Bev Gilliard is an Advocate, Resilience, Change, Adversity and Triumph–Speaker for Women's Empowerment. Bev specializes in helping people transform their lives to feel happier, more inspired, listened to, respected and understood.
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​More significantly, to withstand and deal with the pressures of life without becoming broken in the process, or when stability, acceptance, kindness and benevolence is not received.

Bev Gilliard, a quiet unassuming woman who lives in Ellenwood, Georgia, has been making strides, not only in her community, but nationally and internationally.

Bev was recognized in 2016 by Georgia State University (GSU) as a "Who's Who Amongst American University and College Students, and has won two GSU Foundayion Scholarships with matching grants.

​Also in 2016, Bev was nominated for AARP's prestigious Andrus Award. In 2017, she was nominated for GSU Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award, for community service, and GSU's Royal Flame Leadership Award.

Bev goes about her day quietly helping individuals impacted by violence and suicide. She is the CEO and Founder of two IRS approved 501(c)(3) nonprofit agencies: Precious Petals Ministries, now Precious Petals Foundation that supports domestic violence victims and survivors, and National Violence Prevention, to assist those impacted by suicide; Bev is a Certified Gatekeeper, and QPR Suicide Prevention Instructor. She also serves on a sixteen member team assembled to educate on suicide prevention in Georgia.

Since her agencies inception, Bev now teaches suicide prevention and answers questions from people worldwide about domestic violence and suicide prevention, and she does it for free.

Equally amazing, Bev just completed her memoir "Battered, Beaten, Bruised but not Broken," that's due out in December 2018.

Bev Gilliard's vividly evoked, intelligent memoir "Battered, Beaten, Bruised, but not Broken," chronicles her lifespan of abuse from childhood  through her abusive marriage and it's cataclysmic ending of felony aggravated stalking. 

​In this poignant presentation, Bev is sharing her story with audiences around the world.

Bev urges men, women, young adults, teens, and especially those in the African American community to educate themselves about child sexual assault and domestic violence and its effect.

Also,  to put an end to the stigma, blaming and shaming of individuals impacted by victimization, and the destructive cycle that is destroying our family structure.

As Bev recounts the legacy of life-threatening violence that has haunted her family for four generations, she shares how she was able to survive, and, ultimately, thrive without being "BROKEN." 
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​This book demonstrates Bev's incredible strength, her boldness,  and her willingness to fight despite the odds. 

Also, why Bev refuses to be controlled by anyone, or be defined by the violence and its effects, making it evidently clear that there is much more to Bev's life than the abuse she had to endure.

Look for Bev  new book, "Battered, Beaten, Bruised, but not Broken" with a tentative release date, December,  2018  - available on Amazon, Kindle, Barnes and Noble, and worldwide.
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Additionally, Bev's next book is due out for Christmas. Please check back for more  in-depth details around the ending of December, 2018.

Bev  is also a published research co-author of "The Little Mathematician" - How children learn mathematics.

Additionally, Bev has performed research on children’s language and linguistic skills under the mentor-ship of Dr. Kyong Ah-Kwon.

“Focus only on the "Hope" in Hopelessness”

Please visit Bev's nonprofit agencies for information or to donate:

​Precious Petals Foundation, Inc. Addresses Child Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Rape, Human Trafficking, and the effects of homelessness and hunger: www.1ppf.org

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National Violence Prevention, Inc. Addresses Suicide, School and Cyber Bullying, and Workplace Violence at: www.1nvp.org

​Thank you!