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Darkness to Light’s NEW Stewards of Children® Wins Silver and Bronze in 44th Annual Telly Awards

CHARLESTON, SC – Darkness to Light, a national not-for-profit leader in the prevention of child sexual abuse, has been awarded two Telly Awards for the much-anticipated update to its prevention programming, Stewards of Children®. Taking home Best in Non-Broadcast – Charitable and Best in Non-Broadcast – Education & Training during the record-breaking 44th Annual Telly Awards, …

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Supplies Everyone Needs: Our Back-to-School Toolkit

African American Girl Teenager Pupil Student Preparing To Go To School, Our back-to-school toolkit
Believe it or not, it is back to school time – time for academics, after school activities and homework.  Back to school means our children find themselves faced with a whole new set of adults (teachers, aides, school staff, and coaches) in which we ask them to trust. But there are many things that we …

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Making Spaces Safer. What is an Environmental Scan?

What are Environmental Scans? Kids in Art Room
Step 2 of the 5 Steps to Protecting Children™, our framework for preventing child sexual abuse is Minimize Opportunity. We know that more than 80% of sexual abuse cases occur in isolated, one-on-one situations. So if you eliminate or reduce isolated, one-on-one situations between children and adults, as well as children and other youth, you’ll …

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Honest Conversations: Child Protection in Native American Communities

While culture, customs, and languages vary, every community shares the pain of child sexual abuse. Our President & CEO Katelyn N. Brewer was joined by Dr. Kelly Hallman and Kimee Wind-Hummingbird to discuss the unique challenges and solutions to child protection in Native American communities in our latest episode of Honest Conversations. Ashley and Kevin …

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Why Kids Run Away + How We Can Help

The blog below, written by Darkness to Light’s Brand Manager Anna Warner, was originally published on the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). The original listing can be found here. All children need–and deserve–safety, security, and a sense of belonging. Running away may indicate that kids are not getting those needs met at …

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