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 The HOSTs of our shows are all NAASCA volunteers / survivors. Episodes feature Special Guests, Special Topics and / or News.
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| Episodes - 2012 |
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Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 470
Special guest Evelen Majil |
Friday
12/21/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is Evelyn Mejil from Essex County, NJ, a survivor and the newly appointed executive director of Wynona's House (www.wynonashouse.com) a Child Advocacy Center in Newark. The mission of Wynona's House is to promote justice and healing for child victims of abuse and violence by coordinating investigative, prosecution, treatment, and prevention services for children and families. The vision of Wynona's House is to create an community where children are safe, families, are strong, and victims become children again, by: 1) Reducing the number of times a child is interviewed during the investigation phase to a single interview conducted by a specially trained interviewer in a child-friendly environment, 2) Increasing successful prosecution through improved evidence collection, victim-witness advocacy, and partnerships with municipal law enforcement, 3) Promoting the research and development of innovative evidence-based behavioral health treatments for children and families, and 4) Strengthening the safety net for children through community outreach, education, and prevention efforts |
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 454
Special guest John Mark Clubb |
Thursday
11/29/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is John Mark Clubb from New York City, child abuse survivor, activist, speaker and author. As a boy growing up in Louisville, Kentucky, he endured years of abuse by his parents. John tried to find refuge in the regimentation of a distinguished 22 year military career and in multiple marriages. But his efforts to deal with the trauma of his experiences led him on a self-destructive path that left a trail of broken people and dreams. He now works as a commercial pilot for a major airline. In 2009, Mr. Clubb published "Boys Cry Too," a seminal account of his sexual abuse by his father, a former Baptist minister, and the physical abuse by his mother. In the book he chronicles his hidden pain, negative echoes, self defeating behaviors, multiple negative relationships with both men and women and finally the healing journey which lead him to the place where he was able to say, "I forgive you," to his abusers. In doing so he freed himself of the chains of his father’s crimes against him. In his off time from flying airplanes, John Mark Clubb (www.JohnMarkClubb.com) is an author, business owner, screenwriter, short story teller, playwright, competitive rower and father. His favorite expression is, "Abuse does not have to be a life sentence." |
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 450
Special guest Barbara Ochoa
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Friday
11/23/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is Barbara Ochoa (aka Petra Luna) from San Francisco, who'll be with us to talk about the special events concerning Male Abuse Awareness Week, Dec 1-8, which will launch with a Saturday night Big Benefit Concert Event in Van Nuys, CA (Dec 1st).
NAASCA founder, Bill Murray, will once again participate in this event.
The abuse and neglect of children is a terrible tragedy, and the effects on the lives of children, the adults they become and their families, friends and coworkers can be profound. Males abused as children suffer some unique harms and face special challenges to healing. Because boys and young men are told by society that they must be strong and brave, they feel guilty and ashamed about having been abused, dominated and vulnerable. Male victims are much less likely to tell anyone what happened to them, let alone to seek professional help to deal with their hurt and go down a path of healing. Some get lost in self-destructive behaviors, seeking refuge in alcohol and drug addictions, sexual addictions, self-mutilation and even suicide. The Petra Luna www.Help4Guys.org web site explains these stigmas and stereotypes, and offers ongoing assistence. |
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 448
Special guest Dan Williams |
Wednesday
11/21/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is Dan Williams from Rockford, Illinois, whose specific areas of expertise are assessment of perpetrators and the effects as well as resolution of life trauma. Dan has over thirty years experience in primary care medicine and occupational medicine. He's worked directly with companies and OSHA record-ability. Dan is currently working with patients at Now Care, an urgent care center that also offers psychotherapy for individuals experiencing life trauma. Dan's newest book, an autobiographical account of sex abuse and its lasting effects, "Above His Shoulders," is available on Amazon. "There is always hope," writes Mr Williams. "Each day is a blessing. It takes perseverance, introspection, and actual implementation to move through any trauma. Never give up trying. Continue to look for the positive and move forward. One can always find the benefit in traumas. It may be in the form of someone you meet to reach out a helping hand or an awakening you experience that before went unrecognized. Your path of life will undergo many changes. Recognize them. Accept them. A new direction may be all you need." Dan Williams devotes himself more and more to helping those with life trauma, and has launched his latest web site for this purpose: www.LifeTrauma.com |
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 447
Special guest Tracey Heisler
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Tuesday
11/20/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show
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Tonight's special guest is Tracey Heisler, from New Jersey,
executive director
of the CASA program in Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren Counties. CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) recruits, screens, trains, and supervises community volunteers to act as advocates in court for children living in the foster care system, giving them a voice that might not otherwise be heard. Mrs. Heisler, herself the mother of 8 children, has degrees in Psychology with an emphasis in Juvenile Justice and Forensics. She came to this work as a result of her mother and uncle's experiences of growing up in the foster care system in upstate New York. Joining Tracey will be Brittany Bray, 22, a former client of the NJ CASA program who's success in surviving her childhood trauma is undeniable. She has 2 healthy and happy children, has been happily married for 4 years and is planning to go back to school. As Brittany will tell us, CASA has for her been, literally, a life saver. |
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 428
Special guest Mort Moore |
Wednesday
10/24/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is Mort Moore from Kentucky, an abuse survivor who has been a long distance trucker for over 50 years, in every state except Hawaii. Mort appeared previously as our special guest when he told us his child abuse story (please see "Stop Child Abuse Now" Episode 161). We asked him to join us tonight to comment on an issue that's recently been highlighted in the news, that of the illegal activity that occurs at America's truck stops. Mort has seen nearly everything including a lot of violence. He's seen people being shot and an angry trucker trying to run someone over. He's also seen many trafficked and / or run away teenage girls being used as prostitutes. He has been approached himself on several occasions. Mr Moore has also seen significant police activity, including police posing as prostitutes who try to bring to justice truckers who take advantage of the young girls. Mort himself has been instrumental in helping a few young girls. He joins us tonight ready to talk about all he has seen on the road and all that he knows. More information is available at www.truckersagainsttrafficking.com |
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 424
Special guest Jeanetta Issa |
Thursday
10/18/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is Jeanetta Issa from Jackson County, Missouri, CEO of the Child Abuse Prevention Association (CAPA). Their mission is to prevent and treat all forms of child abuse by creating changes in individuals, families and society that strengthen relationships and promote healing. CAPA offers three levels of programming designed to prevent child abuse. 1) Education - Primary prevention programs directed toward the community to stop child abuse before it occurs. 2) Family Support Services - Secondary prevention programs for families with significant needs; designed to alleviate conditions associated with child abuse. 3) Counseling - Tertiary prevention programs for adults and children who have experienced child abuse; designed to decrease consequences and prevent its recurrence. Each supports the mission to prevent and treat all forms of child abuse by creating changes in individuals, families and society that strengthen relationships and promote healing. Community education, and classes provided by CAPA, are designed to increase awareness of abuse and its prevention, improve parenting skills, and teach personal safety skills to children. - Download Brochure |
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 421
Special guest Ajay Rochester
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Monday
10/15/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is Ajay Rochester, an Australian who now makes her home in Beverly Hills. An adopted child, Ajay has faced a number of challenges that might easily have broken her, including physical and emotional abuse in her childhood. A single mum to a boisterous and beguiling son whose Asperger's Syndrome went undiagnosed for the first five years of his life, Ajay found herself obese, alone and running out of options. Her diary about her weight-loss lessons that transformed over 300 pounds of depression, eating disorders and damaging yo-yo diets became her first book, Confessions of a Reformed Dieter. Ms Rochester become a role model for women everywhere struggling with obesity, well being and self-esteem issues. She wrote 4 more books on health and wellness, and established a thriving member-driven online community and support network called Healthy Body Club. A former host of "The Biggest Loser" TV show, Ajay is again struggling with her weight, but has taken on an additional and even more important issue, her Bullying Bites TV campaign, partly in response to her son's life experience. Now 13 years old, but doing well with his high functioning Asperger's, he's been bullied one way or another his entire life. As Ajay says, "Humans of all different kinds deserve an equal amount of love, respect and dignity." |
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 419
Special guest Dan Hays |
Thursday
10/11/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is Dan Hays from Texas, abuse and PTSD survivor and author of "Freedom's Just Another Word." Dan was diagnosed with chronic and severe Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from two incidents in his childhood, only remembered when he was an adult. In 1987, as his life was spinning out of control, Dan was trying to put together pieces of his past, to remember some piece of his past that struggled to come to the surface. He was broke, unable to go look for a job, at times suicidal and mystified by it all. After years of struggle with PTSD symptoms, Dan remembered a violent incident with his alcoholic father when he was 17. Dan's book describes the steps he took, out of desperation, to try to make sense of his life. As he revealed old wounds and began to heal them, he was able to embrace the journey toward forgiveness of his father. In 2003 Dan began to remember events when he was eight years old, when his grandmother threatened to have him locked up in an insane asylum if he became a writer. This led to a substantial writer's block and was the second source of his PTSD. Dan is working on his second book, to be entitled "Healing the Writer," which describes his healing process from the abuse by his grandmother, through a number of inner child exercises, therapy and using other healing tools. The book will describe how he has reclaimed his writing gift, and now works as a freelance writer. |
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 417
Special guest Lee Ann Mead |
Tuesday
10/09/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest, Lee Ann Mead, abused from four to sixteen years old by her step father, is a survivor from Oregon. She's the founder and president of "Sparks of Hope." Their Mission is to empower children who are survivors of physical or sexual abuse to thrive by providing special services to encourage hope, and by creating opportunities that will develop trust and healing so they can achieve life-long success. Lee Ann says, "To accomplish our mission we grant wishes to these children. Abused children usually only wish for the simplest gifts, such as a new pair of shoes, musical instruments, lessons, a birthday party. The simple things we take for granted they never have had the opportunity to experience." She continues, "To encourage continued healing and success, we will offer mentoring and camps to teach them to go from victim to survivor, survivor to thriver, and from thriver to warrior. These life skills will allow them to someday be mentors themselves." According to a recent OregonLive article: The kids will attend a week-long girls or boys summer camp for three years in a row. The first camp will focus on taking the kids from the "victim" mentality to "survivor." The second will push kids past the anger to become a "thriver," and in the third and final camp, kids will become mentors. Mead says "Sparks of Hope" is collaborating with child psychologists, counselors and attorneys to create a safe and effective camp model. They hope to start the camps in summer 2013. |
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 416
Special guest Evan Katz
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Monday
10/08/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is Evan Katz, M.C., LPC, MAC, from Georgia, an abuse survivor, counselor, speaker and author, who's often known as "The Anger Guy." His book, "Inside the Mind of an Angry Man" gives us a look into a mind that's often in intense turmoil, and shows us the way out. Evan explains, "I grew up in a world of chaos. My father was an angry, aggressive alcoholic lawyer who used his brains and power to bully and brow beat my family into fear, darkness and submission. My mother divorced my father when I was five, but by then it was too late. As my [younger] brother said, 'You had to live with him. I didn't.' By the age of seven I had concluded that I was not worth loving–that I was no good." The angry man is typically described as abusive - emotionally, verbally and sometimes even physically. He rages like a hurricane, hurting those closest to him .. completely unaware that his anger is fueled by intense and painful feelings, including: shame, self-hatred, fear of failure, loneliness and rejection. If you're an angry man, or if you feel hurt and mistreated by one, this book will open doors of understanding to help you bring peace to your life and your home. |
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 415
Specal guest Don Abernathy
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Friday
10/05/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is Don Abernathy of Long Beach, California, who, with his brother David, runs a crime fighting organization called "Cuffed and Wanted." They generate a twice-a-month publication and web site (www.CuffedAndWanted.com) that educates and informs citizens about the people and services in their community, principally the area of Los Angeles County. Included is information on people who have recently been arrested or are currently wanted by city, county, state and federal law enforcement. The public can view daily arrest reports from around the county (about 800 arrests are made each day) and can also view current "wanted" info (they note that about 15% of the registered Sexual Offenders in LA County are in violation of their registration status). The bi-weekly "Cuffed and Wanted" publication empowers citizens with what is happening around them in their communities and neighborhoods, with an aim to give the community a greater awareness and understanding of what is going on, and knowledge is power. The many current changes in the criminal justice system and their impact on the cities, counties and state, are a concern to everyone. "Cuffed and Wanted" is a valuable publication for all law enforcement agencies and law abiding citizens in the diverse communities. |
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 412
Specal guest Anna Baranowsky and Teresa Lauer
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Tuesday
10/02/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is Dr Anna Baranowsky from Toronto, Executive Director of the Traumatology Institute (Canada) and co-author of the new book "What is PTSD?: 3 Steps for Healing Trauma." Anna will be joined by co-author Teresa Lauer of Redmond, Washington. In addition to the book we'll explore their unique on-line training courses, offered through the Online Traumatology Institute's Clinical Traumatologist training program, where mental health professionals get comprehensive trauma therapy training in an on-line platform (anytime ... anyplace). Designed to help both those who work with trauma survivors and anyone who wants to learn about PTSD, courses are offered over SKYPE. Students quickly and easily develop skills as a trauma responder and counselor. They offer on-line training for: 1) Mental health professionals and counselors with a trauma/PTSD specialization to be completed at your own time and place, 2) Emergency Responders looking for skills in post-trauma care, 3) Teachers or School Administrators finding approaches to handle the aftermath of trauma, 4) Justice System Workers who want to use Trauma-Informed interventions with incarcerated populations, 5) Anyone who encounters trauma survivors in the course of their work or daily lives, and 6) Trauma Survivors, their family, friends, colleagues, co-workers and other connections. |
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 408
Specal guest Hannah Spivey
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Wednesday
9/26/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show
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Tonight's special guest, Hannah Spivey, was raised in south Florida, but now hails from Georgia. Like many young introverted girls, she experienced bullying from her peers in middle school. She found comfort in being able to escape through her writing and found it as a way of release. Her new novel is "Ebony the Beloved," the story of a young lady who was condemned and rejected by her parents and peers all of her life. Like many other black girls who grew up weary to face life, she struggles with the adversities of being impoverished and accepted for who she is. After being mentally, emotionally and sexually abused, Ebony still struggles to fight her way to the top, never fully realizing what her worth is until she finds love and acceptance from one of the faculty members at her school, a man who originally seems to be an answer to her dreams. But his hidden sadistic and sexually devious desires for her erupt into rage, abuse, and imprisonment. She is also subjected to his domineering mother, who hates her and abuses her at every opportunity, leaving Ebony beaten and bloody and begging for the pain to stop. Ms. Spivey is not only an author, but also a Women's Empowerment Supporter and Domestic Abuse Activist. |
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 406
Specal guest Deborah Talley
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Monday
9/24/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is Deborah Talley, child abuse survivor, a Californian whose parents had migrated from the Deep South. As a young child she was drawn to education, when school became a sought-out oasis. Young Deborah recognized that God loved her and had provided her, and everyone else, with gifts and talents. She's worked in the private and non profit arenas, is a writer, producer of the "Rare Woman" talk radio show, and has counseled people from every walk of life. Ms. Talley is a spiritual coach and has written a journal workbook that she uses in tandem with her “Maps and Lanterns” classes (often done over SKYPE) where she guides participants to their highest life. As she writes, "After suffering abuse in childhood, decades of being in a maze of hurt, and self-loathing, darkness, I was able to forgive, heal, and find my purpose, using God-given tools. I now share those Maps and Lanterns with others! Join other women in classes designed to bring you to a place of forgiveness and healing, from your own home! The class on forgiveness consists of eight one-hour online group or individual sessions." Her success is based on her genuine love for others (and their success) coupled with her authentic ability to honor their gifts. |
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 401
Specal guest Karen Spears Zacharias
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Monday
9/17/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is Karen Spears Zacharias from Washington State, investigative journalist and author whose most recent work, "A Silence of Mockingbirds; The Memoir of a Murder," follows the case of young Karly Sheehan. The author recounts the community's failures to save Karly, whose daycare teacher is the first to notice signs of abuse -- Karly's missing hair, bruises, and change in mood -- and calls the authorities. In a sad error of shortsightedness, they target Karly's biological father as the primary suspect. This mistake leads them to overlook Shawn Field, her mother's live-in boyfriend, as the potential abuser. The tragedy led to what is known in the state of Oregon as “Karly's Law.” It mandates that children who exhibit suspicious physical injuries leading to a child abuse investigation must have photos of those injuries reviewed by a designated medical professional within the first 48 hours of that report. The book is not just the story of a horrible crime committed by someone who seems likely mentally unbalanced if not outright evil, but also of how the crime could have been avoided and a child saved from a brutal tortuous death. |
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 400
Special guest Deloris E Jordan
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Friday
9/14/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is Deloris E. Jordan from Philadelphia, older sister of NBA superstar Michael Jordan, abuse survivor, author of "In My Family's Shadow" and founder of the non profit "Lets Start A Conversation." According to Ms. Jordan: "Please understand that sexual molestation brutally violates a child's mind, destroying all traces of innocence. And more often than not, it takes with it their security and self-worth while imprisoning them in a painful world of silence and guilt." She goes on, "When I finally found the courage to let my father's deeds tumble from my lips, I did not know what to expect, but I never in a million years would have guessed that my mother would turn on me. Her words of betrayals did far more damage to me than my father's deeds. They spoke volumes to the fact that she really did not care about me, which my father obviously knew. It is because she was so expressive with her dislike for me that probably made my father know he could get away with violating me."
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Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 398
Special guest Stacy Pendarvis
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Wednesday
9/12/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show
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Tonight's special guest is Stacy Pendarvis, MSW, MA, from Florida, an instructor for "Darkness to Light" and a specialist in child safety and abuse prevention. She holds two Masters degrees from East Carolina University, one in Social Work and one in Psychology and has over seventeen years experience in child and family services and child abuse prevention. Stacy is currently a consulting trainer and prevention specialist for the Monique Burr Foundation for Children, Inc. She conducts facilitator trainings and community awareness and education events, writes the Foundation's blog, Speak Up Be Safe Florida, and helps to implement Speak Up Be Safe™, the Foundation's bullying and child abuse prevention curriculum to all 1st through 5th grade elementary students in Florida. She has trained thousands of adults utilizing programs such as Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse, Internet Safety, and Darkness to Light's Stewards of Children. Stacy has helped many organizations and communities begin prevention initiatives, and has presented at numerous local, state and national conferences. |
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 392
Special guest Lisa Freeman
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Tuesday
9/04/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is Lisa Freeman, from Michigan, the Founder and CEO of Abuse Bites and "A Time to Heal Ministries." She is a lifelong Abuse Survivor, who, after a life of child abuse, ran away, lived on the streets, was forced into prostitution, and later suffered through two horrific abusive marriages. Everyone in Freeman's family, even her dogs, were abused or bullied in some way, (and have abused and bullied others), but they have all healed. Now they travel abroad sharing their inspirational stories in an educational program to offer complete healing to victims, bystanders, bullies, and families. Freeman's son, Brian, was bullied all his life for having Asperger's Syndrome and a rare heart condition. Instead of taking revenge on his bullies, he had a change of heart, forgave them, and wanted to help them. He wanted to travel all over the USA with their program even though he was on the heart transplant list. Sadly, just as they were getting ready to go, Brian passed away. After he died, his family found a change jar he'd been saving. It was then they knew they were to collect change, so they could do what Brian wanted .. go all over to change hearts and save lives! |
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 390
Special guest Grace Gayle
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Friday
8/31/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is Grace Gayle from Toronto, Ontario, child abuse survivor and author of the book "From Victim to Victor." Grace wrote her book to assist those who desire to overcome depression, low self worth, dependencies, addictions, loneliness, fear or excessive anger, cause by the aftermath of any number of emotional wounds. The chapters were intentionally kept short for the purpose of allowing the reader to digest small portions at a time. "As you read my story," she says, "you may be a little shocked at my bluntness. Keep in mind that the recovery journey often becomes very messy before the individual is able to overcome all the negative emotions involved. I have purposely written the book this way so that those walking through the recovery process may draw comfort from knowing that someone has walked this path before them and felt the same emotions that they are presently battling with." She continues, "Face your fears, work at recovering, never, never give up and you too can overcome the shadows of unwanted emotions." |
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 389
Special guests Melissa and Vale |
Thursday
8/30/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guests are Melissa and Vale (a mother and her adopted son) from Pennsylvania. Vale, 15, a child sexual abuse survivor in previous foster homes, was a problem as a young teenager. Now in recovery, he's been telling his story in the hopes he can help others come forward. As Vale says, "At first, it's really nerve-wracking to tell people, because it's a really big secret and you keep it for a while. But, the more that you talk about it and the more relaxed you feel, especially if it's someone who you trust." Vale's parents became especially alarmed when they discovered he'd turned to "cutting" as a way of dealing with his pain. His mom, herself a child abuse survivor, now writes a BLOG where she explains, "I wanted to put something out there for other moms who discover that their wonderful, beautiful sons are using their forearms to carve out their pain. When facing a dark and frightening battle, there is nothing more assuring than knowing that we're not facing it alone. It's my hope that by writing about us, our joys and our struggles, another parent, or friend, or family is encouraged." |
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 388
Special guest April Marie Loposky
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Wednesday
8/29/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show
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Tonight's special guest is April Marie Loposky from Pennsylvania, founder of Marley's Mission, a "Horses Healing Children" non-profit organization that provides equine-based therapy free of charge to children, and their families, who have experienced trauma. Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) has shown evidenced-based efficacy in patients who have experience abuse and now suffer with depression, anxiety and other symptoms as a result of abuse. Research and observational findings have shown EAP yields a variety of psychotherapeutic benefits such as: confidence; self-efficacy; self-concept; communication; anxiety reduction, and most importantly… trust. Marley's Mission currently has seven horses as well as the use of stables and fields in Lake Ariel, PA. Marley's Mission employs a team approach to healing children who have experienced trauma. The treatment team includes a specially trained Trauma Therapist and an Equine Specialist. See the web site at: www.marleysmission.com |
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 387
Special guests Gita Patel & Daniel McBride
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Tuesday
8/28/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guests are Gita M Patel of PTSDNJ and her colleague, Daniel McBride. PTSDNJ has a mission to provide holistic and alternative recovery methods to survivors of domestic and/or sexual violence, abuse and various types of trauma, as well as offering support services to staff and volunteers who work with these populations. They provide free and confidential holistic healing group services for adults, adolescents and children who are having difficulty managing the effects of PTSD and trauma. PTSDNJ is also expanding their services to include military veterans and their families. Over the past three years Gita and Daniel have worked hard to combine her clinical work with his holistic work to develop a very effective recovery program. It is with Daniel's "Heart Protocols" that they were able to establish a highly effective holistic therapy treatment for survivors of sexual and domestic violence. |
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 377
Special guest James Allen
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Tuesday
8/14/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is James Allen from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, one-time US Congressional candidate and author of a just-released book, "The Forgotten Child - by Jim Allen, father of abducted son" (www.forgottonchild.us). An electrical contractor for 20 years, Jim's son was abducted (illegally retained) in Colombia, South America. Jim found very quickly our government's inability and unwillingness to step in and step up for his son, a United States citizen, and get him returned to the United States. Jim also found that politics and diplomacy were put before the peoples interest and protection. Jim Allen says, "I am the father of an abducted child. I ran for Congress in NC to take back the Constitution for your child and mine. The Sixth district in NC has been a rudderless ship in a sea of confusion for years, I'd hoped to captain this ship back to the land of jobs, fair play, hope, and the constitution. I am also a member of action for abducted children." Jim lost his bid for a US Congressional seat in the 4th District of North Carolina by only 200 votes. The only thing that has been preserved in Jim's fight for justice has been his self respect, and his respect for others. In his struggles for justice, he has met many people that have been placed below and behind by the ones elected to serve us. |
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 372
Special guest Neil Brick |
Tuesday
8/07/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is Neil Brick, abuse survivor from the Springfield, Massachusetts, area who has been working on the issues of ritual abuse and mind control for nearly 20 years. Mr Brick launched the SMART newsletter (Stop Mind Control and Ritual Abuse Today) in 1995 to help stop ritual abuse and to help those who have been ritually abused. The web site is at www.ritualabuse.us and they maintain a Yahoo e-group. They work toward this goal by disseminating information on the connections between secretive organizations, ritual abuse, and mind control, by encouraging healing from the damage done by ritual abuse and mind control, and by encouraging survivors to network. In 1988, they held the first Annual Ritual Abuse, Secretive Organizations and Mind Control Conference, which helps unite those who have suffered from and those working to stop ritual abuse. The 15th Annual Conference (a three day event) is Aug 10 to 12, in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. |
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 366
Special guests Maria Vinci-Savettiere & Judy Rawla |
Monday
7/30/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC |
Tonight's special guests are Maria Vinci-Savettiere, Exec Dir and Judy Rawla, Dir of Programs at Dierdre's House, the Center in Morris County for child victims of abuse and/or neglect and for children that have witnessed family violence. Established in 1994, Deirdre's House is the only site in Morris County where a child victim can be interviewed and digitally recorded by law enforcement, medically examined and treated by a pediatric abuse specialist, prepared for trial, and clinically counseled in English or Spanish----all under one roof. As a nationally accredited Child Advocacy Center (CAC), Deirdre's House provides a comprehensive multidisciplinary team response to allegations of child abuse in a dedicated, safe, secure, child focused setting. As Executive Director of Deirdre's House, Maria Vinci-Savettiere, Esq, has combined her legal knowledge and business acumen to expand and improve the programs offered to child victims, increase cooperation among agencies and organizations utilizing the facilities, and bring Deirdre's House back to financial stability. Judy Rawla holds a degree in Forensic Psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. She's spent her entire career working in the field of victim services. After four years as a victim advocate at the Morris County Prosecutor's Office and a year as Multidisciplinary Team Coordinator of Morris County in 2001, Judy took on the role of Director of Programs at Deirdre's House in 2002, where she is responsible for maintaining the Center's many programs as well as community and interagency relationships. |
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 364
Special guest Annie O'Sullivan |
Thursday
7/26/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is Annie O'Sullivan from Oregon, child abuse survivor, author and advocate for adult survivors of child sexual abuse. Annie says she's, "Advocating for adults who have survived childhoods of sexual abuse, be it violent or not, [and] have a need to be validated, recognized and heard. How frustrating to have lived a life so colored by abuse that one is not allowed to discuss it in polite company. How sad to be careful not to offend someone with who you really are, when the trurely offensive individual is likely lurking around happily." Her book, "Can You Hear Me Now?" is a collection of short stories built around art therapy, old photos, and the memories of a child. It drops you into the mind of the child as she tells her shocking story from a very different and important point of view; hers. The reader is taken on an intimate life journey through the eyes of this child’s confusion, misunderstanding, will to persevere, and seek goodness in the world. It’s the true story of careening through her life with her dysfunctional family as she experiences violence and abuse without a compass, to ultimately, against all odds, prosper. It is also the story of the toll taken 50 years later on the body, caused by mental and physical abuse. This is not your typical survivor story. You won't be able to put it down. “Can You Hear Me Now” is the voice of a child you as you have never heard it before. |
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Special guest Alicia Kozakiewitcz |
Tuesday
7/24/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is Alicia Kozakiewitcz from Pittsburgh, PA, who was kidnapped in 2002 by a man she'd met on the Internet, taken to Virginia, tortured for four days and rescued by the FBI. She was 13 years old. Since then, Alicia and her family work towards preventative safety education and effective legislation so that no child will suffer as Alicia has. The mission of "The Alicia Project" is the implementation of ALICIA'S LAW in all 50 states, to provide the funding to rescue all children from the hands of sadistic sexually exploiting Internet predators and to raise awareness and end predatory crimes against children. “The Alicia Project,” though rooted in tragedy, has become a voice for exploited and missing children. Along with her parents, Mary and Charles, she has educated children, families, teachers, law enforcement and governmental and social agencies, and has been honored to address numerous conferences, forums and summits, lending her personal and unique insight of the subject. She has participated in a number of Internet Safety films and projects, and has made multiple appearances on radio and TV. Recognizing the need for effective Internet Safety legislation, Alicia testified before Congress, and has lobbied successfully for the Protect Our Children Act of 2008 and ALICIA'S LAW, a state-by-state version of the legislation. |
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Special guest Dr Pamela Pine
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Monday
7/09/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show
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Tonight's special guest is Dr. Pamela Pine, founder and CEO of "Stop the Silence: Stop Child Sexual Abuse, Inc.", a non-profit, charitable 501(c)3 organization,
with a Mission to expose and stop child sexual abuse and help survivors heal worldwide through a focus on Awareness, Prevention and Healing programming.
Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a silent epidemic throughout the United States and the world, creating social havoc for the children, adult survivors, and society. It can be prevented and it can be treated with a conscious and sustained effort; Stop the Silence helps provide that effort.
Their most recent challenge is to bring "To Kill A Kelpie," about two brothers who share a secret for the first time, to international audiences. After performing to enormously appreciative Off-Broadway crowds in April, the next stop is the 17th Annual Interpersonal Violence and Trauma Conference in San Diego, CA. "Stop the Silence" is also known for its annual "Race to Stop the Silence" event held in Washington DC each April and for its partnerships with such organizations as "The Lamplighters Movement." |
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Special guest Christine Lozier
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Friday
6/29/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show
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Tonight's special guest is Christine Lozier, survivor, activist and on the Board of "Protect Mass Children" at www.ProtectMassChildren.org, where the mission is to pass stronger law to protect children from sexual predators, to educate the community on how to defend themselves from sexual predators, to end childhood sexual abuse in Massachusetts, and to be a voice for the victims. They're committed to promoting awareness education and public policy to protect our children from predators and have developed strategic educational programs, messages and tools to make a true difference for the community in means of child protection. A 100% volunteer organization, all proceeds go strictly towards the mission to protect children from child predators. Protect Mass Children supports the passage of several new pieces of legislation in Massachusetts, working with both law enforcement and the legal system to effect change. Of special interest is their "Be Aware" page: www.protectmasschildren.org/be-aware |
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Special guest Cynthia Bland
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Friday
6/22/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is Cynthia Bland, a child abuse survivor from Ottawa, founder of the Canadian organization "Voice Found" (www.voicefound.ca). Voice Found was born from a place of deep depression and a desire to help others who may be feeling similarly. After holding onto a secret for about 42 years, a question posed by a therapist opened the floodgates. That one question started the founder on a journey during which she felt compelled to share so that others could find some solidarity and support and know that they are not alone. That question was quite simple but had never been asked before. The question was: “Were you sexually abused as a child?” It was not at that moment that the organization formed, but it was at that moment that Cynthia's voice was found. Now she asks a number of "What if?" questions: What if there was a way to help other survivors feel worthy and whole? -- What if colleagues and employers could help survivors in active recovery? -- What if funds could be found to provide self-care programs for survivors? -- What if there was a way to help society understand the effects of childhood sexual abuse on its adult survivors? -- What if people understood that the often the root cause of drug abuse, promiscuity, teenage pregnancy, alcoholism, perfectionism is a result of childhood sexual abuse? -- What if there was a way to PREVENT the sexual abuse of children? -- What if we could get people to TALK about this taboo subject? |
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Special guest Julie Federico |
Thursday
6/14/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is Julie Federico of Colorado, author of the children's books "Some Parts Are Not For Sharing" and the more recently published "Anger is OKAY Violence is NOT" (please see the web site at www.JulieFederico.com). A middle school counselor since 1993, Julie holds a bachelors degree in social work and a masters degree in counseling from Indiana University. She is also a certified, level III alcohol counselor in the state of Colorado. She knows first hand the ramifications of childhood abuse. In her book, children travel with a pair of friendly fish as they learn about what parts of our bodies we share with others, and learn what the boundaries of appropriate touching are in a very non-threatening way. Ms Federico is concerned that the many misconceptions and misunderstandings about the issues of child abuse need to be dispelled through honest and frank conversations with children, adolescents and adults. Her second book, "Anger is OKAY Violence is NOT," was published recently. Children enjoy learning important information from a pair of fish. Parents marvel at the simple straightforward language and use of sea creatures that create this message all children must hear. For more info, please see the web site: www.JulieFederico.com |
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Special guest Jim Heaney |
Wednesday
6/13/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is Jim Heaney from Chicago, survivor and author of "Divine Child: Evil vs the Angels of Stoney Island,"
a story about child abuse and children abuse healing. Jim says, "When your own family doesn't work out, pay attention. There's probably someone else to help you grow up." For Jim Heaney, it was the angels of Stony Island. After being molested by a neighbor, ten-year old Jimmy is abandoned by the people who should be protecting him. His grades and behavior plummet, and he starts drinking. But there are still bright spots in his life in Chicago's Stony Island neighborhood including baseball down by the railroad tracks, and his parish school. The priest and teachers at St. Ailbes can't fix his family, but they still manage to give the desperate boy the help he needs to survive. Survival is not recovery however. The dark legacy of Jim's sexual abuse continues to haunt his adult life. He narrowly escapes prison, and although he quits drinking, unresolved anger threatens to destroy every good relationship in his life. "Divine Child: Evil vs. The Angels of Stony Island" tells how young Jimmy built on compassion first experienced in Stony Island to climb from despair to recovery. He shares his story in the hope that it will give other survivors of child abuse the tools to make new life for themselves.
A child abuse author and speaker, Jim has spoken about child abuse and memory healing in the context of his recovery from the after-effects of sexual abuse and addiction issues to thousands of adults and young people at conferences throughout North America. |
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Special guest Dr. Janet Rosenzweig |
Monday
6/11/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is Dr. Janet Rosenzweig, author of " The Sex-Wise Parent: The Parent's Guide to Protecting Your Children, Strengthening Your Family, and Talking to Your Kids about Sex, Abuse and Bullying." Dr. Rosenzeig writes, "Abusers count on the fact that kids don't like to speak to their parents about sex, and you don't want that to be true on your family. So use the news — with the Sandusky trial starting in a few weeks and on-going clergy trials in many major media markets, there will be plenty of opportunity!" She says to use this as an opportunity to tell your kids that people who sexually abuse children put their own pleasure above the pain they cause children. Remind them that sometimes they dress it up like a friendship or a love relationship to confuse the child (or teen!). Remind them that anyone who wants to be sexual with a young person is selfish at best and a criminal at worse. Dr. Rosenzweig's credentials as a sex educator led to a position with one of the first sex abuse projects in the U.S. more than three decades ago. Her experience as a caseworker, help-line counselor, professor, researcher, author, public official, child-abuse prevention specialist and mother inspired the creation of a resource so that parents can do what public systems cannot — ensure the sexual health and safety of their children and family. An inspirational speaker and teacher, Dr. Rosenzweig is devoted to reaching professionals and parents everywhere with the advice and techniques they need to raise sexually safe and healthy kids. |
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Special guest Rachel Grant |
Wednesday
6/06/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is Rachel Grant, MA, from San Francisco, a Trauma Recovery & Relationship Coach, who was abused as a child by her grandfather in Oklahoma. Whether you are an adult survivor of child abuse seeking support in your journey of recovery or are dissatisfied with your relationships, coaching helps you explore new possibilities and bring about real change, because, as Ms Grant says, "What you think, you create!" Rachel brings to the table a passionate belief that her clients do not have to remain trapped or confronted daily by the thoughts or behaviors that result from abuse. Through her own journey of recovery from sexual abuse, she has also gained insight and understanding about what it takes to overcome trauma. This makes it possible for her to relate to and appreciate her clients' struggles intimately. Based on her desire to foster community, intimacy, and connection, Rachel has dedicated much of her time to understanding relationships and communication. She developed her Trauma Recovery & Relationship coaching programs based on her educational training and lessons learned from her own journey. Clients learn to identify and break the patterns of thought and behavior that keep them from recovering from past abuse or making changes in their relationships. "I'd like to offer a FREE gift to listeners," she says, "Parts 1 & 2 of my guidebook: Beyond Surviving: The Final Stage in Recovery from Sexual Abuse." |
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Special guest Larry Fike |
Monday
6/04/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest, Larry Fike (M. Phil.) from Joshua Tree, CA, describes himself as a philosophical counselor and says, "excellence is normal." The author of "Piker" and two other books, Mr Fike explains, "Medical doctors are trained to focus on the care of the body. Clerics, on the care of the soul." He goes on, "Philosophers, on the care of the mind. Which is most important is disputable, as all things are. But it is the vocation of the philosopher, as thinker, to consider all parts of what it is to be human, since the judgments arrived at in the other two domains depend upon the ideas that are accepted, rejected, or left in abeyance. Ideas are the domain in which the philosopher lives and gives." The goal of Larry's philosophical counseling services is not to provide assistance to those who have drug addictions, need medication, or struggle with medical mental health issues. Rather, it is to assist those who may be struggling with rationally-based issues that don't strike clients as having a clear solution. For example, those who may be struggling over whether or not to pursue a certain career, whether or not to wed, or whether or not to relocate - among many similar issues - are all welcome. |
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Special guest Barbara Dorris |
Wednesday
5/30/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is Barbara Dorris, abuse survivor and Outreach Director for the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP). SNAP is the largest, oldest and most active support group for women and men wounded by religious authority figures (priests, ministers, bishops, deacons, nuns and others). An independent and confidential organization, SNAP has no connections with the church or church officials. SNAP was founded by Chicago's Barbara Blaine in 1988. Since then, SNAP has helped thousands of survivors, offering support in person, (via monthly self-help group meetings in chapters across the country), over the phone, online, and twice-a-year at national meetings. The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests also provides a safe and productive outlet for the passion many survivors feel toward preventing future abuse. The SNAP web site exists to provide support and knowledge to all victims of clergy abuse, to help educate the public, and to help ensure that in future generations, children will be safe. |
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Special guest Jerome Elam |
Monday
5/21/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is Jerome Elam, child abuse survivor writer for the Washington Times, Communities section. Mr Elam says, "I have struggled against many things in my life including childhood sexual abuse and somehow I found a way to survive." Raised in the South, he joined the United States Marine Corps at the age of seventeen and spent the next eight years seeing the world. After his enlistment was finished he attended college and graduated to work in the Biotechnology sector. Jerome continues, "Writing is my passion and it keeps me in touch with the wealth everyone holds deep inside their hearts and minds." Two recent samples of his writing can be found on the NAASCA web site under our Feature Articles section. One is entitled "The tragedy of youth suicide: Children searching for hope" in which Mr Elam discusses his own "successful" suicide. The second article "An end to silence: Child sex abuse victims speaking out" has an appeal that can often be heard from NAASCA members. It's directed to those of us who have survived child abuse being the voice for the still suffering children who have no voice. |
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Special guest Carole Ciurczak |
Wed
5/16/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC |
Tonight's special guest is Carole Ciurczak, coordinator of the Warren County New Jersey Child Assault Prevention (CAP) Program. Operating since 1985 as a statewide community based prevention program, the New Jersey CAP has trained over 3 million children, parents and school staff in empowerment strategies which reduce children's vulnerability to abuse, violence and bullying. The motto of the CAP project is... "All Children Deserve to be Safe, Strong, and Free." CAP seeks to integrate the best resources of a community in an effort to reduce a child or young person's vulnerability to verbal, physical and sexual assault. New Jersey's CAP projects work closely with the local school districts, parent/teacher associations and home school groups, and other community groups. CAP has a threefold educational approach to prevention which includes trainings in the following areas: Staff In service, Parent Program and Individual Classroom Workshops for children and teens. CAP is based on an empowerment philosophy. All of its curricula seek to reduce children's vulnerability to assault by increasing awareness that children have rights and providing prevention strategies and resources to children. |
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Special guest Michelle Bless |
Friday
5/04/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is Michelle Bless, survivor, activist and author of the book "Out of the Darkness: the Michelle Bless Story" in which a young girl is abused by her family and ostracized for being associated with Satan. Out of the Darkness is her story of redemption. Born in the northeastern United States to parents from the Caribbean, author Michelle Bless was raised in a home of violence and suspicion. Her father beat her mother and siblings but spared Michelle because of her perceived association with Satan. Even so, this did not save her from other abuses: she witnessed incidents of violence, incest and other horrible, unthinkable acts. One hot summer day in 1997, Michelle writes, she "was introduced to the Lord and denounced Satan," thus beginning the process of giving her life to the Lord. After two years of demonic attacks, she was fully delivered and never looked back. Today she lives for the Lord. Ms Bless says her firsthand knowledge of how low a life can plummet to the depths of despair enables her to understand and relate to what others are facing as they struggle to find God in their lives. Michelle is on a mission to bring as many lost souls to God as possible. |
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Special guest Sandy |
Tuesday
5/01/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is Sandy, who walks through her fears and bravely tells her life story for the first time. Wearing a Blue Ribbon is the symbol of Child Abuse Awareness! Millions of abuse victims (men and women) hide the story of their experience well into adulthood. A huge number continue to suffer from pain, anger, fear, shame and embarrassment for decades. Most will agree their traumas have resulted in an inability to trust, make good decisions and have healthy relationships. But giving up the secret is often how recovery begins, one survivor talking to another. Join Bill Murray and his co-hosts, panelists and guests, many of them abuse survivors, others supporters and friends, for an informed discussion of the many important issues that surround child abuse. Anonymous calls and chat room participation are encouraged. ~~ Please see our web site at: www.NAASCA.org |
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Special guest Sue Julsen
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Wednesday
4/25/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show
|
Tonight's special guest is Sue Julsen from Nevada, a survivor and thriver and author of "Bitter Memories." Largely autobiographical, Ms Julsen has chosen to use fictional names so as to protect some of those in the story from the horrors that actually occurred. Abducted by her father when she was three, the book's main character, Sarah, found herself in a world of criminal neglect and unfathomable oppression as her father and stepmother perpetrated more and more horrible acts of verbal, mental and sexual abuse on the innocent girl. So continually terrified was Sarah, that she began to form separate personalities so that she herself did not have to face the hideous reality of her day to day life. Only through the nightmare pictures that the other personalities sometimes presented to her while she slept did Sarah have any hint about the horrific abuse she was being subjected to. The personalities would block out time for Sarah and bear the horror of the experiences themselves so that their dear Sarah would not have to. This tale of the author's early life, a life on the run, featuring starvation, fear and molestation, is a truly unnerving and gripping account of the extremes of neglect and mistreatment a child can undergo. "Bitter Memories" is dedicated to all adult survivors of abuse and is written with the hope that exposing these horrors will help to prevent them from happening to others. "Trophy Murders" is the fictionalized sequel to her first book, and she is currently working on the third book in this series. |
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Special guest Dr Daniel Sonkin |
Tuesday
4/24/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is Dr Daniel Sonkin from Sausalito, California, a therapist who works with survivors and their families. He specializes in issues of domestic violence. Since 1981, Dr Sonkin's work has focused on the treatment of individuals and couples facing a variety interpersonal problems. In addition to his clinical experience, he has testified as an expert witness since 1977 in criminal cases where domestic violence is an issue. He has also evaluates defendants facing the death penalty conducting social histories with a focus on their childhood abuse and its impact on adult criminal behavior. He has also testifies as an expert witness in malpractice cases and licensing actions. Dr Sonkin also speciallizes in training therapists to deal with marriage counceling and issues of domestic violence and offers self-study, online interactive and live continuing education workshops for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Psychologists, Social Workers, Child Custody Evaluators and Certified Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors. He offers over two dozen e-articles, ebooks and presentations to download for free off his web site. The author of 10 books, among them a widely used protocol for treating male batterers. His book, Learning to Live Without Violence: A Handbook for Men has been published in English, Spanish and Japanese and is utilized by treatment programs around the world. Dr Sonkin is a Distinquished Clinical Member of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists and has appeared on many television and radio programs, including the Oprah Winfrey Show. |
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Special guest Lorena Noe |
Monday
4/23/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is Lorena Noe from Maryland, child abuse survivor and author of "Daddy's Secret; Til Death Do Us Part." A true story of betrayal, incest, and healing, the narrative describes an average little girl born into a family of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. Lorena's story is about her triumphant struggle of survival and healing! Her mother was nineteen, and her father was twenty, when she was born, and shortly after her birth her father enlisted in the Marines, and her mother went to Virginia to work. Her grandmother became her mother image for four years, and gave her the stability of a strong Christian foundation. After a highly successful career as a business woman, Noe's goals now are to help children and adults who are victims of child abuse. Lorena hopes that as a survivor, she can now get the public to see the private struggle anyone can fall victim to. Ms Noe writes, "Child abuse is more than bruises and broken bones. While physical abuse might be the most visible sign, other types of abuse, such as emotional abuse or child neglect, also leave deep, long lasting scars. A history of a childhood abuse is not a life sentence. There is hope, healing, and a chance to recover the self lost in childhood." Drawing on her own experience as a survivor of emotional neglect, Lorena Noe demonstrates that through healing she can help lead you through grieving your lost childhood, to become your own parent, and integrate the healing aspects of spiritual, physical, and emotional recovery into your adult life. |
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Special guest Kim |
Friday
4/20/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is Kim from Florida. Kim is a child abuse victim who will tell her story publicly for the first time on our show. Millions of abuse victims (men and women) hide the story of their experience well into adulthood. A huge number continue to suffer from pain, anger, fear, shame and embarrassment for decades. Most will agree their traumas have resulted in an inability to trust, make good decisions and have healthy relationships. But giving up the secret is often how recovery begins, one survivor talking to another. Join Bill and his co-hosts, panelists and guests, many of them abuse survivors, others supporters and friends, for an informed discussion of the many important issues that surround child abuse. Anonymous calls and chat room participation are encouraged. ~~ Please see our web site at: www.NAASCA.org |
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Special guest Justin Berry
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Wednesday
4/18/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show
|
Tonight's special guest is Justin Berry, 26, a child abuse survivor from California, who was featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show in 2006, and now devotes himself to fighting child pornography on the Internet. At 13 years old, Justin was a typical "boy next door." Between homework and band practice, he found time to run a legitimate small business creating websites. A self-described "computer nerd," Justin was excited to get an inexpensive webcam. By hooking up his webcam, Justin unintentionally became a fresh face in a dark world where men prey on vulnerable teenagers and children. He had no idea that his new friends were adults — an online community of pedophiles discussing strategy, sharing advice and carefully planning his seduction. By age 16, Justin's young face had become extremely popular among Internet pedophiles. Fans began asking to meet him in person. At first Justin enjoyed his website's financial success, but he began using drugs and found his life spiraling out of control. He didn't know who to turn to... until he met Kurt Eichenwald, a reporter for The New York Times, the man who was to eventually able to help Justin turn his life back around. Justin's story, while shocking, is only one case in a huge industry that is destroying hundreds of children's lives. "They are being lured into it from their bedrooms," Kurt says. Justin says he is as surprised as anybody by the dark turn his life took at age 13. "I never would have guessed that would happen to me," he says. "This can happen to any kid." Write to Justin: speak2justin@gmail.com - website at: www.StopChildPorn.com |
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Special guest Monica Harmon |
Friday
4/13/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is Monica Harmon from Los Angeles, one of Bill's long-time friends and fellow community-policing advocate. Monica has recently been devoting her seemingly unending energy to an Anti-Bullying campaign. Partnering with the Los Angeles Police Department, the LA Unified School District, local politicians and other community members, Monica has been making presentations at local public schools, parks and town-hall style meetings. She uses inter-active techniques to carry the message to kids that bullying in person and in cyber space is unacceptable behavior, and giving them tools and techniques to combat the problem. In recent years, bullying has been brought to the forefront of society due to the fact that media outlets have highlighted various tragic deaths as a result of bullying. There is a global fight against bullying, not to take it, not to promote it, not to engage in it. At the end of Harmon’s presentation, she has all the students stand up and make a pledge, “I am a strong student. I'm a leader. I will treat others with respect. I refuse to bully others and I promise to tell an adult when I see bullying. I refuse to watch, I refuse to laugh, I refuse to join in. I will be a good role model, I will not make others feel bad. I'm a do-something person, not a do-nothing person. I will help change my school. Sticking up for someone is the right thing to do. I will not post negative comments on the computer. I will stand up and speak out against bullying, and I will make a difference in my school” |
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Special guest Jo Langford
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Wednesday
4/11/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show
|
Tonight's special guest is Jo Langford from Washington State, therapist, sex educator and author of "The Sex EDcyclopedia" which offers tips and information so that "you can make informed decisions and have the necessary tools to go at sex and sexuality with a sense of confidence and seriousness, having fun along the way, while doing as little harm to yourselves and others as possible." The book appeals to parents who need to talk to their kids about sex as well as to teens (particularly boys) themselves. Mr Langford works with teen perps & victims, saying about himself, "I have worked in the helping field in some capacity for over 20 years. From peer counseling and student outreach programs in high school, to hospital work in medical and Psychiatric settings in college. I have worked with kindergartners as well as gang members, group-care and with families in their homes. All of this experience has culminated in the last 15 years with my work with sexually abused and abusive boys." He continues, " I employ creativity and humor in order to stop unhelpful patterns of behavior and replace them with more pro-social and predictable behaviors." |
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Special guests Dr Jaime Romo and Svava Brooks |
Tuesday
4/10/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
recommended show |
Tonight's special guests will be Dr. Jaime Romo and Svava Brooks, members of our NAASCA family. Hailing from the San Diego area, Jaime and Svava are well known child abuse awareness advocates. Dr. Romo's most recent books are: “Healing the Sexually Abused Heart: A Workbook for Survivors, Thrivers, and Supporters;” “Parents Preventing Abuse;” and “Teachers Preventing Abuse.” He coaches survivors and supporters in person and via on-line healing programs at www.healingthesexuallyabusedheart.com. Ms Brooks is a co-founder and VP for a national non-profit in Iceland dedicated to awareness and education about child sexual abuse and prevention. She currently serves as a Program Director for TAALK. (www.taalk.org) where the mission is to break the silence that surrounds child sexual abuse. Svava also is a trainer and facilitator for Darkness to Light Stewards of Children prevention training (www.d2l.org). Jaime and Svava will talk about their ‘Safe Families, Safer Communities' workshop, now planned for May, where they'll share key concepts and practices to help parents prevent and detect child sexual abuse in any setting. The 2 hour interactive presentation is relevant to anyone affiliated with schools or other values driven organizations. Parents interested in advocacy and/or prevention strategies should attend. Participants will: understand child sexual abuse contexts, data, and impacts, gain information about stranger danger and child abuse, review prevention and intervention strategies to protect children from sexual abuse, and more. |
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Special guest - Randy Ellison |
Friday
4/06/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
Recommended show |
Tonight's special guest is Randy Ellison, from Oregon, survivor, author of "Boys Don't Tell" and president of OAASIS, Oregon Abuse Survivors in Service, based in Portland. He works as an advocate for survivors of child sexual abuse and has authored many articles on the subject. Randy works with several organizations on abuse prevention and awareness. He is a member of CAN, Child Abuse Network of Jackson County, which is a collaboration of over 40 agencies working together to impact child abuse in Southern Oregon. In 2009 Randy helped change the civil statue of limitations in Oregon on sex abuse of children to one of the most liberal in the country. In the 2011 legislative session he advocated with others to help pass the first Human Sex Trafficking laws in Oregon. Randy and the Political Action arm of OAASIS keep a constant eye on statewide legislation that affects child sex abuse and justice for survivors. |
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Special SHOW from LIVE event
NOTE: special time
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Sunday
4/01/2012
7pm EST, 4pm PAC
Recommended show |
Join us from a LIVE EVENT (an hour earlier than normal) as our founder, Bill Murray, hosts the gathering of dignitaries and special guests in Sacramento for the Army of Angeles launch of April as National Child Abuse Awareness month. Our usual cast of co-hosts and panelists will join in to hear all about the festivities featuring Kathleen Moore, event coordinator, Marc Klaas, Pat Brown, Kaine Horman, Robin Sax and many of the other advocates involved. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, a time set aside to focus specifically on preventing child abuse / neglect within our communities. Specifically by fostering education and collaborations which facilitate the type of awareness required to prevent criminal conduct against the youngest and most vulnerable members of society. With crimes against children on the rise we have a moral obligation to focus upon this serious issue and take action which works against predators and all whom lack the ability or insight to properly protect children in their care. Our LA Community Policing and National Association of Adult Survivors of Child Abuse sister efforts (www.LACP.org & www.NAASCA.org) are proud to partner with activists from the Greater Sacramento region in hosting this 50 state kick off, featuring opening ceremonies Sunday April 1st collectively pulling people and resources together which will call significant attention to this important cause. |
Angels on the Air
Special SHOW - Bill as guest host
NOTE: special time |
Sunday
4/01/2012
10:30am EST,
..7:30am PAC
Recommended show |
SPECIAL APPEARANCE by Bill Murray -- This week "Angels On Air" will be with you LIVE from the departure of Kross Kountry-4-Kids A Journey-4-Justice at Folsom Harley-Davidson, bringing you blow by blow updates as California's Capitol hosts the kick off of this 50 state National Child Abuse Prevention Month campaign. "Angels On Air"'s Kathleen Moore will work with special guest host Bill Murray from the event as you hear from Marc Klaas, Mark Lunsford, Pat Brown, Kaine Horman, Mark Sconce and many other advocates involved. "Angels On Air" Co-host Khandi Stevens will be with us from Las Vegas as will Canadian producer Glendene Grant AKA Jessie's Mom. Please tune in Sunday morning and participate in National Child Abuse Prevention Month! "Angels on Air" is a weekly radio program which promotes public/private sector partnerships and volunteerism as meaningful methods of eliminating crimes against children. Supporting positive projects and efforts which help to create safer communities, where our children may grow to meet and exceed their potential. |
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Special guest Ed Mashek
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Wednesday
3/28/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
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Tonight's special guest is Ed Mashek, of Florida, a child abuse survivor who recently attended and gave testimony at Miami's Department of Justice Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence. This Task Force is part of the US Attorney General's Defending Childhood Initiative, a project that addresses the epidemic levels of exposure to violence faced by our nation's children. Based on the testimony at four public hearings, on comprehensive research, and on extensive input from experts, advocates, and impacted families and communities nationwide, the Defending Childhood Task Force will issue a final report to the Attorney General presenting its findings and comprehensive policy recommendations in the fall of 2012. The report will serve as a blueprint for preventing children's exposure to violence and for reducing the negative effects experienced by children exposed to violence across the United States. |
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Special guest Don Dymer |
Monday
3/26/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
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Tonight's special guest is Don Dymer of Florida, representing "The Diana Screen" from Single Source Services. The Diana Screen is an innovation far beyond criminal background checks. It is an easy to use, risk management tool that will help you keep your agency's children safe from sexual abuse. Behind The Diana Screen are 18 years of research, 6 NIMH grants, and 2 pilot studies with the Episcopal Church Pension Fund and The Boys & Girls Clubs of America. The Diana Screen reduces the risk that your group's children will be molested and reduces the risk that your group will face sexual misconduct lawsuits. Named after a little girl who grew up in foster care yet was sexually abused by a caregiver, a man whose actions went unsuspected for over 30 years. Despite the love of her adoptive parents, Diana and her family suffered a final tragedy when she ended her own life. In honor of Diana, and those who have survived child sexual abuse, the screen designed to protect children is named The Diana Screen. Most victims of childhood sexual abuse never report their abuse. Their abusers are never charged and are employed or volunteer and continue their reign of terror on the children, in the work or volunteer environment you are providing. The Diana Screen helps stop a pedophile from gaining access to children within those organizations that use the tool. |
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Special guest Marc Klass |
Friday
3/23/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
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Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is Marc Klaas of California, President and Founder of Klaas Kids Foundation, and father of victim Polly Klaas. On March 31st and April 1st,
KlaasKids will be participating in
the National Child Abuse Prevention Month kickoff in Sacramento,
CA. We will join forces with thousands of volunteers, businesses, and
organizations from coast to coast to
raise awareness and much-needed
funding. Mark Lunsford and Mark
Sconce, who both lost their children
to abduction and murder, will lead
a motorcycle rally from California
to Washington D.C. and back. Mr Klaas is a seemingly tireless advocate for Child Safety, an avid supporter of Megan's Law, and also supports the CASE Act, which will be on the ballot in CA's Nov election. In his words, "The KlaasKids Foundation was established in 1994 to give meaning to the death of my twelve-year-old daughter kidnap and murder victim Polly Hannah Klaas and to create a legacy in her name that would be protective of children for generations to come. Conceived with an initial investment of $2,000 the Foundation's mission is to stop crimes against children. America's continued evolution is predicated on the unspoken promise of past generations that we will give our children a better world than was given to us." |
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Special guest Drew Carillo |
Wednesday
3/21/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
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Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is Drew Carillio, survivor and actor. One of today's most passionate activists when it comes to the horrors, the shame and the preventative steps we can all take when it comes to sexual abuse, is aspiring actor and model, Drew Carrillo. Many know Carrillo for his role in the movie "Vampires Suck," in which he played the part of a cast member of "Jersey Shore." He also has been featured in many popular television advertisements, the most recent being the "NERF or Nothing" toy campaign. In an interview with San Diego Gay & Lesbian News, Drew who is now openly gay, tells his "backstory" .. that he was raped at the age of 16 while a dedicated member of a prominent movement called Teen Mania Ministries. Coming to terms with one's sexuality can be very dramatic and tough due to gender societal parameters. To make matters worse for Drew and other young followers like him, Teen Mania Ministries spends millions of dollars on educational materials telling members of the church that homosexual men are, in fact, often that way because they were raped. Drew was featured on the Dr Phil Show in 2005. |
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Special guest Deborah Rice |
Monday
3/19/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
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Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is Deborah Rice, abuse survivor and Executive Director of "Stop It Now!" (www.stopitnow.org). Originally established, and still based, in Massachusetts, the non profit has long had a national and even international influence. Stop It Now! was founded on the belief that adults are in the best position to keep children safe from sexual abuse. By adults, they mean parents, survivors, family members, law enforcement, and professionals of all types. They also believe that people who might sexually abuse a child have an important role to play in prevention. According to Stop It Now!, "No other prevention program has ever directly challenged all adults to take full responsibility for ending sexual abuse." The organization was founded in 1992 by Fran Henry, and offers many services. The "Stop It Now!" web site is chock full of local, national and even international information, program news, calls to action, printed resources and a very full and comprehensive page of Resources and Links, a wide-ranging listing of resources located in the USA. They even provide the community a HELPLINE phone number - 1-888-PREVENT |
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Special guest Ronald L Book |
Friday
3/16/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
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Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is Ron Book of Florida, a specialist in government affairs and administration law, with a Juris Doctoral degree from Tulane University and a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Florida International University. The thing that makes him EXTRA SPECIAL to us at NAASCA is that he's the father of Lauren Book, the 27 year old survivor and activist who appeared as a special guest on our "Stop Child Abuse Now" show. Lauren has just completed a 1500 mile, 39 day trek across the state of Florida (her third such annual journey by way of raising awareness for issues of child abuse). Her dad, Ron Book, is an active participant in South Florida's professional arena, a trustee of the Council of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce and sits on the Legislative Affairs and State Affairs committees. In addition to serving more than 20 community organizations, Book is a founding member of Lauren's Kids. We highly recommend the work of the outstanding non profit, Lauren's Kids, and congratulate the group for all its fine accomplishments. Mr Book currently operates his own lobbying practice in Aventura and Tallahassee. |
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Special guest Jason Lee
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Wednesday
3/14/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
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Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is Jason Lee of Atlanta, a survivor of childhood sexual abuse he experienced while a Boy Scout. He was recently involved in a campaign to keep his abuser from getting parole. In 1995, Lee's abuser, Don Corley pled guilty to multiple counts as a child molester. He was sentenced to 30 years in jail. He came up for parole on January 31, 2012, but was denied, largely because of outstanding public support garnered in par through the web site www.30is30.com where the idea's presented that Don Corley should serve his full sentence. "30 years is 30 years" says the site. Readers will some enlightening encounter quotes from an interview with Mr Corley that show the mind of a child molester, including "“There was still that longing, that need,” how he'd “target” boys to become their “special friend.” He goes on to admit “There's nothing to cure this behavior” and about his "Dark Side" and how he's "a parents worst nightmare." Also included on the web site is the testimony of one of Mr Corley's victims, who writes, "From 1986 to 1992 I was molested by a man who most thought was a “pillar of our community” .. a leader in my Boy Scouts troop, a leader in my church. He had everyone fooled." And he goes on, "I think there are two kinds of child molesters. One is the trench-coat-wearing, playground-stalking, child-stealing kind of person. He's quick and violent. The other kind is the serial molester – he embeds himself in the community, wins the trust of families and children, and abuses that position of power to commit the molestation. Don Corley is the second type." |
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Special guest Irene van der Zande |
Friday
3/09/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
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Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is Irene van der Zande, who was inspired to found Kidpower by a frightening incident in 1985. As she was leading a group of young kids on a field trip, a man charged towards them and threatened to take one of the children. Irene put herself between the man and the children, including her own son and daughter, and shouted. The children were unhurt and soon recovered - but Irene was shaken and determined to do something to help people, especially children, build the skills and confidence to take charge of their own safety. Today, Kidpower is a growing international organization. Worldwide it has served over 2 million children, teens, and adults, including those with special needs, through workshops and educational resources. The future will bring more local services, more centers in countries all over the world, more books (see: The Kid Power Book) and educational materials, and more chances for Kidpower to affect the lives of people everywhere. For a comprehensive description of the many people involved in the creation and success of Kidpower, see Kidpower - a Tapestry Woven by Many Different Hands. |
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Special guest Kiesa Kay |
Wednesday
3/07/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
Recommended show |
Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is Kiesa Kay, of Iowa, forensic interviewer and author of numerous books including "Sky Eyes" that describes what it's like to be a forensic interviewer, talking to children and teens when they've witnessed violent crimes, like murder; listening to them when allegations of abuse and neglect arise. One can purchase a copy in advance and be the first to read this ground-breaking book (and other books) by ordering online through the web site at www.KiesaKay.com. Ms Kay spends her work days interviewing children and teens who've experienced rape, abuse, and neglect, and who've witnessed violent crimes. When allegations arise, Kiesa listens, helping bring truth to light. She also facilitates a support group for non-offending caregivers. For a decade, Kiesa criss-crossed the country giving workshops on twice exceptional learners, specifically, children who have strong abilities and learning disabilities. Before that, she worked with survivors of incest and domestic violence, and volunteered on a crisis line. She'll tell you she's guided by three principles: (1) Create meaning in every facet of life, (2) Stop the suffering of all sentient beings, and (3) Be kind to whoever crosses your path. Kiesa specializes in workshops on ending child abuse, powerful parenting and creative writing. She's also engaged in family advocacy, and home school consultations. |
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Special guest Angela Williams |
Monday
3/05/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
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Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is Angela Williams, abuse survivor, author of "From Sorrow to Sapphires" and founder of the Voice Today non profit, at www.VoiceToday.org, a movement to break the silence and the cycle of child sexual abuse. The VOICE mission is to bring awareness to the silent epidemic through awareness campaigns, educational and healing programs. She has been a child advocate for many years, trying to right the wrong done to her and millions of other adults. Ms Williams, a Georgian, says, "As a survivor of incest, suffering in silence for 14 years at the brutal hands of my stepfather, my passion has become helping others learn to break the silence barrier of child sexual abuse and to make a difference in the lives of children in the next generation." A faith based organization, the values of the Voice Today Movement include the belief that prayer is the power source against the demonic forces driving child sexual abuse, seeking to break the silence of child sexual abuse by fostering the VOICE Movement, a grass roots effort to educate adults, speak out unashamedly and provide healing support for survivors, and that will become a platform for social change. VOICE wants to change society's attitudes and actions that surround child sexual abuse, both locally and globally, by reaching as many people as possible, and seeks to shift the responsibility for preventing Child Sexual Abuse from the child to the adult. They want to empower survivors to find their voice and start the healing process. |
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Special guest Mark Sconce |
Friday
3/02/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
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Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is Mark Sconse, the co-chairman (with Mark Lunsford) of the Kross Kountry 4 Kids motorcycle tour, part of the "Army of Angeles" events that commence April 1st in celebration of Child Abuse Awareness Month. Mark lives with his wife Cindy in Sacramento. Their youngest daughter, Courtney Hannah Sconce, 12 years old at the time, was kidnapped in 2000, and was later that night found raped and strangled to death on the banks of the Feather River in Sutter County, California. Eight months later her 19 year old killer was arrested, and eventually pled guilty to kidnap, rape and homicide, receiving a sentence of Life Without the Possibility of Parole. This seemingly unlikely criminal was being investigated by the FBI at the time of his killing Courtney for possession and Internet sale and trade of child pornography. Mark and Cindy Sconse share their story as activists who are always willing to do what they can to support efforts related to child safety, sex offender sentencing and Megan's Law registration issues. They also participate as members of the California Victim's Witness program at their annual training seminars. To support Mark and the Kross Kountry for Kids motorcycle tour, write to him at:
mcjac1@hotmail.com |
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Special guest James Krehbiel |
Wednesday
2/29/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
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Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is James P. Krehbiel, Ed.S., LPC, CCBT, author, freelance writer, licensed professional counselor, and nationally certified cognitive-behavioral therapist practicing in Scottsdale, Arizona. James' new book is "Troubled Childhood, Triumphant Life." When he set out to write it he knew first-hand how troubling a difficult childhood can be for an adult. His message to adults? "It's not your fault but it is your responsibility to move on." Another key message from the book is for those who dealt with difficult childhoods is it's not about blame and understanding that parents (most of the time) do the best that they could but it just wasn't enough. Krehbiel did his post-graduate counseling training at Northern Illinois University and has taught Master's level classes in counselor education through Chapman University of California. He specializes in working with patients who have depressive, anxiety, pain management (i.e. tinnitus, fybromyalgia) and high functioning autistic spectrum disorders. James has written numerous articles on a variety of counseling-related topics, all accessible via Google searches. |
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Special guest Kathy Chatterton |
Monday
2/27/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
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Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is Kathy D. Chatterton, of Dallas, Texas, author of the children's book "Don't Be Scared to Tell." A a trust building book, it was written in an easy to understand rhyme that will arm children with tools that could prevent sexual abuse if they are ever faced with it. This book will eliminate the difficulty and awkwardness of teaching this important lesson. The book discusses common places and people that all children are familiar with since studies show that almost 85% of abusers are known to a child. The children in the book are accompanied by a little play monkey that was created to help show emotion. "Brave" the monkey will help younger readers understand the story better while teaching them to be brave. Reader footnotes are included throughout the book to help personalize the lesson for any child. See: www.dontbescaredtotell.com |
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Special guest Lauren Book |
Friday
2/24/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
Recommended show |
Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is Lauren Book, 27 year old founder of "Lauren's Kids," at www.laurenskids.org, a victim of childhood sexual abuse for six years at the hands of her nanny. Lauren has just completed a 1500 mile walk across her home state of Florida, the third such journey she's accomplished. This time she spent 39 days on the road, one day for each million of the 39 million Americans who have already suffered child abuse. Fully 10 years into her healing journey, Lauren is an outspoken and knowledgeable advocate for the issues of child abuse. Knowing that 95 percent of sexual abuse is preventable through education, Lauren seeks to turn her experience into a vehicle to prevent childhood sexual abuse and heal survivors. Lauren's organization educates adults and children about sexual abuse topics through an in school curriculum, a 24-hour Crisis Hotline and speaking engagements around the country. The organization also provides more than 4.5 million educational and awareness materials statewide through direct mail every year. The ultimate goal is to prevent sexual abuse through awareness and education, and to help survivors heal with guidance and support. Among her many admirers (and a blogger on Laura's web site) is Maria Shriver. Describing herself as a survivor, thriver and warrior against abuse, Lauren says, "I survived, I'm ok... because it's always ok to tell." |
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Carl Hart updates his story |
Thursday
2/23/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
Recommended show |
Tonight's SPECIAL SHOW featured Carl Hart - Hear the fabulous progress that's being made in Carl Hart's recovery. Learn how he's made significan progress with his search for meaning and comfort with his story of what's happening with his case involving the group that included his perpetrator, the Boy Scouts of America. - Millions of abuse victims (men and women) hide the story of their experience well into adulthood. A huge number continue to suffer from pain, anger, fear, shame and embarrassment for decades. Most will agree their traumas have resulted in an inability to trust, make good decisions and have healthy relationships. But giving up the secret is often how recovery begins, one survivor talking to another. Join Bill and his co-hosts, panelists and guests, many of them abuse survivors, others supporters and friends, for an informed discussion of the many important issues that surround child abuse. Anonymous calls and chat room participation are encouraged. ~~ Please see our web site at: www.NAASCA.org |
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Special guest Susan Saufoa-Dinino
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Wednesday
2/22/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
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Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is Susan Saufoa-Dinino, of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, the founder of "Speaking Out Against Child Sexual Abuse, Inc" (www.speakingout-csa.com). In 2000, Susan was faced with a very real issue in which she was unfamiliar .. the horrifying truth and reality of child sexual abuse (CSA). As with most people, she was naïve and uneducated on this topic, so she began to research the horrific
crime. What she found was so disturbing that she had never felt so helpless.
"Since that time," she writes, "I have been trying to figure
out a way to help children who are Sexually Abused. Every single day across America, countless numbers of children
are sexually violated. And there are so many obstacles to overcome in order to help just one child, much less the
multitudes of Sexually Abused children. The task seemed impossible once I read the statistics and learned about the
failures of the systems in place that are supposed to protect children. The truth is that we live in a fallen world in
which many children are robbed of their innocence by Sexual Predators. |
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Special guest Jim Henson |
Tuesday
2/21/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
Recommended show |
Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is Jamison Leigh - He is a film producer and is trying to make a "prequel" to a major release called "Strong Men" ( The feature film Strong Men is currently in development and is scheduled to go into production in the fall of 2012 ) Jamison Leigh has been writing for over 30 years, has sold one feature film, as well as having received several options for TV pilots and feature films. He has also writtten, produced, and co-directed a mockumentary short film. He is a graduate of Central Michigan University, is a veteran of screenwriter's workshops, and was just honored by being in the acknowledgements for a best-selling screenplay structure book under his real name, Jim Henson. He's trying to drum up support for this project. |
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Special guest Julie Brand |
Monday
2/20/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
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Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is Julie Brand - Ms Brand uses her unique perspective as both an experienced counselor and a resilient survivor of maternal incest to write and to speak about mother-daughter sexual abuse. In 2006, she launched CAPER Consulting: Child Abuse Prevention, Education and Recovery. In her book, "A Mother's Touch", and in her workshops, Julie combines research data, professional expertise and her personal experiences to enlighten audiences about the existence of mother-daughter sexual abuse. Her goals are to empower child welfare professionals—from first responders to therapists—to recognize the dynamics of maternal incest, to intervene and to help victims become strong, healthy adults. Victims of mother-daughter sexual abuse can heal and become resilient survivors |
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Special guest Evita Gonzalez |
Friday
2/17/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
Recommended show |
Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is Evita Gonzalez, an abuse survivor and member of NAASCA. Evita is the co-founder and Director of V.I.P. LIFE Links, a passionate community service activist whose focus is youth advocacy for the abused, neglected and abandoned. Evita is a veteran W.I.N. Coach, who facilitates workshops to SpeakLIFE for lifestyle enhancement. In few words, Evita is a “Voice for the Voiceless…” for the young and those who have aged, but not matured—the crestfallen and downtrodden — to ReAwaken…InSpire…to ReKindle the Fire for LIFE Balance. Evita says, “I am a “Voice 4 the Voiceless,” 4 them I speak, many will hear, yet when some hear they will close their ears as some choose not to move from their high seats; and I am a “Voice 2 the Crestfallen,” a word of LIFE I keep, filling in beauty-4-ashes...” At VIP LIFE Links we connect with community partners dedicated to serving the neglected/abused young and of age who have not had proper processing of issues to functionally mature. We partner to facilitate the ID Program, thru workshops with Inspirational Dramatization Expressions Arts, to guide the hurting, disconnected, lost to discovering their Value / Vision / Voice — TRUE IDentity. We coach, mentor, nurture and cultivate from a wholistic frame. We present in creative ways to first connect and relate, then we facilitate building in self-esteem, relational skills, and innate gifts and talent thru creative modes and the SpeakLIFE Writer's Challenge. VIPEvita is a Humanitarian, Inspirational Dramatist, W.I.N. Coach, Freelance Writer and Poet. |
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Special guest Patricia A. McKnight
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Wednesday
2/15/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
Recommended show
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Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is Patricia A. McKnight. Ms McKnight (Tricia) is a child abuse survivor, and is author of the recently published "My Justice." She's a talk show host on Blog Talk Radio and an activist with Dreamcatchers for Abused Children. Tricia struggles to overcome the cruelty of her childhood. The man who assaulted her, her stepfather, tortured her for twelve long years, and his torment destroyed everything good in her life for the next thirty years. Her path in life became one of continued violence against her and although she was able to achieve professional success, she could never fully heal from the trauma inside. Tricia was a strong survivor though and continued to push her way through life despite these crimes against her. The recently written review from Peter Thomas Senese says, "Patricia A. McKnight has written a masterpiece novel so well written, so important to society, and so enlightening for others - those who know abuse equally as to those who pursue their dreams and liberties - that her "My Justice" shook the very foundation of who I am and my own interactions in this world, as I asked myself, "Am I doing enough?" Unquestionably, "My Justice" is a Call-To-Arms against abuse and neglect, but it too is a critically important road map, a blue print if you will, for others to learn by in order to break the cycles of abuse often found in a person's life when abuse occurs and is sustained beginning at an early age." |
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Special guest Nick Bryant |
Monday
2/13/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
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Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is Nick Bryant. Mr Bryant is author of "The Franklin Scandal" the story of a nationwide pedophile ring that pandered children to a cabal of the rich and powerful. The ring's pimps were a pair of political power brokers who had access to the highest levels of our government. Nebraska legislators nearly exposed the ring in 1990, but its unveiling had the potential to produce seismic political aftershocks. The legislators' efforts resulted in rash of mysterious deaths and the overpowering corruption of federal and local law enforcement, including the FBI, Secret Service, and Justice Department, effecting an immaculate cover-up of the trafficking network. The publisher is donating 50% of the book's proceeds to organizations that assist abused children. Author Nick Bryant writes, "The reality is that many perpetrators are not shady men in dirty, threadbare trench coats living in seedy hotels, but are, in fact, pillars of our community. Until our society addresses these facts and its institutions are willing to face embarrassment, instead of heaping more abuse upon victims, our national shame of rampant child abuse and its cover-up are unlikely to end." See the rough cut of an hour long documentary, "Conspiracy of Silence," funded by the Discovery Channel for UK viewing, but mysteriously pulled from its air date. |
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Special guest Stacey Lannert |
Friday
2/10/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
Recommended show
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Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is Stacey Lannert,
child sexual abuse survivor and activist. She's the author of "Redemption: A Story of Sisterhood, Survival, and Finding Freedom Behind Bars" and founder of www.HealingSisters.org. After 10 years of sexual abuse, including rape and sodomy, Stacey Lannert shot and killed her father on July 5, 1990, and was put in jail. In December 1992, she was convicted of first degree murder and armed criminal action. She was sentenced to life in prison without parole in Missouri. In January 2009, Missouri Governor Matt Blunt commuted her sentence. He told her he expected her to make a difference with her life. After 18 years in prison, Stacey's now living in St. Louis. She's telling her story so other women can learn from her mistakes. "I created Healing Sisters to allow other sexual abuse victors (we are victors, after all) the opportunity to experience the bond we share and the restoring powers gained from other people who have also suffered," says Stacey. "I believe that every child, woman and man who suffers from sexual abuse becomes a sister because we share a common bond, one of betrayal and suffering. We need one another in order to thrive, and maybe even to survive. I hope in my lifetime we can eradicate, wipe out, and destroy sexual abuse. That surely cannot to be too lofty of a goal, can it? If we communicate, we create. We need to create a safe world for all children." |
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Special guest Johnna Janis
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Wednesday
2/08/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
Recommended show
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Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is Johnna Janis of San Diego. Ms Janis is working with an award winning filmmaker Sergio Myers to produce a documentary based on her life as a survivor of child sexual abuse. "Invisible Scars" is a woman's story of hope, healing, and resiliency. During this inspirational journey, she reveals the invisible scars that have negatively impacted her throughout her life. Like many other women and men, she was abused by people she trusted at various points in her life. At 5 she was traumatized for the first time, ruining her self esteem. In high school she was assaulted again. "Within months, I entered into a relationship with a much older man and dropped out of school," she says. He eventually became the father of her three children, but Johnna spent eleven years emotionally abused and manipulated in the marriage, battling depression, anxiety, fear, and guilt. "I felt ashamed about my past, unhappy with my present, and unworthy of a future. It nearly destroyed me. Fortunately, the love of my children gave me the inspiration to survive." Her documentary will explore the journey she and other child abuse victims travel. On the outside she is a mother, daughter, wife, and friend who appears strong and confident. However, on the inside she has struggled with acknowledging and accepting the ugly and shameful truths of her past that have haunted her for most of her life. |
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Special guest Bo Budinsky |
Tuesday
2/07/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
Recommended show
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Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is Bo Budinsky, of Rhode Island, a survivor of child abuse. Mr Budinsky is a volunteer, activist and public speaker with a focus on how child sexual abuse (CSA) and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) effects recovery from drugs and alcohol. "My life is the stuff movies are made of," says Bo in a YouTube appearance. He was repeatedly violated by multiple men and women, including by a therapist he went to for help. Addiction, shattered relation ships and failed careers followed. Mr Budinsky has worked hard for many years to get through the dark journey that was his life, and to emerge as a successful example of the miracle that can happen once a person enters into recovery. Bo was also one of the 200 men who appeared on two, hour-long Oprah Winfrey shows in late 2010 by way demonstrating that child sexual abuse isn't only an issue for little girls but that it effects many little boys, too. Now Bo travels around the country, speaking to groups and making appearances whenever he's asked. |
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Special guest Mike Lew
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Friday
2/03/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
Recommended show
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Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is Mike Lew from Boston. A psychotherapist and author, Mr Lew has worked with thousands of men and women in their healing from the effects of childhood sexual abuse, rape, physical violence, emotional abuse and neglect. The development of strategies for recovery from incest and other abuse, particularly for men, has been a major focus of his work as a counselor and group leader. He's co-director of The Next Step Counceling and Training Center, and has conducted public lectures, workshops for survivors, and trainings and consultations for mental health, medical, human service, clergy, law enforcement, and other professionals throughout the United States and Canada and in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Mr Lew is the author of the well-respected book Victims No Longer: The Classic Guide for Men Recovering from Sexual Child Abuse, the first book written specifically for men recovering from sexual child abuse. Released in 1988, it continues to earn praise for both its clinical expertise and compassionate tone, educating survivors and professionals about the recovery process, speaking to the pain, needs, fears and hopes of the adult male survivor. A second book, Leaping upon the Mountains: Men Proclaiming Victory Over Sexual Child Abuse, focuses on the reality of recovery and contains powerfully moving contributions from hundreds of men of all ages and backgrounds throughout the United States and 45 other countries. |
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Special guest Ellen Snortland
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Wednesday
2/01/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
Recommended show
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Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is Ellen Snortland, of Altadena, CA. An attorney, author, actor, activist & baker, Ms Snortland also teaches self defense to women & girls and women with personal appearances and in her book "Beauty Bites Beast" - Awakening the Warrior Within Women & Girls (soon to be a documentary film --
see thet trailer here). As a writer/ producer/ director/ humorist/ actor, dormant lawyer, women's and children's self-defense advocate, feminist-homemaker, Snortland has the unique ability to speak and write with authority on subjects ranging from knitting and cooking, to S.W.A.T. team methods of close-quarter hand-to-hand combat to the opportunities and obstacles of the professional American woman. Ms. Snortland has specialized in so-called women's issues, including the movement to achieve gender balance in institutions, women in history, reducing violence against women, as well as childhood and adult sexual harassment problems being exposed in society. "With blonde hair and a name like Snortland, you've got to figure I'm going to know something about harassment," says Snortland, who accomplishes as much as she can with her causes using humor. Ms. Snortland particularly advocates nipping sexual harassment in the bud where it actually starts, in the home and on the playground, by empowering girls and women to speak up. As a self-defense advocate, Ellen writes and teaches both women and kids physical self-protection skills. |
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Special guest Peter S Pelullo |
Monday
1/30/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
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Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is Peter S Pelullo, adult survivor, author of "Betrayal & the Beast" and founder of "Let Go .. Let Peace Come In". The mission of Let Go, Let Peace Come In is to bring healing, support, and awareness to the hundreds of millions of adult childhood sexual abuse survivors and their families worldwide. The Foundation plans to enact change within the healthcare systems, political systems, and societies by teaching and educating through the current technologies. It will weave a message of peace, hope, recovery and happiness into the fabric of these societies by integrating published materials with video, audio and Internet media throughout the world. And it will raise money for a non-profit fund to provide the financial assistance necessary to start survivors of childhood sexual abuse on the path to recovery “one” survivor at a time. Mr Pelullo writes, "Based on the voluminous amount of visits from around the world to our Foundation's website I have been inspired to identify a foundation in each of the seven continents to assemble a “World Alliance” for Understanding, Healing and Supporting recovery for adults that suffer the effects of childhood sexual abuse." |
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Special guest Kathleen Moore |
Friday
1/27/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
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Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is Kathleen Moore, from Sacramento, CA, founder of "Army of Angels" which is planning a 50 state event celebrating this year's National Child Abuse Awareness Month (April, 2012). Now in its 29th year, National Child Abuse Prevention Month is a time set aside throughout the month of April to focus on protecting our most vulnerable citizens. Their Mission states: "By creating positive partnerships which result in services and support to families, which keep them safe, we are able to create stronger and healthier communities where our children may flourish." Ms Moore has worked on hundreds of cases aiming to resolve child abuse as well as missing/exploited child occurrences, supporting family members impacted by the trauma along the way, assisting them in their quest to productively convert tragedy to triumph! In 1993 she began producing the National Child Abuse Prevention Month 50 state campaign. NAASCA is planning to participate in the Opening Ceremonies that will kick off the month-long 50-state event, and will broadcast one of our "Stop Child Abuse Now" talk radio shows LIVE from Sacramento during them. |
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Special guest Laura Fogarty |
Friday
1/20/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
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Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is Laura Fogarty, from Charleston, SC, author of the children's book "I'm the Boss of Me," which empowers young readers to be the boss of their bodies. The book is wonderfully written in rhyme and beautifully illustrated by Remi Bryant and includes a message to parents by Anne Lee, the Founder and CEO of Darkness to Light. “The message you are teaching your child is to rely on his/her intuition about whom to trust and whom not to trust. All children should be empowered with the language to protect themselves,” says Anne. This book will help parents open a dialogue with their children about a tough topic but one that is imperative to better protecting them from possible abuse. Laura Fogarty is also launching a "Letters to LALA" campaign at Stop Abuse Campaign.org designed to answer questions from the abused. She's is the author of two novels, Larger than Life and Painted Blue. You can order books by contacting Laura's publisher, Lucinda Dunn, at deal.lucinda@gmail.com. Laura invites email at: lalafogarty@comcast.net |
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Special guest Tom Scales
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Wednesday
1/18/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
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Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is Tom Scales of Voice Today. Mr Scales is retired from a 30-year career in the healthcare industry, which included a broad range of executive assignments domestically and internationally. He is a certified trainer in workshops that educate adults on the dangers of child sexual abuse and explaining safe practices to protect children. In addition, he has written workshops to highlight the impact of divorce, grooming, boundaries and workplace challenges in the life of the child and the adult survivor. Scales is a survivor of child sexual abuse and the author of “Terrible Things Happened to Me: A True Story of Violence and Victory.” Angela Williams, the founder of Voice Today, and a survivor of incest herself, says it's, "a movement to break the silence and the cycle of child sexual abuse. The Voice mission is to bring awareness to the silent epidemic through awareness campaigns, educational and healing programs." |
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Special guest Mike Domitrz |
Monday
1/16/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
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Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is Mike Domitrz, founder and Executive Director of the The Date Safe Project. Over the past decade, more attention is being given to dangerous sexual behavior among our youth and to the crime of sexual assault – mainly due to cases and news stories concerning celebrities, middle schools, high schools, college campuses, and the military. Unfortunately, the public debates arising from such prominent cases often lead to even greater misunderstandings of what consent means; how to teach safer understandings of intimacy to teenagers and young adults; how sexual assault is defined; and how to honor survivors of sexual assault / rape. To help clear-up the various misconceptions about healthy dating, intimacy, consent, sex, respect, sexual assault, and honoring survivors, Mike Domitrz, personally prompted by the rape of his sister, founded The Date Safe Project, Inc. which provides parents, educators, educational institutions, students, military installations, community organizations, state agencies, faith-based institutions, and federal government resources, educational materials, and programming addressing consent, healthy intimacy, sexual education, sexual assault awareness, bystander intervention, and support for sexual assault survivors. Please also see: Mike Domitrz - BIOGRAPHY |
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Special guest Dr Anna Salter |
Friday
1/13/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
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Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is Anna Carol Salter, Ph.D., from Madison, Wisconsin, author of: Predators: Pedophiles, Rapists and Other Sex Offenders: Who They Are, How They Operate and How We Can Protect Ourselves and Our Children. Dr Salter's impressive career includes an BA from University of North Carolina, a Masters Degree in Child Study from Tufts and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and Public Practice from Harvard University. She's the author of numerous fiction and non fiction books and educational DVDs, and currently serves as a Consultant for the Department of Corrections, State of Wisconsin. Dr. Salter has conducted trainings on sexual abuse in 46 states and 10 counties (England, Canada, Scotland, France, Sweden, Holland, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Costa Rico), and has lead numerous workshops, published many professional publications and received a number of awards, including winning the Significant Achievement Award from the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers. She was nominated for a 2003 Edgar Allan Poe Award in the category of Best Original Paperback, for her non fiction work, Prison Blues. Please see her extensive bio: Anna Salter - BIOGRAPHY |
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Special guest Kimberly Day |
Thursday
1/12/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
Recommended show |
Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is Kimberly Day of Every Child Matters, a coalition that seeks to end child abuse. Centered in Washington, DC, Kim coordinates for the Protect Our Kids Act & Petition, now before the House and Senate, which seeks to create a National Commission on Child Abuse Fatalities. 2,500 American children are killed every year as a result of child abuse and 80 percent of those killed are under the age of four. Almost half are under age one. Ms Day says, "All it takes is a minute of your time to click here and sign the petition asking your member of congress to support this act, then send a letter to your Congressmembers." Much more must be done. The rate of child abuse fatalities continues to rise. An overhaul of the nation's child protection system is long overdue. The coalition's goal is to help prompt such an overhaul. Please also see We Can Do Better - a 24 page PDF filled with statistics and the Coalition Fact Sheet. |
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Special guest Larry Holmes |
Wednesday
1/11/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
Recommended show |
Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is Larry Holmes, former Heavy Weight Boxing Champion of the World. A resident of Easton, PA, Mr Holmes ranks among the most successful athletes of the 20th Century. He held on to the title for over 7 years between 1978 to 1985 with 48 straight professional wins and 20 consecutive title fights, securing him a place in boxing history along side the great boxing legends Rocky Marciano and Joe Louis. Larry Holmes has proved that hard work and discipline will guide you towards your life goals and monetary security. The "Champ" was born in Cuthbert, Georgia and moved a few years later to Easton, Pennsylvania. Larry's life ambitions at the time were to be able to survive poverty and help out his family which included nine brothers and three sisters. Larry dropped out of school at 7th grade to be able to financially help his mom and siblings. Mr Holmes has transferred his boxing abilities in the ring to his entrepreneurial skills outside the boxing arena, and regularly gives back to the community in a variety of ventures, as he travels throughout the world as a Celebrity Speaker and Motivational Boxing Icon for youth and troubled adults. |
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Special guest Andrew Willis |
Friday
1/06/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
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Tonight's SPECIAL GUEST is Andrew Willis from New York City. Mr Willis represents the Stop Abuse Campaign (www.StopAbuseCampaign.com), working collaboratively with NPEIV to eradicate abuse from America before 2036. They see their role as educating and enabling a popular, grassroots movement to stop abuse as well as igniting conversations about abuse so that people start talking and sharing and becoming more involved as a community. They invite everyone to take their PLEDGE. As the web site states, " It's going to take all of us working together as an organized and popular, grassroots movement to affect the necessary changes in law and societal attitudes concerning abuse – by education, activism, and funding." The Stop Abuse Campaign’s primary strategies to stop abuse are: (1) Educate all adults on how to create safe environments for themselves and those that they love. (2) Provide easy access to enhanced mental health treatment to all survivors who need it. (3) Ensure all abuse is reported into the system and effectively handled. (4) Recruit America’s adults to the movement to stop abuse. |
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Year in Review
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Sunday
1/01/2012
8pm EST, 5pm PAC
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Join our founder and host, Bill Murray, co-hosts MJ Goyings, ER RN, Jay Tow, MS, Certified Sex Therapist, Jessica Stevens, Carol D. Levine and Carl Hart, adult survivors of child abuse, as they discuss the News and Crime stories of the year from each of our two national grassroots efforts, LA Community Policing and the National Association of Adult Survivors of Child Abuse. Frequent visits from special guests and topic driven episodes featuring important related issues are all a part of "Community Matters" .. where call-in participation is always welcome! (Please see: www.LACP.org and www.NAASCA.org) |
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