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June is Internet Safety Month

For kids, technology and the internet offer amazing opportunities to learn, explore, socialize, and play. But how do you protect them from the dangers that come along with it? Read our Internet Safety Month tips for putting safeguards in place that...

Darkness to Light Selected as a 2024 TCS New York City Marathon Charity Partner

Darkness to Light has been selected as an Official Charity Partner for the 2024 TCS New York City Marathon! As a charity partner, we received five entry spots for the race on November 3, 2024. These runners will raise funds to support Darkness to...
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What it Takes to Protect Children, Our Summer Camp Toolkit

Summer camp, whether overnight camp or day camp, is a time for kids to experience recreational fun balanced with growing independence.  When making a choice about the camps your child will attend, it’s important to know what to ask. More than likely...

Darkness to Light Secures State Funding, Championed by Representative Wetmore

Recognizing the vital need to address and support programs and policies that improve community welfare, Democratic Representative Elizabeth “Spencer” Wetmore (D-115) played a pivotal role in securing significant funding for Darkness to...

Safety in Seconds: Human Trafficking Prevention

This Human Trafficking Prevention Month, we are shedding light on child sex trafficking – one microlearning module at a time. Explore the knowledge and tools needed to prevent child sex trafficking with our Safety in Seconds series featuring...

Join Our Virtual Roadshow

Our team is hitting the road… virtually! Darkness to Light’s Lead Instructor, Carol Hogue, and Director of Programming and Partnerships, Tracy Leonard, are gearing up for an exciting month of virtual meetings, heading to a region near...

 

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Germany and Ireland call on Catholic church to hold child sex abuse inquiries

Germany and Ireland call on Catholic church to hold child sex abuse inquiries

Pope Benedict XVI waves to faithful during his weekly general audience at The Vatican, where he addressed remarks to Irish followers on St Patrick’s Day The crisis gripping the Catholic church deepened today, with calls for national inquiries to be held in Germany and Ireland to fully disclose the detail and extent of sexual abuse … Read More
You should get to know … Shoshana Salowitz

You should get to know … Shoshana Salowitz

DesMoinesRegister.com Job description: I co-facilitate our newest prevention initiative called Stewards of Children. We provide free community training throughout central Iowa encouraging adults to become informed, responsible and proactive about preventing child sexual abuse. Background: After completing my freshman year of college, I decided to take an indefinite hiatus from academia and focus on exploring … Read More
D2L in Chicago

D2L in Chicago

Team D2L is in Chicago this week hosting Prevent Now! workshops, and encouraging Chicagoans to make child sexual abuse prevention a priority in their community. Throughout the week we’ll be holding meetings focusing on the epidemic of CSA, how Darkness to Light has the tools to end child sexual abuse, and teaching Chicagoans how to … Read More

Todd Bridges Discusses his Sexual Abuse on Today

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Knowing how to react to child sexual abuse is as important as knowing how to END it. Fabricated sexual abuse reports constitute only 1% to 4% of all reported cases. Of these reports, 75% are falsely reported by adults and 25% are reported … Read More