E57: A Survivor's Journey | Hilary Simon on Legal Reform and Protecting Students from Abuse – Advocacy in Action

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Hilary Simon shares her powerful story of survival and advocacy for legal reform to protect students from abuse.

Send us Fan Mail In this week’s episode of Aspire, host Chessy Prout is joined by co-hosts Maria and Steve Peacock for a powerful conversation with attorney, survivor, and advocate Hilary Simon. Hilary shares how, at 14, she arrived at Miss Hall’s School hoping for safety and support, only to be slowly groomed and sexually abused by a beloved teacher and coach. She describes how early patterns of putting others first and making herself small evolved into a survival response she later learned ...

People in this episode

Host: Chessy Prout

Guest: Hilary Simon

Topics covered

• survivor stories
• legal reform
• student protection
• advocacy
• sexual abuse
• education

Keywords

• survivor
• legal reform
• student abuse
• advocacy
• sexual abuse
• Miss Hall’s School
• education

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Organizations: Miss Hall’s School

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