Million March Against Child Abuse:
Walks to raise awareness and
ask for tougher sentencing for violent
crimes
against children in the U.S.
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West Palm Beach FL, January 11, 2013 — For the first time in American
history on April 22, 2013, individuals in over 300 cities and 50 states
will join together in national walks to raise awareness of child abuse
and crimes against children in the U.S. Cities include Washington D.C.,
Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Charlotte, West Palm
Beach, along with many others. We are asking all citizens to
participate.
Location:
Palm Beach County Main Court House,
205 North Dixie Hwy. West Palm Beach, Fl. 33401
Time: 7am-5pm
Million March Against Child Abuse (MACA) is a non-partisan, grass
roots, nationwide effort to raise awareness of the magnitude of child
abuse, to educate the masses and ask our lawmakers for tougher
sentencing in violent crimes against our nation’s children.
The walk is spearheaded by Lin Seahorn, Founder of Children Without a
Voice (CWAV) out of Atlanta, Ga. (Pronounced C-WAVE). “Children are the
world’s greatest natural resource and should be protected more than
anything else on earth”, stated Seahorn. “We have to break the silence
around the magnitude of crimes against our children right here in the
U.S., educate the masses, hold our lawmakers accountable for taking
these crimes seriously and keeping violent offenders in prison where
they belong. We are asking everyone to join us in the streets on April
22nd.”
For those walking in Palm Beach, you must register by sending your
name, phone # and email to: macapalmbeach@gmail.com [2] For further
information on the Palm Beach walk: CLICK HERE [3] Those outside of the
Metro Palm Beach area can visit the MACA Washington DC facebook page
at: CLICK HERE [4] and click on the “About” tab to see if there is a
walk scheduled near you. If you would like to Lead, or Co-Lead in your
area, email: MACAcoordinator@gmail.com
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month
There are nearly 3 million REPORTED child abuse cases each year.
However, experts believe the actual number is closer to 9 million as
most go unreported. At a recent congressional hearing, experts testified
they believe nearly 10 children die each day in the U.S. as a result of
child abuse. One out of 6 boys and 1 out of 4 girls will be sexually
molested by a close and trusted person before the age of 18.
About Children Without A Voice USA
CWAV is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to raising
awareness and preventing crimes against children, child abuse and
neglect through advocacy and education. They teach classes on Shaken
Baby Syndrome prevention, Good Touch/Bad Touch and Anti-Bullying as well
as ships free educational materials nationwide. For more information,
please visit www.cwavusa.org [5]
For more information on MACA, visit the Washington, D.C. page at:
www.facebook.com/MMACAmarches [4]
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There is a growing nationwide grass roots movement to raise awareness
of crimes against children and child abuse in the United States. We
continue to see non-reporting of abuse and light or if any sentencing at
all passed down in crimes against our children, who are our future. We
are asking organizations, businesses, child advocates, churches,
supporters, family and friends across the nation to make a unilateral
stand against crimes against children, and for tougher sentencing. By
uniting all child advocates from across the nation, we hope to bring
national attention to this issue, erase the stigma of child abuse,
public opinion, the opinion of lawmakers, and most importantly bring
hope to millions of children affected by crimes and abuse. Currently
peaceful walks are scheduled in over 50 States and 300 Cities on April
22, 2013.
My name _ALIVIA GIANQUITTI_ and I serve on the National Planning
Committee for Million March Against Child Abuse in Boynton Beach/West
Palm Beach. By supporting a walk in your area, you will be greatly
helping to raise awareness of this silent epidemic. We are requesting
all Child Advocacy organizations to UNITE in solidarity.
Our latest and very exciting news…. PCA Prevent Child Abuse of
America a Nationwide Organization has joined us and is supporting our
walks around the nation and Linkin park just released a PSA public
service announcement for our walks across the Nation.
