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August 28, 2024 54 mins
SASSGO
SASS Go is on a mission to love people and help protect them from violence and abuse. Through prevention, education, courses, self-defense, training, and case consulting, they have served over 24,000 people across 4 continents.
SASS Go understands that everyone is born with purpose and dignity. Supporting survivors, their families, and the professionals who serve them is how they do their part to protect the tribe.
Brett Brown
Brett Brown is the Executive Director of SASS Go and an Adjunct Professor at the University of South Carolina, Aiken. For more than 20 years, Brett has worked alongside survivors of violence and the professionals that serve them in multiple capacities including crisis intervention, prevention education, and best practices training and development. Her wisdom and ingenuity have partnered her with agencies like the CDC, US Department of Justice, US Embassy, and US Army. Attorneys, advocates, law enforcement, emergency medical personnel, and victims of crime welcome her generous spirit and collaborative approach making our communities safer across the globe.
Shannon Henry
Shannon Henry is the President and Founder of SASS Go, a 501c3 nonprofit making women and girls safer against assault, abuse, and trafficking globally, and an adjunct professor at The University of South Carolina. Her expertise in violence prevention and response has been utilized by the US State Department, our military, the World Health Organization, the US Embassy, as well as businesses, universities, and first responders in some of their darkest hours. At her core, she is a pattern finder, strategist, and hope dealer who is honored to help protect the most precious thing we have in our communities- lives.
This year, SASS hosts their "I Will Survive Weekend" October 18-20 in Laurens, South Carolina. 
Links mentioned: 
Survivors and attachment styles
Molly Jane's Law (ViCAP)
Soft Interview Rooms
"Wounded Healers" terminology coined by Carl Jung
Learn more from Brett and Shannon:
www.sassgo.org
@sassgoglobal
Brett and Shannon's CTA: "Join us!" Become part of the "SASS Tribe" by engaging with them online, attending a training, or offering support in any way you are able. 
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