Then and Now
A Survivor’s Perspective on Progress
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...
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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…
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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
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How a Yorkville nonprofit organizer inspired the Child Abuse Notice Act into state law
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.
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.
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Children's Advocacy Alert | Christine Sain | Substack
Your trusted source for child protection policy updates, prevention resources, and advocacy alerts. Click to read Children's Advocacy Alert, by Christine Sain, a Substack publication. Launched a month...
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.
advocacyalert.substack.com
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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)
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@kenklippenstein.bsky.social check out @kristininarkansas on TT. She’s got some tea on Tom Cotton.
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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.
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Forgiveness is not for them it is for you.
You can forgive but you can’t forget.
#selfcare #healthyboundaries
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I am me. It's that simple. If you don't like me, I am not the one with the problem. I am perfectly comfortable with being hated
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Director of Research at Bravehearts, an Australian charity working to prevent child sexual abuse and exploitation. Views, my own.
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Safe Shores provides survivor-centered services and support for children affected by abuse in DC and works to end child abuse and neglect as the DC Chapter of Prevent Child Abuse America.
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Every child has the right to a non-violent childhood. We work internationally to end all forms of sexual violence against children.
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We are a women-led nonprofit organization committed to ending sexual violence & TF-GBV against children, young people and women.
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Working hard to save us. Working to solve climate change and our democracy. First major party transgender gubernatorial candidate. DEI is still good. I cry over injustice. Don't think for a second that makes me weak!
The biggest divide in America today is not between “right” and “left,” or between Republicans and Democrats.
It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re being shafted.
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