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YMCA of Delaware will receive $300,000 to support “Stewards of Children Sexual Child Abuse Prevention.”
The Delaware Community Foundation has awarded grants totaling $220,000 to three statewide, multi-agency initiatives to expand mentoring, reduce child sexual abuse and empower financially vulnerable Delawareans.
The DCF’s collaborative grant program seeks to fund initiatives in which multiple nonprofit agencies work together to maximize their collective capabilities and provide powerful services to Delawareans statewide. Every three years, the DCF solicits applications and selects one or more initiatives to fund for the subsequent three years. Grant money comes from the earnings of the DCF’s unrestricted fund.
The YMCA of Delaware will receive $100,000 to support “Stewards of Children Sexual Child Abuse Prevention.”
This program’s
...Southeastern Louisiana University hosts D2L Training Session
HAMMOND — Several dozen community workers — from campus police to child-care providers — attended a training session a few weeks before Christmas, at Southeastern Louisiana University. The training session was aimed at helping the most vulnerable of victims: children. Read
...Childhood Dreams Donates Funds to D2L
Recently we blogged about an amazing song that was written by a group of Penn State students and alumni in the wake of Penn State's sexual abuse case. The song itself was dedicated to the victims in hopes that it may bring healing and comfort to them. The writer of the song, Joe Conrad has recently agreed to donate the funds to us here at Darkness to Light to further our prevention efforts. Often times in the wake of something horrible it is hard to see the silver lining but Mr. Conrad has helped us all see that out of
...Penn State students write song for young sex abuse victims
Penn State students & alumni wrote a very powerful and moving song for the young sex abuse victims. To read about the song writers and learn more about their goals in writing the song please click here.
To listen to the song and watch the moving music video click here.
Lyrics:
"Innocent community. So naive.
Standing firm in your beliefs, and your perfect dreams.
Then one day it fell apart and sent you flying through the darkness.
You were broken-hearted.
Heroes falling from our skies amidst the cloud of hurt and lies.
You can hear
Happy Holidays!
Sending Season's Greetings to the D2L family of friends, facilitators, supporters and advocates.
Thanks for all your passion and hard work in 2011.
We look forward to our partnership in 2012 and continuing the efforts to end child sexual abuse.
HAPPY
...Dallas sports anchor opens up about sexual abuse
This news segment really struck me today. See what Dallas sports anchor, Dale Hansen shares with his viewers. (His commentary appears after the music video so stay tuned long enough hear what he says
...Dialogue Brings Perspective, Public Attention to Child Sexual Abuse
Late December is always the time for reflection. We consider how our thinking has been affected by what we’ve learned during the past year, how it has changed behavior and, ultimately, altered some beliefs.
Change in perspective on child sexual abuse may be 2011’s lasting legacy. But it is so much more than a year’s end reflection. It could signal the tangible shift in public dialogue that this issue has needed for far too long.
Over the past two months, we have witnessed communities in Charleston, SC, Pennsylvania and Syracuse, NY struggle to find perspective on child sexual abuse. These communities are
...Stop Abuse Campaign Includes Darkness to Light in DC Press Conference
As the author of I’m the Boss of Me! I was fortunate enough to be included in the Stop Abuse Campaign’s recent press conference in Washington, DC. I’m the Boss of Me! was written for Darkness to Light as a way to open a dialogue between young children and their caregivers, and gave me the opportunity to speak at the press conference about awareness and prevention. Darkness to Light holds a special place in the hearts of those involved with the Stop Abuse Campaign because of D2L’s commitment to preventing child sexual abuse. Because all abuse is interconnected, it is
...Partnering in Prevention Steering Committee
On December 8th and 9th YMCA CEOs, Darkness to Light, and The Redwoods Group Foundation came together to discuss child sexual abuse prevention. The Partnering in Prevention Steering committee was originally formed in August of this year, and the group continues to meet on a quarterly basis to further prevention efforts among YMCAs and their communities. During the meeting community leaders partnering with The Hockomock YMCA shared why this prevention initiative is so important. As one community member said, "As soon as I understood the impact of child sexual abuse, I
