Virtual Coffee with Sharon Moroney
Date: Friday, October 23, 2020
Time: 9:00 am EDT (New York)
Location: Online (via Zoom)
Cost: FREE. Open to all.
Please join us on Friday, October 23rd at 9am Eastern with our guest, Shannon Moroney. Shannon is a counsellor, speaker, author, educator and advocate from Toronto, Canada. She has coordinated with criminal justice systems, communities, and other resources to promote healing at individual, community and national levels. Shannon will talk with us about her work, her journey as a professional and survivor, and discuss how she uniquely integrates systems to help clients and communities. You don’t want to miss it!
Shannon Moroney, BA, BEd, MA, RSW, is the author of two bestselling memoirs: Through the Glass (2011), her own story following the violent crimes of her first husband; and Out of the Shadows (2019), the story of human trafficking survivor, Timea Nagy. Both are published worldwide Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster.
Shannon is also an internationally recognized advocate of restorative justice, a powerful speaker, one of the “world’s 50 most resilient people” (Global Resilience Project), a New York Times “Woman in the World” recommended writer, and is featured by the International Forgiveness Project. She travels extensively to lead transformative forgiveness and healing retreats for people and communities overcoming trauma, and to keynote justice and mental health conferences. She is a registered social worker and trauma therapist specialized in treating survivors of sexual assault and trafficking, as well as family members of sex offenders. Shannon has provided expert testimony in court, consultation on crime bills, and she supports attorneys to provide trauma-informed advocacy to victims of sex crimes.
Shannon Moroney lives in Toronto, Canada. Visit her at www.shannonmoroney.com
For more information on how to join the call and our mailing list for future events please email counseling@figt.org.
