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| About NAFFHistory Mission Statement Board of Directors Advisory Board Contact Information Bylaws and Financial Statement
History
Mission StatementNAFF was created to serve the following purposes: 1) To bring attention to the existence of governmental and non-governmental mind control; slavery; and torture perpetrated in the United States and Canada. 2) To educate the public about the special recovery needs of victims and survivors. 3) To develop and maintain a living memorial garden - the Garden of Healing - to honor victims' and survivors' traumas and strengths, and to honor those who support them in their recovery processes.
Board of DirectorsKathleen Sullivan, MSW - founder and president
During the week, Kathleen works at Alternatives Counseling Associates in Chattanooga, Tennessee as the agency's clinical social worker and expressive arts therapist. She enjoys working with clients of all ages and specializes in helping child, teen and adult survivors of abuse, trauma, abandonment, neglect and loss to heal, rediscover their strengths and hope, and reconnect with themselves and the world around them. Kathleen also enjoys working in the Garden of Healing with her husband, Bill, and is in charge of creating and updating the NAFF website.
He served one tour in front-lines infantry in Korea and three in Vietnam. Beginning in late 1963, he worked stateside under Operations and Intelligence Officer, Major David Hackworth in the 1st Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division, which went to Vietnam in July, 1965. Bill worked in Operations (S-3) and in Intelligence (S-2) for a total of 2-1/2 years. Returning to Fort Campbell in 1966, he worked mostly as an analyst in intelligence. He volunteered to go back to Vietnam in 1967. As an Intel sergeant, he was assigned to the 187th Airborne Infantry, which was in the 3rd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division. During that time, he was promoted to Master Sergeant (E-8). Shortly thereafter, he was selected to become a First Sergeant of one of the infantry companies within that same battalion. As a result of extensive combat experience during that tour in Vietnam, he earned an Army Commendation Medal (with "V" for valor), a Bronze Star (with "V" for Valor), the Silver Star, and the Purple Heart. He returned to the Army base at Fort Campbell, Kentucky for one year, then volunteered for one more tour in Vietnam. This time, he was assigned to Operations and Intelligence in the 4th Infantry Division. While in Vietnam, he left that division after requesting to be reassigned to the 173rd Airborne Infantry Brigade as First Sergeant in one of the infantry units. He extended his 12-month tour of duty so that he could return, after a total 16 months, with his unit to Fort Campbell. At Fort Campbell, he was selected as First Sergeant of a basic training unit for new recruits who were expected to serve in Vietnam. After completing that assignment, he was promoted to Sergeant Major (E-9). He was then selected to be the Commandant of the Retrain and Reclassification School of the Noncommissioned Officer Academy at Fort Campbell. Sgt. Major Sullivan designed the school's programs and set up the structured schedule of handpicked personnel from throughout the division to train noncommissioned officers who were stationed throughout the US and overseas. These NCOs needed reclassification due to excess military occupational skills (MOS). Once approved, the Army used the Academy as a template to structure other NCO schools throughout the US and overseas to retrain Army personnel to be classified for new job statuses. Bill was then selected to be an Army ROTC instructor at the University of Georgia in Athens where he served two more years, retiring on July 31, 1978 after 30 years of service. Having served a total of 51 months of ground combat, Bill received many other awards and decorations including two awards of the combat infantry badge. Having received 100% disability status from the Veterans Administration, Bill is fully retired. He is responsible for overseeing the maintenance of our living memorial garden. Because he especially enjoys riding his mower, we call him the "lawn ranger."
Fred has been practicing in Chattanooga as psychologist since 1975. A Diplomate in Counseling Psychology (American Board of Professional Psychology), he is also a Diplomate in Clinical Hypnosis (American Board of Examiners in Psychological Hypnosis) and a Certified Sex Therapist (American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists). He is a also member of the Council for the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology. As a human rights activist, Fred has visited a total of 52 countries to-date, including 15 trips to Europe, 3 to South America, 3 to Central America, 2 to Africa, 4 to Asia, and 1 to Australia. During those trips Fred has taught, conducted research, and studied the subjects of mental health and peace. Fred is listed in American Men & Women of Science, Who's Who in the South and Southwest, Personalities of the South, Dictionary of International Biography, National Social Directory, International Directory of Distinguished Psychotherapists, and International Who's Who in Sexology.
Nancy has been married to Fred Wright, "a spectacular man," for 56 years. A proud mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, she earned two master's degrees in theater and education. Nancy and Fred met as teenagers. (Fred reports that he pursued Nancy for several years before she agreed to marry him.) Three months after the wedding, Nancy was severely injured in a car accident and was told that she would be paralyzed for life and couldn't have children. Determined to regain the use of her body, she developed a technique, Preparation for Movement, that was later used to help other people who were paralyzed. She became physically mobile and went on to have children and live a full life. She taught several semesters at the University of Georgia in Athens and studied one year for a Doctorate degree in theater, although she did not complete her studies. She founded the Dance Theater Workshop in Chattanooga, Tennessee and also set up the Oak Street Playhouse, Chattanooga's first theater in a church. She taught choreography and worked with 17 musical productions in Chattanooga. Nancy also developed a program, Arts and Means of Communication. Together with Fred, Nancy traveled to many countries and helped set-up and facilitate Children's International Summer Villages, beginning in Gulfport, Louisiana and Chattanooga. Through this unique educational, experiential program, the Wrights "helped several thousand children to have 'international friendship-making experiences.'" In Germany, they worked with older teenagers from both East and West Germany while again emphasizing friendship-making experiences. To help them reconcile with one another and honor their experiences, Nancy rewrote the musical, West Side Story. They named her new production East-West Side Story. Nancy also taught various overseas classes, including in China, Brazil and Europe. Eleven years ago, Nancy suffered a massive stroke that caused partial paralysis. Although told by one medical professional that she had the "worst stroke he has ever seen," she miraculously retained her memories and her keen mental faculties. Determined that Nancy continue traveling overseas (one of her favorite activities), Fred regularly arranges for her to travel with him in her wheelchair. They have since visited many more countries. Nancy has been involved in Ping-Pong tournaments as part of the Olympics for the elderly, winning 3 gold and 1 bronze medal. Since her stroke, Nancy has become deeply reflective and is full of gratitude for what she has experienced in life: "The greatest treasures are inside our hearts and minds. Treasures are life experiences with one another, and holding onto the memories of those experiences. Every one has taught us about humanity, peace, love, and the foolishness of warfare." Although Nancy is not a survivor of criminally perpetrated traumas, she is a trauma survivor and considers herself a thriver. She emphasizes that Fred and her children are survivors too, as they have experienced difficult times with her.
Professor of Criminal Justice at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, Hal is the author of many books, including The Geometry of Violence and Democracy (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1991) and A Criminologist's Quest for Peace (2000). He is co-editor with Richard Quinney of Criminology as Peacemaking. Hal's special areas of concern are: criminology
and criminal justice, peacemaking, violence against children, and healing
processes.
Advisory Board
A long-term advocate for children's safety, Claire is the founder and president of Mothers Against Sexual Abuse (MASA). Her book, Childhood: It Should Not Hurt! is a valuable resource for anyone who is responsible for the care of children. To learn more about Claire's book, go to http://childhooditshouldnothurt.com.
Contact InformationDue to the high volume of spam we receive through our Email account at mail@naffoundation.org, we do not review our Emails on a regular basis. If you need a faster response from us, or if you want to visit the Garden of Healing, please snail mail your correspondence to Kathleen Sullivan at the following postal address: NAFF, PO Box 1328, Soddy Daisy TN 37384-1328 We are a small, grassroots foundation. All members volunteer their time to NAFF. Our mission is specifically to educate the public and memorialize the experiences of survivors of extreme abuse. We do not have the resources to provide one-on-one support and we cannot respond to personal requests for help, advice or support from survivors. If you are a survivor and you send a request for help, we will receive your correspondence and we will treat it as confidential, but we will not respond to it. Other organizations have been set-up, specifically, to provide one-on-one support. If you are a survivor in need of support or help, please use some of the resources on the right side of each web page, in the "Recovery Resources" page, and in other sections of the NAFF website to work towards meeting your needs. Thank you.
Bylaws and Financial StatementNAFF is
a privately run nonprofit foundation. We are required by law to make our bylaws
and most recent financial statement available to the public, upon request. If
you would like to receive a copy of either document, please enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope (2 stamps, please) to the
postal address shown above.
This page was most recently edited on 11/01/2009.
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Emergency contacts and resources
Catholic
Charities of East Tennessee, Inc. Children's Focus
Adolescent Services: Family Help in Tennessee The
Partnership Survival
Necessities Assistance USA
Abuse
Consultants Child
Help USA Cyber
Tipline Domestic
Abuse Helpline for Men Friends
of Battered Women and Their Children Hot
Peach KID
SAVE National
Center National
Center National
Family National
Family National
Runaway/ Adolescent Suicide Hotline National
Suicide Hotline National
Youth Prevent
Suicide Rape,
Abuse, & SAFE
(Self-Abuse Stop
Abuse for Stop
It Now! Suicide
Prevention Virtual
Global Task Force (VGT) Abuse Centre
for Treatment of Sexual Abuse & Childhood Trauma Hot
Peach Kids'
Help Phone Stop
Abuse for Telecare
Distress Victims
of Violence Virtual
Global Task Force (VGT)
Many more contacts are listed in our "Support and Resources" webpages. |
Every day around the world, and even here in the United States,
children are sold into virtual slavery or traffic for the worst forms of sexual
abuse - President Bill Clinton, U.N.
Protocol Orders Signing Ceremony
July 5, 2000. |
A
survivor of extreme abuse, Kathleen has been actively recovering for over 20
years. Before obtaining her master's degree in social work at the University of
Tennessee in Knoxville, she was an active advocate within the ritual abuse/mind
control survivor community. In 2002, her autobiography, 
Bill
enlisted in the Army at age 15 and received his basic training
at Ft. Jackson, SC. He received "jump school" training at Ft. Benning,
Georgia while stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. 28
of his total of 30 years of service in the Army were served in Airborne.
Having completed over 300 parachute jumps, he became a master
parachutist. 
