April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. 💙 CSA prevention belongs in the same conversation as every crisis we're facing. New issue of Children's Advocacy Alert is live — history, resources, and a call to action.
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#CAPMonth2026 #PinwheelsOfPossibility
Since Issue 5: Experts "baffled" how Chicago teacher w/20+ yr abuse record passed checks.New RTF abuse lawsuits. DHS blocked Dilley video calls after Ms. Rachel's viral call w/9-yr-old who wanted to go to spelling bee. Bckgrnd check gaps still failing kids. advocacyalert.substack.com/p/issue-5-su...
Last week I published Issue 5, we went to war. So I'm posting it again. The week I published Issue 5, we went to war.
The protection gaps I wrote about are still there.
When do we fix them? advocacyalert.substack.com/p/child-safe...
We can't prosecute Epstein. He's dead.
But we can fix the systems that fail children in schools, in patient treatment facilities, and ICE detention centers TODAY.
New issue just out
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No matter what is happening in the world, children are still being abused and exploited. There is still a need for awareness, support, and advocacy.
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Sharing a bonus issue of the Children's Advocacy Alert newsletter with reminders and tips on how to keep your children safe during the holidays. //open.substack.com/pub/advocacyalert/p/holiday-gatherings-and-child-safety?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
When I first disclosed my abuse, there were no lessons, no awareness, and no safe place to turn.
We’ve come a long way—and there’s still work to do.
Read Disclosing Then and Now — Children’s Advocacy Alert, Issue 2:
👉 open.substack.com/pub/advocacy...
Mouldy carved pumpkin in the countryside
Please compost carved pumpkins after Halloween - don’t leave them in the countryside or your garden, where they quickly go mouldy and could harm wildlife.
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/5-ide…
Parents play a critical role as primary protectors in the prevention of child sexual abuse. Research consistently highlights the importance of parental awareness, open communication, and proactive engagement in fostering protective environments.
#NCPW2025 #EveryConversationMatters #ChildProtection
Colleen Murphy, owner of Shear Salon in Yorkville, is the founder of the non-profit, My Body Tells the Truth, which focuses on sexual abuse prevention and education for children. Murphy championed the Child Abuse Notice bill, leading to it becoming state law on Jan. 1, 2025.
I am excited to announce that I have created a newsletter on Substack to bring awareness and educate on the topic of childhood sexual abuse. This is a passion project that is very near and dear to me. I would appreciate your support if you are so inclined.
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USAID employees overseas are no longer able to access their government security app, which gives them this error code (images provided to me by USAID worker)
@kenklippenstein.bsky.social check out @kristininarkansas on TT. She’s got some tea on Tom Cotton.
Bernie Sanders: "We are moving rapidly into an oligarchic form of society. Never before in American history have so few people had so much wealth and so much power."
"In Russia, Putin has an oligarchy. We have an oligarchy here, too.
Forgiveness is not for them it is for you.
You can forgive but you can’t forget.
#selfcare #healthyboundaries
