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Celebrating 25 Years of Championing Child Protection
Charleston, SC – January 23, 2025 – Darkness to Light, a global leader in child sexual abuse prevention, proudly announces its 25th anniversary, marking a quarter-century of empowering adults and communities to create safe environments for children...
Reflecting on Our Impact in 2024
“There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.” ~Desmond Tutu We often share this quote at Darkness to Light Authorized Facilitator trainings because why...
Our Guide to Modeling Healthy Boundaries this Holiday Season
One of the most important gifts we can give our children during the holiday season is the ability to understand and respect healthy boundaries. Boundaries are essential for creating healthy relationships and ensuring everyone feels respected and...
Darkness to Light Awards Scholarships to Organizations Advancing Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Efforts
Eight Organizations Receive $6,000 in Scholarships to Strengthen Child Protection Initiatives. We’re proud to honor our commitment to empowering adults to prevent, recognize, and respond to child sexual abuse by announcing the recipients of our...
Becoming an Advocate: Steps You Can Take to End Child Sexual Abuse
Becoming an advocate is a powerful commitment to protect children and create safer communities. It’s a role that calls for courage, empathy, and determination—and the impact can be truly life-changing. Child sexual abuse is far more common than most...
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Tyler Perry’s Open Letter to Penn State 11-Year-Old – The Daily Beast
Hollywood’s Tyler Perry writes to a young boy involved in the Penn State scandal to tell him he isn’t a victim at all—he’s a survivor.
Gala Photos!
Each year all of the hard work that goes into making our Circle of Light Gala great seems to pay off 100 fold. This year was no different as we celebrated Darkness to Light’s prevention efforts with our eleventh Gala! With a big thank you to all of the staff(s) and volunteers who made our Gala … Read More
7 Steps to Protecting our Children-Step 7
Step 7: Get Involved Adults have the power to lower the incidents of child sexual abuse happening in their community. Use your voice to get involved in the prevention efforts of your community. Speak to your local schools, clubs, faith centers, and youth organizations about the importance of prevention training and child protection policies. Insist on changes … Read More
7 Steps to Protecting our Children-Step 6
Step 6: Act on Suspicions Acting on suspicions can be scary but it has to be done in order to put a stop to child sexual abuse. Trust your instincts and know your local helplines to contact for guidance. Adults have the power to help children in an extraordinary way by reporting reasonable suspicions of … Read More
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