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A Coordinated Response to the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse |
Gomon v. Northland Family Physicians, Ltd., 645 N.W.2d 413, 418 (Minn. 2002) |
Your e-mail can help fight sexual abuse HERE'S HOW to protect our children from sexual abuse. Find your legislators website and email address here: geo.commissions.leg.state.mn.us/districts/start.html E-mail or call your House Representative and express your support of - House Files 1239 Then, e-mail or call your Senator and express your support of - Senate File 1096 In the few minutes it took to type your notes or make the calls you have done more to protect kids than these bill opponents: Minnesota School Boards Association Minnesota Religious Council [not JRLC] |
Each day of the year, the safety and well-being of children across Minnesota are threatened by child sexual abuse. Intervening effectively in the lives of our children and their families is not the sole responsibility of government, any single agency or professional group, but rather must be a shared community concern. The seriousness of the effects of child sexual abuse, the primary social illness in Minnesota, underscores the importance for various sectors of our society to work together in a dynamic partnership: |
A "Protecting Our Children" collaborative partnership creating prevention efforts and implementing appropriate plans and services, improved prevention laws, practice innovations, system reform efforts, and knowledge building are needed to provide the tools, knowledge and skills required to protect our children from sexual abuse. |
- government - the faith community - law enforcement - health care providers - social services agencies - schools - child care providers - community-based organizations - the legal community - parents and concerned citizens |
Frederick Douglas |
Bob Schwiderski |