Believe forum

About 40 people turned out to a forum on sexual violence Wednesday at the he Mount Washington Valley Adult Day Center. From left: Moderator Tiffany Roberts, Conway Police Detective Ryan Wallace, Carroll County Attorney Michaela Andruzzi, Starting Point’s Raetha Stoddard, Memorial Hospital Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Charisse Hirschfeld, Child Advocacy Center Executive Director Elizabeth Kelley-Scott and dvision of Children Youth and Families worker Lauren Campbell. (DAYMOND STEER PHOTO)

CONWAY — There is more sexual violence in the Mount Washington Valley community than most people know, experts said at a public forum on Wednesday.

Their goal is to make victims feel more comfortable coming forward so that justice and healing have a better chance of happening.

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