Ending child sexual abuse cannot be done solely by cleverly worded brochures, sophisticated social media campaigns, or dynamic classroom presentations. We need to have a robust social movement of people from all walks of life working to create changes in our society, creating policies to promote safety and prevention efforts to ensure child sexual abuse will not happen in the first place.

Ms. Foundation for Women sponsored the 2012 Web Conference Series on Ending Child Sexual Abuse.

Ms. Foundation for Women sponsored the 2012 Web Conference Series on Ending Child Sexual Abuse.

Last year CALCASA’s national project PreventConnect was pleased to collaborate with the Ms Foundation for Women to sponsor a series of web conferences on ending child sexual abuse. Over the course of the year, Cordelia Anderson and Joan Tabachnick hosted web conferences that served as an online gathering place for thousands of people to share their insights into what it takes to build a movement to end child sexual abuse.
From this series, I learned about how the arts, healthy sexuality, youth serving organizations and the media can play a role in preventing child sexual abuse. I was inspired by speakers who described their “soap box” moments to spark change, by survivors who envision a world without child sexual abuse, and by the tenacity of policy advocates who seek social change.
Most importantly, I recognized the collective power of all of the advocates, survivors, prevention practitioners, therapists, sex offender management professionals, educators, artists, and others, to create change. Ending child sexual abuse is an ambitious goal, but together we will make a difference.
While I know a web conference series is not enough to build the changes we need to see, the series provides a strong foundation for the work. Recordings and materials from all of the web conferences are available. I encourage you to check them out:

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