In 2018, dancer, marketer, and nonprofit founder Grace French did one of the most courageous things a person can do. She came forward and reported the abuse she had endured as a child at the hands of an infamous USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University doctor. But that was just the beginning of her work that’s been shaped by courage. Grace went on to found the nonprofit organization, Army of Survivors, with a mission to bring awareness, accountability, and transparency to sexual violence against athletes.She chats with Breaking Schemas co-hosts Marcus Collins and John Branch about the impact Army of Survivors is having around the world, how she’s applied her marketing education and background to the nonprofit world, and why she believes courage is contagious. *Breaking Schemas is a production of the Yaffe Digital Media Initiative at Michigan Ross and is produced by University FM.*Episode Quotes:Measuring the impact of efforts to break the culture of silence in sports, addressing sexual violence and abuse17:35: Impact for us is something that we're consistently trying to measure because it's so hard to say. You know, this did this because it's a long-term problem. That said, I think some of the things that I am most proud of that made a huge impact is we've worked with the International Olympic Committee to create a curriculum for welfare officers. Globally, we have over 30 countries who have taken the course that allowed us to tell them what trauma looks like to an athlete, how to be trauma-informed in what they do, and how to respond to somebody if they do come to you about abuse.On running your own race16:52: It's important to understand that your blinders are on; really, it's not just about you and what makes you happy and what brings you joy, but also what fulfills you and how you can find the right career for you. Rather than thinking about, this is what I should be doing.Be courageous in everything you do25:42: Courage is contagious. So the courage that you have, and hopefully the courage that I have had, is contagious. And make sure you're leaning into that. Make sure you're finding ways to be courageous in your career, in your group projects, and in the ways that you move in the world so that you can continue to make an impact.Show Links:Army of Survivors 

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