Beyond Surviving with Rachel Grant
Education
S7 Ep. 4: Surthrivor: Flourishing Despite Hardships
April is Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Month and my guest is absolutely one of my most favorite people in the world!
As one who suffered childhood sexual abuse, specifically father-daughter incest, Lyvonne Proverbs is deeply committed to ending childhood sexual abuse in and beyond Black religious spaces.
We cover a lot of a ground – including how to break free of your “pity parties” and commit to healing and how to become co-conspirators in healing (and why we love this word more than ally).
We even chat about all of the ways we love on ourselves so that we can activate our power and presence (it’s a lot simpler than you might think!)
You’ll also learn more about Lyvonne’s work with beautiful scars, an online platform support Black Christian women in finding their voice and healing.
Get a pen and paper, you're going to want to take notes!
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Lyvonne Proverbs, MDiv, a New York City native, is a body and sex-positive pastor, preacher, transformational speaker, spiritual life coach, writer, poet, educator, and conscious creative social entrepreneur. An Emmy-award-winning media producer, Proverbs graduated from Seton Hall University with a Bachelor of Arts in English Honors, Yale Divinity School with a Master of Divinity, and Columbia Theological Seminary with a Master of Theology, where she completed her thesis, The Problem with "Father" God: Incest as a Silent Killer in the Black Church, about preaching, poetry, and sexual trauma. She is a highly sought after presenter and has partnered with Lyft, Auburn Seminary, San Francisco Department of Health, the Atlanta University Center, Young Women Social Entrepreneurs, and more.
Proverbs is the founder of beautiful scars, an online storytelling agency focused on trauma, healing, and resiliency. Her @WereSurthrivors platform is a digital community for Black Christian women who are also survivors of childhood sexual abuse. By harnessing the power of narrative, she is aiding survivors (and communities, at large) to shift from silence to storytelling to put an end to male sexual violence.
Proverbs has been featured in ESSENCE, Cosmopolitan, and The Washington Post magazines and Sojourners named her one of "11 Women Shaping the Church" in March 2019. Proverbs is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated and the inaugural cohort of the DO GOOD X Startup Accelerator. She currently resides in Atlanta, GA and can be found on Facebook and LinkedIn, as well as Twitter and Instagram (@LyvonneP).
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