Institutional Harassment, Discrimination & Abuse
Why people are afraid to speak out about abusers
If you or someone you know has had issues with Harassment, Discrimination or Abuse in Magic City Acro you can file a report at:
AbuseReport@YogaAndLove.org and it will be taken seriously & investigated.
This website is under construction; If there is Fundamental Accountability and Reform within MCA it will be removed and only the details of the actions with fictitious names will be told on SafetyInAcro.com along with similar incidents from other locations/communities in an attempt to educate and demonstrate the kinds of tactics used by abusers in an effort to prevent them from happening to others. Barring Fundamental Accountability and Reform Full Details of the actions of the abusers and their enablers will be provided here and advertised across search and social media so that the community can be aware and protect themselves.
It is part of a larger Accountability Project that will include SafetyInAcro.com and SafetyInAcro.org which will detail tactics used by community abusers across the nation and world and provide Safety In Acro Guidelines created by Non-Commercial and Non Profit Seeking Individuals and Organizations
This is a Project of TADAsana/Yoga & Love/the Youth Organization for a Grateful Attitude and is funded by the Alabama “Yoga & Love” Distinctive License Plate Series.
The Author of this Content is Jimi Lee who can be found at @JimiYoga on instagram and would be happy to address any questions or issues related to it. All images on this website were taken by me and I own the copyright to them.
All tactics used by those listed here were know by and I suggest sometimes provided by Aaron Lind and the now defunct Lift School of Acrobatics. Their actions and tactics will be detailed on SafetyInAcro.com when it is completed. It is an ongoing project will take a while to create, as our first goal is to try to create Fundamental Accountability & Reform within Magic City Acro.
In its current form this is a low effort prototype created to publicly state facts and kick start reform which the below named individuals and businesses have done everything to avoid for years, the details of which will be made public if necessary in the future. Hopefully it will not come to that and there will be Fundamental Accountability and Reform and MCA will become a safe space for Acro Practitioners.
It is sad that it has come to this but if Publicly Naming & Shaming is what is necessary to produce meaningful reform then that is what must be done so here it is:
Alabama Based Abusers, Enablers &
Companies that
Knowingly Enable Them
Sarah Clark
Primary Abuser
Andrew Tynes
Secondary Abuser
Joel Valencia
Abuse Enabler
Head Over Heals Gymnastics
500 Caldwell Trce, Birmingham, AL 35242
205.981.2720 | hohgyms@gmail.com
HOH has been contacted twice to investigate / for public comment about Instructors using their position there to harass, discriminate against, and abuse customers/students, but have never responded. If the alligations are false we call on them to publicly state that.
Youth Gymnastics Facilities should take seriously instances of Harassment, discrimination and abuse; failure to do so by similar businesses enabled individuals such as Larry Nasser to commit unspeakable acts and reputable facilities take such allegations seriously and, at a minimum, formally investigate them.
We publicly call on HOH to Investigate and make a formal, public statement about allegations of abuse by their Instructors and to implement policies and procedures to prevent it from continuing.
Joseph Gray
Abuse Enabler
Stephanie
Abuse Enabler