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Being American: Daughters of the American Revolution, Seeking Asylum, Release of Bill Cosby On this Independence Day weekend Local Talk, Ames native Cynthia Gaunt describes being from a family that dates back to colonial American times and early farmers of the Midwest, including being a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Then Licida Membreno, a newly arrived immigrant seeking asylum in the US, describes journeying with her son, from a long-standing indigenous family in Honduras to Ames, Iowa. Ms. Membreno is accompanied by David Hansen, Chair of Ames Sanctuary Interfaith Partners (ASIP), a local organization of people who helped her come to Iowa. Hansen describes some of the work ASIP does.
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Pandemic brought challenges and required new approaches to help, expert says
Ames Tribune
Sexual assault nurse examiners on call in the early days of the pandemic sat by their phones, only for them not to ring odd to these nurses who serve around 700 patients a year in Polk and Story counties.
Something was off, certified sexual assault nurse examiner Shannon Knudsen said she thought at the time.
The nurses checked if their phones worked, fearing a call for help was missed, Knudsen said, but these were the first signs of a drop in survivors seeking medical services.
“That was kind of the initial shock,” Knudsen said. “Yes, we know there’s a pandemic, and we know that services may look different.” But she said advocates seeing fewer cases felt that something was off.
Des Moines Register
A Council Bluffs man working as a foreign exchange student coordinator faces life in prison for sexually abusing international students for whom he was entrusted to find safe homes.
The case exemplifies the vulnerability of foreign exchange students seeking education and new experiences thousands of miles from home and the absence of adequate oversight of the programs that lure them to America, advocates for sexual abuse victims say.
Thomas D. Boatright, 51, pleaded guilty this month to four counts of coercion and enticement of a minor, each of which carries a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison and a maximum sentence of life.