head. the first time i talked, i couldn t sit in the chair. i was just shaky and nervous, but it s very rewarding. about eight years ago, i got off work at night and i was going home to have dinner with my family. parked across the street from my folks house and was walking across the street and a car stopped at the stop sign and the passenger got out. and came up to me asking for directions. as soon as he got up to me, he hit me. kind of stepped back, reached for my wallet, gave him my wallet and then the driver of the car got out and threw me on the ground and started stabbing me. i got my throat slit, i got my lung punctured, i got stabbed 40 times. the first knife wound that i remember was the knife actually went up and it went through my
also confused. people that are the victims of crime want to know why. you ll hear that come up in some of our testimonies you ll hear. founded by amy barch, it s the concept of restorative justice. it s an approach that says it s important to bring people together of the crime and for us to get together and see one another as people and build compassion and understanding. that s where real change happens. when we choose violence as a way to respond to problems, we have to stand responsible for what happens even if that intent is never there. the. eight years earlier, ryan carrie was one of 12 victims in a murder and robbery spree carried out in virginia. we were lucky to have ryan with us to share his testimony and he s going to talk about how assault impacted his life. kary was left with permanent injuries to his right arm and head. the first time i talked, i couldn t sit in the chair.
couldn t sit in the chair. i was just shaky and nervous, but it s very rewarding. about 8 years ago, i got off work at night and i was going home to have dinner with my family. parked across the street from my folk s house and was walking across the street and a car stopped at the stop sign and the passenger got out. and came up to me asking for directions. as soon as he got up to me, he hit me. kind of stepped back, reached for my wallet, gave him my wallet and then the driver of the car got out and threw me on the ground and started stabbing me. got myhroat it, i got my lung punctured, i got stabbed 40 times. the first knife wound that i
we were lucky to have ryan with us to share his testimony and he s going to talk about how assault impacted his life. kary was left with permanent injuries to his right arm and head. the first time i talked, i couldn t sit in the chair. i was just shaky and nervous, but it s very rewarding. about 8 years ago, i got off work at night and i was going home to have dinner with my mi. parked across the street fm my folk s house and was walking across the street and a car stoppeat the stop sign and the passenger got out. and came up to me asking for directions. as soon as he got up to me, he hit me. kind of stepped back, reached for my wallet, gave him my wallet and then the driver of the car got out and threw me on the ground and started stabbing me. i got my throat slit, i got my lung punctured, i got stabbed 40 times.
people that are the victims of crime want to know why. you ll hear that come up in some of our testimonies you ll hear. founded by amy barch, it s the concept of restorative justice. it s an approach that says it s important to bring people together of the crime and for us to get together and see one another as people and build compassion and understanding. that s where real change happens. when we choose violence as a way to respond to problems, we have to stand responsible for what happens even if that intent is never there. 8 years earlier, ryan kary was one of 12 victims of a murder and robbery spree carried out in virginia. we were lucky to have ryan with us to share his testimony and he s going to talk about how assault impacted his life. kary was left with permanent injuries to his right arm and head. the first time i talked, i couldn t sit in the chair. i was just shaky and nervous, but it s very rewarding.