SOS! SAVE OUR SKYE: April 2011

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

COME MARCH AGAINST JUDICIAL CORRUPTION WITH US

Our objective is to bring attention and media to expose all types of judicial corruption by marching on the state capitol here in Sacramento. The system is purposely putting children with abusers and child molesters for profit. Please come march and support our cause to grab media attention. Please share this event and bring your friends! BREAK THE SILENCE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ABUSE.

As many of you already know, Mother's of Lost Children and a few other organizations are marching at the Capitol in Washington D.C on Mother's Day, May 8, 2011 and on May 9, 2011.

There are many moms here in California who would love to be there but, due to financial or other considerations, can't travel to Washington D.C. this May. For this reason, a group of moms has decided to organize a march right here at our own CA State Capitol on May 9th. Our mission is to bring attention to the issue of how our broken family and juvenile court systems are harming children all over our state.

So far, we are still in the planning stages but we have applied for a permit to assemble at the Capitol on May 9, 2011 from 10 am to 7 pm. We would like to start of with a prayer and then march around the Capitol and maybe up to the appellate court. Speaker Pro Tempore Fiona Ma has graciously agreed to speak at our event and her assistant has applied for a committee room from 3pm to 5pm that day. We also sent a request to Assemblyman Jim Beall to speak regarding PAS and how it's use in family court harms children but haven't heard back regarding his availability. We would also like to assemble a panel of experts: attorneys, investigators, child abuse experts, judges, domestic violence experts, psychologists, authors, etc.. to speak as well. If you have contacts who may be willing to participate in our expert panel, please pass along their contact info. We would also like to have a survivor's panel comprised of those of us who have survived or are currently surviving (somehow) abuse by a perpetrator of DV or child abuse AND abuse by the family or juvenile court system. If you are a survivor and would like to participate and/or speak at our rally- Please contact me ASAP. After the panels and speakers, I would like to have everyone assemble once again in front of the Capitol for a closing prayer and "candlelight vigil" or moment of silence. I realize that in May, it won't really be dark enough for candlelight before 7 pm but it's the thought that counts. Also, open flames are not allowed so we would have to use glow-sticks or battery operated devices anyway.

We need lots of help to make this a huge success!

What we need right now:

Your thoughts and suggestions
A slogan
A flier
The support of our local non-profit organizations with anti domestic violence and anti child abuse agendas
Lots and lots of media attention
Experts for our panel
Survivors willing to participate in a panel and/or speak
Signs and banners
Survivors from each county and their supporters to join our march

Please contact me ASAP so that we can start to organize everything and make this a super event that will send a strong message to our lawmakers and the courts in our state!

Our goal is at least 1000 people! Lets show our lawmakers and the public that this is a serious issue and a widespread problem!

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Abuse Statistics

Abuse is much more common than we like to think...We all are affected by it in one way or another. We all know of someone who has been a victim of abuse, physical, sexual, mental, emotional, financial, or verbal.... Learn the signs and never be afraid to report....you could save a child's life.

Children are suffering from a hidden epidemic of child abuse and neglect. Over 3 million reports of child abuse are made every year in the United States; however, those reports can include multiple children. In 2007, approximately 5.8 million children were involved in an estimated 3.2 million child abuse reports and allegations.

A report of child abuse is made every ten seconds.

Almost five children die everyday as a result of child abuse. More than three out of four are under the age of 4.

It is estimated that between 60-85% of child fatalities due to maltreatment are not recorded as such on death certificates.

90% of child sexual abuse victims know the perpetrator in some way; 68% are abused by family members.

Child abuse occurs at every socioeconomic level, across ethnic and cultural lines, within all religions and at all levels of education.

31% percent of women in prison in the United States were abused as children.

Over 60% of people in drug rehabilitation centers report being abused or neglected as a child.

About 30% of abused and neglected children will later abuse their own children, continuing the horrible cycle of abuse.

About 80% of 21 year old that were abused as children met criteria for at least one psychological disorder.

The estimated annual cost of child abuse and neglect in the United States for 2007 is $104 billion.

Abused children are 25% more likely to experience teen pregnancy.

Abused teens are 3 times less likely to practice safe sex, putting them at greater risk for STDs.

14% of all men in prison in the USA were abused as children

36% of all women in prison were abused as children

Children who experience child abuse & neglect are 59% more likely to be arrested as a juvenile, 28% more likely to be arrested as an adult, and 30% more likely to commit violent crime.

Abused children are 25% more likely to experience teen pregnancy

Abused teens are 3 times less likely to practice safe sex, putting them at greater risk for STDs

Children who have been sexually abused are 2.5 times more likely to abuse alcohol

Children who have been sexually abused are 3.8 times more likely develop drug addictions

Nearly two-thirds of the people in treatment for drug abuse reported being abused as children.

Visit http://www.childhelp.org/ to learn more.