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Child abuse survivor Deondra Brown helps launch a campaign dedicated to empowering and helping child abuse survivors during a press conference at the Children’s Justice Center in West Jordan on Wednesday, May 27, 2020. On Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, Brown urged Utah lawmakers to support HB177, which would to add the teaching of consent to Utah’s sex education standards.
Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY Child sex abuse survivor Deondra Brown, testifying to a legislative committee Wednesday urging their support of HB177, which would add the teaching of consent to Utah’s sex education standards, revealed she is also a rape survivor.
SALT LAKE CITY Child sex abuse survivor Deondra Brown, testifying to a legislative committee Wednesday urging their support of HB177, which would add the teaching of consent to Utah s sex education standards, revealed she is also a rape survivor. I am also a rape survivor from my years at the Juilliard School in New York City. I ve never spoken about it publicly and I almost never even talk about it privately, Brown told the House Education Committee. I don t share this simply today for the shock factor or for your sympathy. Although I must say over the years, your sympathy has proven quite moving and I share this with you today because I believe the issues we are discussing would have impacted my experiences as both a child abuse survivor and as an adult sexual assault survivor, said Brown, part of The 5 Browns, a classical piano ensemble comprised of her, her two brothers and two sisters.
The Little Tin Box (Steinway & Sons)
The holiday season is a reflective time of year, when many are focused on traditions and special memories. That s the inspiration behind the 5 Browns latest release, The Little Tin Box. Deondra Brown, along with her brother Greg, share the memories they have each have wrapped inside The Little Tin Box.
Deondra: It was an opportunity for the five of us to look back on our childhood and remember the beautiful memories. At the same time, it was a start to understand and decipher those difficult memories, too. So we wanted to share that process with our listeners, and hopefully they ll be able to process their own journey by working through their childhood.