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The Baton Rouge Advocate runs a great feature on Stewards of Children

A recent article in the Baton Rouge Advocate profiled the Stewards of Children program and highlighted the work of one group working in the community to prevent child sexual abuse. Rob Carlisle, chief executive officer of Child Advocacy Services in Hammond Louisiana said, “We want to deny that anything like that could happen to our …

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AG Biden, DE Community Leaders Launch Prevention Initiative

Attorney General Beau Biden, child advocates, and community leaders in Delaware are on a mission to protect the children of the state from sexual abuse.  On Wednesday, AG Biden unveiled the plan to train 35,000 Delaware adults using D2L’s Stewards of Children in a joint press conference with Rev. Ruth Lawson Kirk of Christ Church …

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Berkeley Schools first in nation to set standard for child sexual abuse prevention

MONCKS CORNER, SC (Aug. 24, 2011) / www.berkeley.k12.sc.us / –  The Berkeley County School District has taken the lead in a national initiative to prevent child sexual abuse.  The District was recognized recently by Charleston-based Darkness to Light (D2L) as the first school district in the nation to achieve D2L’s “Partner in Prevention” designation, a …

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Prevent-a Thon and Partners in Prevention Marches On…

We kick off our second week of Prevent-a-Thon next week, and Join the Movement Mondays is back again! The restaurant line up for Monday, August 8th includes: Five Loaves – downtown Charleston, Jim ‘N Nick’s downtown Charleston and North Charleston, Mosaic in Mt. Pleasant, and The Eclectic Chef – Summerville. Support Darkness to Light by …

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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 …

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