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National Association of Adult Survivors of Child Abuse
National Association of Adult Survivors of Child Abuse
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CSA Survivor Force
The mission of CSA Survivor Force is to provide factual information about child sexual abuse (CSA) in a gripping manner to all forms of mass media to inform and educate large populations, reduce the stigma to discuss the topic, and affect change in individual and societal behaviors, policies and procedures across the U.S. and the world. |
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Child sexual abuse can be prevented and treated with a conscious and sustained effort.
Member - CSA Survivor Force:
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Cynthia (Cindy) Mordecai | |
Cynthia (Cindy) Mordecai - Kansas based activist
cindym22000@yahoo.com
785 / 871-0501
My name is Cindy Mordecai. My husband and I are parents of an adult childhood sexual abuse (CSA) survivor. I am not a victim, so I don't understand what victims go through. However, I have seen the effects of CSA in my daughter, my adopted sisters, and countless foster children that have been in our home.
Our 21 year old daughter was molested from the ages of 5 through 9 by a trusted friend, often while we were in the same building. It wasn't until recently, while she was going through counseling for depression, that her suppressed memories of the abuse were revealed and our family's lives were forever changed.
As I tried to make sense of the guilt and helplessness I was feeling at not being able to protect my daughter, I began searching the internet and found Stop the Silence. As I learn more about CSA (childhood sexual abuse), I have discovered the most helpful tool for prevention is raising awareness.
My husband and I have been foster parents for 24 years. We have had about 100 children in our home. Most of them stayed for only a couple of days or a week, but we have had about 25 that were in our home for several months, and some up to a couple of years. |
Based on the foster care education and training I have done, I believe many of these children show signs of sexual abuse and many of them have behaviors that are difficult for foster parents to deal with. Thus they are moved from home to home, only causing more challenging behaviors. The system is failing these children. When this type of child finally tells someone about the abuse they are not believed, or they are blamed, or they are bribed not to tell the authorities .. to prevent "causing problems" in the family.
In the process of working through my own anger and heartbreak, I have decided to do whatever it takes to prevent more children from going through this. I will not keep silent!
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