Maritime Legal Aid & Advocacy

Giving a Voice to Victims of Shipboard Harassment & SASH and Fighting to Change the Maritime Industry

Maritime Legal Aid & Advocacy

Giving a Voice to Victims of Shipboard Harassment & SASH
and Fighting to change the Maritime Industry

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Midshipman-x

Hope Hicks, Maritime Activist & Whistleblower | USMMA Class of 2022.

On September 28, 2021 Midshipman-X courageously published her horrific account of the sexual abuse she endured while serving as a cadet aboard a Maersk ship during the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy’s Sea Year program.

US Coast Guards

On June 30, 2020 MLAA Predicted “An Epic Sexual Assault Scandal, 30 Years in the Making, Is Coming for the U.S. Coast Guard.” On September 28, 2021, MLAA Published Midshipman-X’s Blog Post, Which Rocked the Coast Guard & Maritime Industry, and Reached CNN Reporters Blake Ellis & Melanie Hicken…

Survivors Speak

"I am a Surface Warfare Officer (SWO) for the United States Navy & I’m Blowing the Whistle on Our Toxic Work Culture..."

Maritime MeToo: An Expanding List of Survivors of Maritime Sexual Harassment, Assault, & Abuse Who Have Shared Their Stories Publicly.

"I was Sexually Assaulted by the Captain of a Sailing Yacht on My First Night on the Vessel. Now I’m Fighting to Make Crewing Safer..."

Video: Courageous Maritime Sexual Abuse Survivors Hope Hicks & Midshipman-Y Speak Truth to Power & Urge the U.S. Coast Guard.

"Sam Irvin Subjected Me to Horrific Sexual Harassment & Abuse. I Lost 20 Pounds because I Could Barely Swallow Food..."

"I Saw Capt Samuel Irvin Sexually Harass the 2nd Mate Throughout the Voyage & Saw Him Place the Vessel in Serious Danger..."

"When I Was a Cadet Sailing With Maersk, Chief Mate Samuel Irvin Broke Into My Room and Tried to Get in Bed With Me. He Was Drunk...."

"I Sailed As a Deck Cadet with Maersk Under Chief Mate Samuel Sullivan Irvin. After a Few Weeks of Sexual Harassment, Being Around..."

"Through Constant & Insane Sexual Harassment, Capt. Sam Irvin Prevented Me from Doing My Job, Undermined My Confidence and..."

Coast Guard Commandant: Please Investigate a Sexual Predator Captain. The response to Our Allegations by Maersk and MMP.

I am a Surface Warfare Officer (SWO) for the United States Navy & I’m Blowing the Whistle on Our Toxic Work Culture

Maritime MeToo: An Expanding List of Survivors of Maritime Sexual Harassment, Assault, & Abuse Who Have Shared Their Stories Publicly

I was Sexually Assaulted by the Captain of a Sailing Yacht on My First Night Aboard the Vessel. Now I’m Fighting to Make Crewing Safer...

Video: Courageous Maritime Sexual Abuse Survivors Hope Hicks & Midshipman-Y Speak Truth to Power & Urge the U.S. Coast Guard....

Sam Irvin Subjected Me to Horrific Sexual Harassment & Abuse. I Lost 20 Pounds b/c I Could Barely Swallow Food. When He Reads....

I Saw Capt Samuel Irvin Sexually Harass the 2nd Mate Throughout the Voyage & Saw Him Place the Vessel in Serious Danger. Irvin Also...

When I Was a Cadet Sailing With Maersk, Chief Mate Samuel Irvin Broke Into My Room and Tried to Get in Bed With Me. He Was Drunk....

I Sailed As a Deck Cadet with Maersk Under Chief Mate Samuel Sullivan Irvin. After a Few Weeks of Sexual Harassment, Being Around...

Through Constant & Insane Sexual Harassment, Capt. Sam Irvin Prevented Me from Doing My Job, Undermined My Confidence &...

Coast Guard Commandant: Please Investigate a Sexual Predator Captain. The response to Our Allegations by Maersk and MMP...

MLAA in the media

Shannon Norenberg Files Anti-Harassment (AHHI) Complaint Alleging Hostile Work Environment at U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Seeks Investigation of Academy Leader Michael Johnston

"Admiral Fagan, I’m Not Resigning as Coast Guard Academy SARC Until You Repair the Damage Done to Victims of Operation Fouled Anchor."

"The Coast Guard Used Me to Lie to Victims of Sexual Assault at the Coast Guard Academy as Part of their Operation Fouled Anchor Coverup. I Can No Longer Be Part of this System."

"20 Years After I Was Raped at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, the Coast Guard Drug Me Through Operation Fouled Anchor. I’m Not Sure Which Was Worse."

Whistler McGee’s Email to U.S. Coast Guard Leaders.

Shannon Norenberg Files Anti-Harassment (AHHI) Complaint Alleging Hostile Work Environment at U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Seeks Investigation of Academy Leader Michael Johnston

Admiral Fagan, I’m Not Resigning as Coast Guard Academy SARC Until You Repair the Damage Done to Victims of Operation Fouled Anchor

The Coast Guard Used Me to Lie to Victims of Sexual Assault at the Coast Guard Academy as Part of their Operation Fouled Anchor Coverup. I Can No Longer Be Part of this System.

20 Years After I Was Raped at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, the Coast Guard Drug Me Through Operation Fouled Anchor. I’m Not Sure Which Was Worse.

Whistler McGee’s Email to U.S. Coast Guard Leaders.

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Reporting Maritime Harassment, Sexual Harassment, & Assault Aboard U.S. Flag Vessels

MLAA needs your help to fund its work to make the maritime world safe from SASH.

“I’m honoured to have sparked such a change in the U.S. maritime industry. Cadet and crew staterooms will now be protected by security cameras, new safety standards are being put in place and other crucial issues are finally being addressed”

Hope Hicks, Wall Street Journal,
23 Sept 2024

#U.S. CoastGuardMeToo

Expanding List of Survivors of Maritime Sexual Harassment

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