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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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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
Marilyn Van Derbur – You Have To Confront The Terror

Marilyn Van Derbur – You Have To Confront The Terror

Marilyn Van Derbur, crowned Miss America 1958, stood tall and beautiful as she possessed looks, wit, and intelligence. Van Derbur also had deep down within her, a devastating secret – one secret that even she did not speak or admit. From the age of 5 until she was 18, Marilyn’s wealthy and prominent father, sexually … Read More
The impact of child sexual abuse

The impact of child sexual abuse

By Carollyn McKinstrey The Journal-Standard Freeport, Ill. — It is not uncommon for children to have psychological reactions to sexual abuse. Each child’s abuse situation is different and some children may have more symptoms than others. Some common signs and symptoms are depression, anxiety, increased nightmares, withdrawn behavior, angry outbursts, not wanting to be left … Read More