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Celebrating 25 years of child protection & sexual abuse prevention

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...
Darkness to Light Awarded $2.5 Million from Oak Foundation for Child Protection

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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Memphis Child Advocacy Making Prevention Happen

Memphis Child Advocacy Making Prevention Happen

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 … Read More
Missy Elliott Discusses her Abuse

Missy Elliott Discusses her Abuse

Music mogul Missy Elliott revealed the extent of the sexual abuse she suffered as a child on VH1’s Behind the Music. Elliott said she was abused by her 16 year old cousin when she was 8. “Each day he wanted me to come to the house after school. It became sexual, which, for me at … Read More
Darkness to Light a hit at National Exchange

Darkness to Light a hit at National Exchange

Ralph Mellard: President of Charleston Exchange Club, Anne Lee: Founder & CEO of D2L, Margie Miller: President of National Exchange – putting pen to paper and making Stewards of Children a program project for all Exchange Clubs throughout the USA.

Effects of sexual abuse last for decades, study finds

Levels of so-called stress hormone are altered for years, sometimes causing physical and mental problems, researchers find By Joan Raymond msnbc.com contributor updated 6/30/2011 2:19:34 PM ET Young girls who are the victims of sexual abuse experience physical, biological and behavioral problems that can persist for decades after, a new study shows. Researchers, who tracked … Read More