While activity on this website has been a little slow over the past couple of months, all of us at AAWA have been very busy working in the background. As the cooler months approach in the Northern Hemisphere, you should …
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Greetings from AAWA’s Newsletter Team! We are pleased to announce that our latest newsletter is now available along with a few other surprises for our readers. This month you will notice several new things in the newsletter. There is a …
Becoming an adult and finding your own way can be difficult enough when you are a teenager. We’ve all been through that and know that the transition can be very stressful. “Growing up” is even more complicated if your family …
As of Monday July 1, 2013 AAWA is introducing a new online support forum. The Forum will focus on recovery issues of Jehovah’s Witnesses who have already left or are considering leaving the organization. Moderators and active members will also respond …
When the formation of AAWA was first announced to the public less than three months ago, I thought it was a worthy goal to try to rally ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses to join together to wake up the world community to the …
Jehovah’s Witnesses have received global media attention for their child protection policies, which put children at risk and serve to protect pedophiles. It has been estimated that Watchtower policies are responsible for thousands of children being harmed. To protect these …
On May 30th, AAWA proudly launched its second major campaign aimed at raising awareness of damaging Watchtower policies. This time the psychologically abusive content in Watchtower literature, together with Watchtower’s continued mishandling of child sex abuse, is firmly under AAWA’s …
The Watchtower instructs Jehovah’s Witnesses to disfellowship and shun members deemed “wicked.” “Disfellowship: To “remove the wicked man” or woman from the congregation.” Watchtower 2011 Jul 15 p.23 “Thus ‘disfellowshiping’ is what Jehovah’s Witnesses appropriately call the expelling and subsequent shunning …