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Memphis Child Advocacy Making Prevention Happen
July 21, 2011 | 11:50 am
Tags: Memphis Child Advocacy Center, Memphis Police Department, Teach for America, Virginia Stallworth, Woodland Presbyterian Church
Virginia Stallworth, Associate Director of Memphis Child Advocacy along with her team, are on a mission to teach Memphis adults how to keep children safe. They recently launched a new initiative in Memphis/Shelby County with a goal of training 35,000 adults in 5 years. Virginia was recently quoted in The Commercial Appeal of Memphis, “If we can touch 5 percent of the population, a cultural shift will occur,” Stallworth said. “Just like with the seatbelt movement and smoking policies, we want to create a lasting, …
Hockomock YMCA to raise awareness about CSA by using D2L programs
May 28, 2011 | 12:29 pm
Tags: Darkness to Light, Hockomock Y, Hockomock YMCA, Stewards of Children, Sun Chronicle, YMCA
Across the country YMCA’s and D2L are working together to help prevent child sexual abuse. One of these Y’s is the Hockomock YMCA in MA. They are working with their 5 member communities to bring awareness and offer Stewards of Children trainings. They have had tremendous support from their community as they work towards training 5% of their adult population. Check out a recent article in the Sun Chronicle profiling their efforts. Great work!
Great example of media doing it right
May 27, 2011 | 12:03 pm
Tags: Chapel Hill - Carrboro YMCA, child sexual abuse, Kim Grooms, WTVD-TV Raleigh-Durham, YMCA
Yesterday we pointed to a recent study about how the media is missing a major opportunity to talk about prevention of child sexual abuse. Well occasionally we see a really well done piece that actually focuses entirely on prevention and showcases what a community is doing to protect children. One such piece by WTVD-TV Raleigh-Durham, NC, aired yesterday featuring the efforts of the Chapel Hill – Carrboro YMCA. Congratulations to Kim Grooms and the entire staff at the Y for taking on the important work …
Arlington Texas city employees step up big time for prevention
May 27, 2011 | 12:01 pm
Tags: Alliance for Children, Arlington, Arlington Parks and Recreation, Darkness to Light, Stewards of Children
Our good friends at the Alliance for Children in Fort Worth Texas and all of their partner organizations are on a mission to train 75,000 adults in Tarrant County. The latest group to come on board for this important initiative are the employees with the city of Arlington. Dozens of Arlington city employees, including parks and recreation staff, day camp leaders, and after-school program workers are learning how to prevent, recognize and react to child sexual abuse through the Stewards of Children program. Read more …
Lumpkin County School district in GA trains all of its educators
April 11, 2011 | 14:57 pm
Tags: child sexual abuse, child sexual abuse prevention, child sexual abuse prevention training, Darkness to Light, Dewey Moye, Georgia, Lumpkin County School District
A big shout out to the Lumpkin County School District for training 100% of their staff in Stewards of Children. Lumpkin County becomes the first school district in the state of GA to accomplish this important goal. We applaud Superintendent, Dewey Moye, and all of the teachers for taking this giant step towards the prevention of child sexual abuse! Read more here.
What some Massachusetts public schools are doing to protect children
April 04, 2011 | 11:19 am
Tags: Brockton, child sexual abuse prevention, Stewards of Children, Stoughton, Susan Komisar Hausman
Susan Komisar Hausman, a Darkness to Light Stewards of Children facilitator extraordinaire, has been working tirelessly in Massachusetts to better protect kids from child sexual abuse. Her recent work with several local school districts has resulted in significant changes that will have an immediate and tangible impact on the prevention of child sexual abuse. Read more about what these school communities are doing here.
St. Matthews Recognized as D2L “Partner In Prevention”
March 02, 2011 | 09:56 am
Tags: South Carolina
Have you heard of Partner in Prevention yet? If not, check it out on our website under “prevention programs”. I am proud to say that many Tri-County area groups are qualifying. As each group qualifies, you will see them recognized on our blog! A big congratulations to St. Matthews Lutheran Church! They are our most recent Partner in Prevention. To date, St. Matthews has trained over 140 people including staff and volunteers. Way to go St. Matthews!
Great Turn Out for Recent Prevention Training
January 27, 2011 | 12:05 pm
Tags: Hope House of South Central Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Dells Events
Forty-six people attended the Stewards of Children training on January 15 at the Kalahari Convention Center in Wisconsin Dells. Jessica Ritschke, a community educator for Hope House of South Central Wisconsin and Authorized Facilitator of D2L, led the session. Jessica says, “We had great discussions and a variety of participants – child care providers, foster parents, school staff, law enforcement, human services staff, and more.” A reporter with the Dells Events attended and published a story about the successful event. Dells Events Article.
2010 Numbers are in for Tri-County Trainings
January 19, 2011 | 15:51 pm
Tags: South Carolina
We recently had a meeting with one of our grantors that required us to take a hard look at our numbers for 2010. I knew that we had reached tipping point and had a running tally of how many adults we have trained each month. We had a big push near the year with trainings in Berkely county but I was shocked and so pumped to find out that we had trained 5100 people in 2010!! This is a huge accomplishment for all of our …
A prevention movement taking root in Louisiana
January 06, 2011 | 13:02 pm
Tags: Audrey Hepburn Care Center at Children's Hospital, Bridgetown Elementary School, Child Advocacy Services, Darkness to Light, Louisiana, New Orleans Children's Advocacy Center, Rob Carlisle, Stacie LeBlanc, The Times Picayune
Child sexual abuse prevention training has been ongoing in Louisiana for some time through the work of a few dedicated professionals throughout the state. But with the recent addition of community awareness meetings and the formation of a coalition more adults are being trained than ever. Case in point, a principal with Bridgetown Elementary School in Metairie who attended a meeting, committed to training all of the school faculty. The training took place on Tuesday, January 4th and was covered by The Times Picayune. Click here …
