Sexual abuse survivor to speak at Northwestern College

Nicole Braddock Bromley, an author and international spokesperson on sexual abuse and trafficking, will speak at Northwestern College on Feb. 21 and 22. The public is invited to hear her personal story about childhood sexual abuse in chapel at 11:05 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 21.

During Bromley’s campus visit, she will also speak to students about a Christian vision for sexual intimacy and relationships, help lead a service of prayer and lament, and talk with students about human trafficking. From 1:30 to 3 p.m. on Tuesday she will speak at a session for local pastors and other community leaders in the Vogel Community Room on “Caring for Victims of Sexual Abuse and Exploitation: What Hurts and What Helps.”

Bromley has written three books: “Hush: Moving From Silence to Healing After Childhood Sexual Abuse”; “Breathe: Finding Freedom to Thrive in Relationships After Childhood Sexual Abuse”; and “SOAR,” a workbook and video companion to “Hush” for personal and group study. Book-signing sessions will be held in the Christ Chapel foyer immediately following the Tuesday chapel and in the Vogel Community Room after the gathering for pastors and community leaders.

Bromley is the founder of OneVOICE, an organization committed to raising awareness about the problem of sexual abuse. She also founded and serves as executive director of OneVOICE4freedom, a nonprofit organization seeking to stop child sex trafficking. In 2010 Bromley began a campaign across East Africa to stamp out child sexual abuse and trafficking and was the first woman to ever give a public address on the topics of sexual abuse and child sex slavery in the country of Uganda. In 2012 she went undercover to Cambodia for a rescue and restoration film project of Life Outreach International, meeting with child sex slaves in brothels and helping them tell their stories.

Through her work with OneVOICE4freedom, Bromley has enabled the building of two schools and provided prevention education for thousands of at-risk children and families in poverty-stricken rural villages targeted by traffickers.

Named one of Role Model Magazine’s top 25 influential women last year, Bromley also was the 2011 winner of Marietta College’s Outstanding Young Alumna Award.