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name: Jefferson Hawkins
about: Jefferson Hawkins spent 36 years inside the Church of Scientology, becoming one of its top marketing executives. He helped craft Scientology's polished public façade, which he now reveals as hiding a merciless world of physical and mental abuse, harassment, sleep deprivation, labor camps, family disconnection, and human rights violations. Now an outspoken critic and whistleblower, Hawkins exposed the shocking abuses that go on at Scientology's highest levels in his 2010 memoir, Counterfeit Dreams: One Man's Journey Into and Out of the World of Scientology. He has written two additional nonfiction books exposing Scientology's system of mind control: Leaving Scientology: A Practical Guide to Escape and Recovery, and Closing Minds: How Sciento Jefferson Hawkins spent 36 years inside the Church of Scientology, becoming one of its top marketing executives. He helped craft Scientology's polished public façade, which he now reveals as hiding a merciless world of physical and mental abuse, harassment, sleep deprivation, labor camps, family disconnection, and human rights violations. Now an outspoken critic and whistleblower, Hawkins exposed the shocking abuses that go on at Scientology's highest levels in his 2010 memoir, Counterfeit Dreams: One Man's Journey Into and Out of the World of Scientology. He has written two additional nonfiction books exposing Scientology's system of mind control: Leaving Scientology: A Practical Guide to Escape and Recovery, and Closing Minds: How Scientology's "Ethics Technology" is Used to Control Their Members.Hawkins has appeared on the Emmy-winning A&amp;E series, Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, and was featured in Louis Theroux's My Scientology Movie. He was interviewed by the St. Petersburg Times for their groundbreaking series unveiling Scientology's abuses, and appeared on Anderson Cooper 360 for CNN's three-part exposé, "Scientology: A History of Violence." Today, Hawkins works as a graphic designer in Portland, Oregon. He continues to assist individuals and families who have been victims of Scientology abuse. ...more