Annie Clark, Landen Gambill, another survivor and I, along with former Assistant Dean of Students Melinda Manning, filed an Office for Civil Rights and Clery Act complaint against UNC on Wednesday.
You never think it’ll happen to you, but once it does, you’re initiated into a community that, hauntingly, grows larger and larger every day.
Remember those hot summer days of frizzy hair and relay races that made you feel like an Olympian? There was a bit of magic in the air that made you feel like a superhero. As kids, we lived with the energy to be the best, to tackle every “no” and make it a “yes.” But every time we feared, worried or hurt, we wanted to keep those things to ourselves instead of talking about them. And we’re still staying silent.
