Categories: Misc, Other, Our Perspective

What Would You Do?

Excerpt from the Dee Norton Lowcountry Children’s Center April newsletter WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO PROTECT YOUR CHILD? WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO HELP KEEP CHILDREN SAFE FROM ABUSE? WILL YOU BELIEVE? You are at work and receive a call from your child’s after-school sitter informing you that your child came home from playing in …

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Categories: Other, Our Perspective

Protecting Children Begins with YOU

As National Child Abuse Prevention Month draws to a close, Darkness to Light issues a call to action to all adults in our community. It is our collective responsibility to protect children from sexual abuse, and we can start by ensuring our local youth-serving organizations implement policies and procedures that support this endeavor. Many businesses …

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This April, Go Social with CSA Prevention!

April is both National Child Abuse Prevention Month and National Sexual Assault Awareness Month. What better time to show your commitment to ending child sexual abuse (CSA)? Getting involved can be as simple as updating your social media statuses throughout the month with messages of awareness and prevention. Don’t know what to say? Here are …

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Mandated Reporting: Positive Step? Yes. Solution? No.

The San Jose Mercury recently published an article about potential child sexual abuse (CSA) at the Lescher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek, California. The concept of CSA is disturbing in and of itself, but what is most upsetting about this story is the complete confusion of key personnel on how to respond to …

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Categories: News and Events, Other, Our Perspective

Dear TODAY Show – No one wants to hear from Jerry Sandusky

This morning, the “TODAY Show” released audio recordings from telephone interviews between the incarcerated Jerry Sandusky and filmmaker John Ziegler. Early in his appearance on the show, Ziegler asserted, “Jerry Sandusky already had his day in court.” And yet, this morning, the world was forced to listen to him once more – as he laughed …

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