Categories: Misc, News and Events, Other

‘Trust’

David Schwimmer (Ross from Friends) and Clive Owen have teamed up to create Trust, a new film highlighting the threats that teenagers face online. Cal Thomas, a columnist for Tribune Media Services, writes “In an age where every cell phone is a computer with Internet access, there are no ‘parental controls’ that can fully protect …

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Categories: News and Events, Other, Success Stories

Lumpkin County School district in GA trains all of its educators

A big shout out to the Lumpkin County School District for training 100% of their staff in Stewards of Children.   Lumpkin County becomes the first school district in the state of GA to accomplish this important goal.  We applaud Superintendent, Dewey Moye, and all of the teachers for taking this giant step towards the prevention …

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Categories: Misc, News and Events, Other, Success Stories, Things We Like

What some Massachusetts public schools are doing to protect children

Susan Komisar Hausman, a Darkness to Light Stewards of Children facilitator extraordinaire, has been working tirelessly in Massachusetts to better protect kids from child sexual abuse.  Her recent work with several local school districts has resulted in significant changes that will have an immediate and tangible impact on the prevention of child sexual abuse.  Read …

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

Anne Lee featured in People Magazine’s Heroes Among Us

Our very own Anne Lee is featured in this week’s People Magazine’s Heroes Among Us sharing her story of abuse and how that led her to launching Darkness to Light.  Anne truly is a “hero among us” for her tireless efforts to protect children from the devastating effects of sexual abuse.  We are so proud …

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Categories: Misc, News and Events, Other

Sex Trafficking – 21st Century Slavery

Yesterday Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and John Cornyn (R-TX) re-introduced the Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Deterrence and Victims Support Act, a bill which seeks to put an end to what they describe as “modern-day slavery” and one of the fastest growing crimes in the U.S. It was standing-room only at a briefing that the Senators …

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