Recently Darkness to Light was asked to participate in a newly formed group of dynamic organizations focusing on abuse prevention and intervention. Our primary reason for coming together was to join efforts in our promoting of National Child Abuse Prevention Month in April. We are hard at work organizing our events and trainings for the …
12 federal agencies have been given the task of developing a joint federal youth policy. We would like to see them include a requirement that youth-serving organizations receiving federal funds have organizational policies and procedures and training in child sexual abuse. They have been collecting input from the public and professionals in a variety of …
Cheryl Burke, of Dancing with the Stars fame, comes forward this week with her personal experience of sexual abuse as a child. “If I can help just one person” she says, “for me that’s all that matters.” Cheryl’s story appears in this week’s issue of People Magazine. See the preview of the article at www.People.com …
In late 2010 we were given a grant to help us really work on the prevention initiative on Johns Island. We have been so excited about the possibility of having funds to focus on this diverse area and are so thrilled to finally start getting our feet wet! A wonderful organziation is housed on Johns …
You may have heard about a young man named Bill Zeller, a 5th year graduate student at Princeton University, who recently took his own life, leaving behind a heart wrenching suicide note describing how sexual abuse haunted him and kept him in endless darkness. Steve Collins, President of Adults Protecting Children, and a trained Darkness …
