The primary mission at NAASCA is to help abused people get into recovery. We also
actively advocate for a better understanding of the many issues that surround the problem of child abuse in America.
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Tonight's speecial guest is Jerome Elam, child abuse survivor and writer for the Washington Times (read 2 of his articles)
American Holocaust
Our first video - 2 min
by Bill Murray
America is experiencing an epidemic of child abuse.
Over 39 million Americans have been sexually abused, and an even greater number abused physically .. with violence.
Still others have experienced deeply damaging emotional traumas. And, sadly, 5 kids die each day from severe neglect.
One in 4 girls and one in 6 boys WILL BE sexually assaulted before they are 18 years old in today's society.
The National Association of Adult Survivors of Child Abuse (NAASCA.org) and LA Community Policing (LACP.org), our two sister organizations, have come together to launch a new Blue Ribbon Neighborhood WatchCampaign .. and are asking everyone in the nation to wear the symbol of awareness of child abuse in the month of April.
Why April?
Now in it's 29th year, the month was originally set aside by proclamation in 1983 during the Presidency of Ronald Reagan as a way of raising awareness for the issues of child abuse in America.
The Blue Ribbon that's associated with child abuse (much as pink ribbons are associated with breast cancer) was first established in 1989, yet few are aware of it even today.
To us it seems the country is just now starting to talk more seriously about these issues, learning to put aside the taboo of discussing such things as childhood sexuality in favor of saving our kids.
And that's a first step ..
Make yours aBlue RibbonNeighborhood Watchgroup
One of the premiere community-based policing programs is the neighborhood watch group, sometimes referred to as the community watch, and our children are among our most vulnerable residents.
Inexpensive and easy to support, and extremely effective, most police departments who understand the philosophy of community policing help to sponsor such meetings, often held monthly. The partnerships that result from such encounters frequently result in less crime and a reduction in the fear of crime, and they tend to raise the quality of life.
Yet few neighborhood watch groups, formed for the reason of fostering local public safety, ever consider a serious discussion of child abuse prevention, intervention and recovery.
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NAASCA and LACP ask
neighborhood watch groups
to consider the safety of
our kids, vulnerable and
innocent, at ONE Watch
meeting a year. Our
children need our help
avoiding becoming
victims
of abuse.
These numbers deal with the childhood sex abuse figures only. Imagine how bad they'd be if we added in the kids who experience violence, neglect and the emotional trauma that results from growing up in a severely dysfunctional family !!
Statistics only come from reporting, so we don't have accurate, objective numbers. A lot of child sex abuse and violence is never known.
But based on the reports we have, it's conservatively believed that in today's society 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys WILL BE sexually molested before they are 18 years old -- which means 1 in 5 of America's youth, or fully 20% to 25% of the population !!
In addition, as we mentioned we're concerned here at NAASCA with helping stop ALL kinds of child abuse, including sexual abuse, violence, emotional trauma and neglect, and the CDC believes that close to 50% of our youth will experience at least one of these .. at a cost of over 500 billion dollars a year !
Did you know:
There are over 39 million survivors of sexual abuse in America.
Somewhere between 2/3 and ninety percent of sexual abuse victims never tell !!!
293,000 children and youth are estimated to be at risk of exploitation.
100,000 are prostituted annually.
90% are abused by someone they know, love or trust.
20% of child sexual abuse victims are under the age of 8 .. most never tell, and some don't recall the abuse.
More then 60% of pregnant teens have been sexually abused.
55% of girls living on the streets engage in prostitution.
20% of prostituted girls are transported across state lines for services.
The average age of entry for girls into prostitution is 12 to 14 years old.
One in 7 children who are regular Internet users receive sexual solicitations online.
1 in 3 is exposed to unwanted sexual material.
1 in 25 receives a request to meet someone in real life that they met online.
800,000 children are reported missing every year in the U.S. or 2,000 every day.
An estimated 200,000 are abducted by family members; 58,000 by non family members, the primary motive for which is sexual.
In the most serious cases, the child is abducted by a stranger and killed, held for ransom, or taken with the intention to keep.
..The many issues surrounding the problem of child abuse in America need to be revealed .. and discussed. .......
.NAASCA: "one person in recovery helping another"
At NAASCA and "Stop Child Abuse Now" we're always looking for additional ways to engage the community. This web site is our most recent attempt. Your grassroots participation is what this is all about !! Together we can find solutions.
