Human beings are evolutionarily wired for storytelling. Long before the existence of data spreadsheets or legislative briefs, communities passed down values, warnings, and survival strategies through oral histories. Overcoming the "Statistician’s Blindness"
If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, sexual assault, suicidal thoughts, or human trafficking, help is available: Human beings are evolutionarily wired for storytelling
Named after Amber Hagerman, a child abducted in Texas, this national emergency alert system was born from a community and family refusal to let a tragedy be forgotten. Stanton's willingness to describe not linear recovery but
During Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Mississippi, survivor Javonda Stanton shared her 18-year healing journey after being held at gunpoint while working at an apartment complex. Her message was measured but powerful: "It is a memory that you now control. Someone took something from you, but that memory is yours, and how you manage that memory is going to be extraordinarily important". Stanton's willingness to describe not linear recovery but ongoing management of trauma provides a more realistic model than narratives of "overcoming" that can make survivors feel inadequate. but that memory is yours