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Langenberg said it didn\u2019t deter them from trying to center the voices and experiences of those survivors when compiling the information they were allowed to collect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the things we have come to terms with, or learned, is it is very easy to talk about perpetrators,\u201d Langenberg admitted. \u201cWe can talk about the breakdown of the communities, but so much focus on community response can lend itself to turning away from what survivors experienced. Ann and I are intent on viewing this project through the lens of intersectional feminism. We are holding space for survivors, so that a fuller picture of what it is like to experience trauma in these communities becomes available.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Langenberg also received a $6,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecosia.org\/search\/?q=National+Endowment+for+the+Humanities&amp;addon=safari&amp;addonversion=4.2.1.51\">National Endowment for the Humanities<\/a> (NEH) Summer Stipend grant to write two chapters of her joint book with Gleig titled <em>Abuse, Sex, and the Sangha<\/em>, which will be published by the Yale University Press. 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