The Y Joins Five Days of Action to Protect Children from Sexual Abuse
The Y is participating in the Five Days of Action. The Five Days of Action is a week long campaign to raise awareness and inspire adults to take action to protect children from sexual abuse.
The Y encourages adults and organizations to join in marking this special week as the community comes together to make the community a safer place for children to live, learn, and play. With summer right around the corner—when children gather for activities and camps, it is a wonderful time to bring attention to the simple ways we can all make the children in our community safer.
The Know. See. Respond. campaign ties in three impact areas –preventing child sexual abuse at both summer camp and in youth sports, and internet safety.
Know
Knowing the facts about child sexual abuse can help adults better understand what to look for and how to prevent it. As parents, caregivers, and trusted adults to the young people in our lives, we play an important role in protecting them from abuse. Learn more about the different types of abuse, the signs and how you can help at childhelphotline.org.
See
Media and technology are at the center of children’s lives every day. With more of life happening online, what catches their attention isn’t always what’s best for them. As a parent or caregiver, you may SEE a child interacting with media daily, and you can be equipped with the tools and resources to make sure any environment (including online) is free from any abuse. Learn more at commonsensemedia.org/articles/online-safety.
Respond
How can you RESPOND to the call to help prevent child sexual abuse? As a parent or caregiver, you may know it’s important to talk about it, but you may not know what or when to say it. Committee for Children has created the Hot Chocolate Talk campaign, packing decades of research into easy-to-use guides to help you begin these crucial conversations – at any age, from toddler to teen. Visit cfchildren.org/resources/child-abuse-prevention/to learn more and empower your child to report and refuse sexual abuse.
The Y believes the children of the community should have a happy and safe childhood as it is our responsibility as adults and organizations to stand up to protect that right. We hope to inspire other organizations and members of our community to create safe spaces that protect children from sexual abuse by joining in the Five Days of Action campaign.
