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Upcoming Awareness Campaigns
I’ve been getting some information on upcoming child abuse awareness campaigns that I wanted to share with everyone here. First up, Petra Luna, a musician/artist has declared Dec 1-8 as Male Abuse Awareness Week. In her own words: “Male Abuse Awareness Week December 1st through 8th is a campaign determined to represent male victims of…
Police Report Into Savile Published
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Sharing – Depression and Older Adults
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Out of the Comfort Zone: Teaching Kids Body Safety — The Good Men Project tags: CA Abuse survivors tell of long road back from shame tags: CA Meet the Female Paedophile tags: CA Child Abuse Survivor Waives Anonymity After Years of Torment by Adoptive Father to Help Others tags: CA Male survivors of sexual abuse…
Sharing – What You Need to Know About Suicidal Behavior Right Now
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Thank you for sharing the link to my book review of Rainbows In The Dark.
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“Marginalizing the abused: Six ways survivors are treated as insignificant” This blog post was so spot on! I blogged about it too! http://miathriver.com/marginalizing-abused/ And… Rainbows In The Dark – Book Review by Patricia Singleton is great too, she is a great advocate and blogger!