Recently, I found out about an organization called "Darkness to Light". It is a great organization whose goal is preventing child sexual abuse. According to their website, 1 in 4 girls will be sexually abused before she is 18. That number is terrifying. This organization offers training classes all over the US for free in order to help empower people to prevent child sexual abuse. The website has tons of useful information for organizations who may be at risk for child sexual abuse and they utilize powerful statistics which show why this is such a detrimental problem. Not only does the website focus on organizations, they also give parents valuable information on how they can prevent child sexual abuse. In North Carolina, there are 29 upcoming free trainings. I plan on attending one in the next month. I do not currently work at a job with children; however, as a future social worker I feel it is my responsibility to be informed on social justice issues which may be of use in my career down the road. If anything, the training will be priceless personally if I ever have children of my own.
For more information you can visit:
http://www.d2l.org/site/c.4dICIJOkGcISE/b.6035035/k.8258/Prevent_Child_Sexual_Abuse.htm
For the NC Training List, visit:
http://www.d2l.org/site/c.4dICIJOkGcISE/b.6221615/k.9AB5/North_Carolina.htm
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