Brad Kellar / Herald-Banner Greenville Mayor Steve Reid, left, presented a proclamation during Tuesday’s City Council meeting to Cher Perry, court reporter for Hunt County Court-At-Law No. 1, and County Court-At-Law No. 1 Judge Andrew Bench with the Darkness to Light program, which seeks to protect children from sexual abuse by encouraging awareness and providing …
My daughter posed a question last week that pierced the Back-to-School haze. She asked me how she could prevent a boy from raping her. My daughter’s only 8 years old. Naturally, I asked her what she thought “rape” meant. In the past, I could rely on her defining complex terms and words with remote accuracy. …
Join us this Monday for our fourth Join the Movement Monday. This Monday, Sesame (West Ashley) and Fuel will be supporting Darkness to Light. On Monday, 10% of dinner proceeds will go to helping Darkness to Light prevent child sexual abuse. We’re excited to close out our Charleston Prevention Month with two great local eats.
The City of Germantown is now an acknowledged leader in keeping kids safe from child sexual abuse. It is the first city in the US to be designated as a Partner in Prevention by Darkness to Light as a result of a partnership with the Memphis Child Advocacy Center. Darkness to Light is a nonprofit child sexual abuse …
BY VALERIE CATROW Originally published on the RVANews Ever since the news of Jerry Sandusky’s deplorable acts of child sexual abuse broke late last year, I’ve wanted to write about it. But whenever I tried to piece together my thoughts, I froze. My fingers, my breathing, my brain, everything. The prospect of my child (or …
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