Comments on: In Loving Memory of Ralph Iken https://icapanetwork.org/in-loving-memory-of-ralph-iken/ Institutional Child Abuse Prevention and Advocacy Network Tue, 21 Feb 2023 19:55:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Chelsea https://icapanetwork.org/in-loving-memory-of-ralph-iken/#comment-10 Tue, 21 Feb 2023 19:55:47 +0000 https://icapanetwork.org/?page_id=395#comment-10 I will miss your positivity and kindness in the survivor space. I wish we’d had the chance to meet in person. You are already missed.

]]> By: Ginger McNulty https://icapanetwork.org/in-loving-memory-of-ralph-iken/#comment-9 Sat, 18 Feb 2023 03:25:43 +0000 https://icapanetwork.org/?page_id=395#comment-9 Ralphy was a walking contradiction. He was fascinated and successful in the celebrity realm. He once described himself to me as a celebrity to the celebrities. Most of those celebrities’ fans never even knew his name, but they do! But he was always just… real and accessible to survivors who were nowhere near celebrity status.

Ralphy never sold out. He came real for me when I told him about a 15yo kid locked up in Allegheny County Jail on false charges and he found that child and his mother the help that they needed.

Only the good die young. I’ll miss you, Ralphy, and I’ll be compelled to Carry on my little part of your life’s work as I understand it. <3

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