie Speier Introduces STOP Act Legislation and Military Sexual Assault Campaign with Protect Our Defenders (2011) Copyrighted By Jennifer Norris, USAF Retired In 2012, Senator Barbara Boxer pushed Congress to do something that should never have required an act of Congress: prohibit the military from granting an enlistment or commissioning waiver to someone already convicted … More Why Congress Had to Bar Convicted Felony Sex Offenders From the Military—and Why That Reform Was Never Enough (November 29, 2012)