Anna Rowe

> your head in the sand and pretend it's not happening. It's easy to shame people for inaction, for bystander apathy but what happens when>

> someone DOES speak up? Who speaks up with them? Often they stand up above the parapet on their own. They acknowledge, they confront, they>

> open up uncomfortable discussions that should be had in the open but tend to stay hidden, behind closed doors, to keep up a front, to >

> protect reputations. It's not just abuse and the lack of acknowledgement that needs to be discussed but also the collective whitewashing >

> of things that aren't working, people who are being failed, frontline who are being overstretched, learning that is not being understood.>

> silence around those who exploit and create fear and panic or give false hope which leaves devastation in an already ravaged mind. On the>

> one hand we all decry the ones who stay silent when they know they should speak out but we do not support the ( often lone) voice that >

> does speak out. We may applaud and support behind the scenes. In the safety away from the spotlight. But This leaves a huge huge problem>