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It has been awhile since I have posted on here. Much has happened since the end of 2008. So far in 2009 I have visited Iceland two times to train facilitators for Darkness to Light and talked to a few hundred teens, trained volunteers for Center for Community Solutions in SD and I joined TAALK as the Program Director in June.
Ever since I came back to the states in 2006 I have been on the lookout for a non-profit that I could join. I was about to start my own, then found Diane Cranley the founder of TAALK. www.taalk.org Diane was already using Darkness to Light programs like I was doing in Iceland and her passion for prevention aligned with my vision. I feel that there are too many non-profit organizations out there fighting for attention – we are stronger together. I am very happy to be a part of TAALK.
Right now I am working on getting a community coalition going in San Diego, to give CSA it´s own voice. There are organizations doing great things for children and adults but to me it feels too often that child sexual abuse prevention is a small item on the agenda. I have found that I have enormous passion for this issue, for obvious reasons, and the drive to speak out on behalf of survivors and do a fairly decent job of empowering adults when I speak about prevention.
At any rate, I am back to it. Feel ready to keep it going on variety of topics related to CSA and my own personal healing that I will share. If you are someone that is interested with prevention, in helping TAALK or myself getting the word out, please let me know, I have a list of projects that can be done over the internet no matter where you are in the world.
