by Amy Tiemann | Sep 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
At this cultural moment, we are in the midst of a multi-generational struggle that will decide whether we stop a cycle of violence and abuse, or preserve this cultural system that preserves privileges for some, at a high cost to all. The system is not even good,...
by Amy Tiemann | Sep 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
The sexual assault allegations made against Brett Kavanaugh and Roy Moore tell us a lot about white male privilege and complicity. The following comes from a piece I wrote about Roy Moore earlier this year…there are so many echoes with the Kavanaugh sexual...
by Amy Tiemann | Sep 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
74 years ago, Recy Taylor, a 24-year old African-American woman, was brutally victimized while walking home from church in Abbeville, Alabama with two friends. A car full of 7 white teenagers pulled up, abducted Mrs. Taylor at gunpoint, and brutally raped her. This...
by Amy Tiemann | Jun 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
Today is a great day, the first day that my co-author Irene van der Zande and I are in the same town with real books in hand! We are together signing the very first Advance Review Copies of Doing Right by Our Kids: Protecting Child Safety at All Levels. After years of...
by Amy Tiemann | May 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
After my years of experience working in a neuroscience lab, I honed a keen sense of curiosity about brain development, and a research-backed belief that positive childhood experiences are very important. My work on child abuse prevention actually comes full circle...
by Amy Tiemann | May 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
In 2000 when my family moved from California to North Carolina, and I felt like I had been put into a witness protection program. We chose to make a 6-month stay permanent, but this huge change made me feel even isolated as a stay-at-home Mom than I already was. On...