Categories: Child Sexual Abuse Survivors, DEI, Honest Conversation, News and Events, Our Perspective, Survivor Stories

Honest Conversations: Abuse Safety in Black Communities

A Black dad holds up his young daughter on his back; they are holding hands, arms outstretched, and he's smiling at her while she smiles at the camera.
What does it look like to develop a culture of abuse safety in Black communities? That’s the question that Ashley Cook and Kevin McNeil worked to answer in our latest episode of Honest Conversations. Ashley and Kevin are survivors of child sexual abuse (and Darkness to Light Authorized Facilitators), and have firsthand experience navigating the …

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Categories: Child Sexual Abuse Survivors, DEI, Honest Conversation, News and Events, Our Perspective, Survivor Stories

Honest Conversations: Stigma and Child Sexual Abuse

In this edition of “Honest Conversations,” our Director of Partnerships, Ashley Davis, spoke with advocate and facilitator Kevin McNeil about breaking the stigma around child sexual abuse in Black communities. Ashley and Kevin share a similar life experience: they both know what it’s like to experience sexual abuse in Black communities. They have experienced both …

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Categories: General News, News and Events, Other, Our Perspective

Continued Momentum

As we set out to celebrate our 20th year, we could never have guessed the challenges we would face as an organization, a child protection community, and citizens of the world. Still, our momentum has only continued to grow as we strive toward our original vision: a world free of child sexual abuse. As we …

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Categories: General News, News and Events, Other, Our Perspective

Announcing 1.95 Million Trained

In the 15 years since Stewards of Children® first launched, we have seen an incredible community response. Concerned adults around the world have taken up the call to action to protect children and prevent child sexual abuse. Today, we are happy to announce that we have trained 1.95 million adults and counting in child sexual …

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Categories: DEI, Featured Posts, General News, News and Events, Our Perspective

A Statement from the CEO: Justice & Human Rights

George Floyd and countless others in the black community have died unjust and heartbreaking deaths. For days I’ve tried to thoughtfully process how I wanted to address the Darkness to Light community at large – processing my grief, individually calling my team members to check in on their mental health and well-being, and gathering together as a team to discuss our course of action moving forward.  …

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