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A Courageous Voice and Hope Against Trafficking: Working together in schools DETROIT, Mich. — A Courageous Voice has partnered with Hope Against Trafficking. Lexie Schwarze, Executive Director for Hope Against Trafficking, and Amy Mullins, CEO and Founder of A Courageous Voice, will collaborate using prevention education around child safety by working with schools and communities within Oakland County. Hope Against Trafficking was created with the realization that there was a lack of long-term, safe, restorative environments for adult survivors of human trafficking. By working with A Courageous Voice, both organizations can provide vital lessons in prevention education to children to keep them safe off and online. The mission of Hope Against Trafficking is to create a safe space with restorative programing for survivors of human trafficking to rewrite the stories of their lives while also providing community education. The theme of safety mirrors the mission of A Courageous Voice: to prevent and protect children from child sexual abuse using evidence-based, educational tools to raise awareness and empower families to stop this violence. Human trafficking has been reported in every zip code in Michigan . Additionally, one in ten children will be sexually abused before their 18th birthday. These statistics are why the missions of Hope Against Trafficking and A Courageous Voice are so essential. Children who have been abused are higher at-risk to become part of a more vulnerable population, being manipulated into toxic and abusive lifestyles such as sex and labor trafficking. Prevention education around child safety is the best way to give children safer and brighter futures, and help build stronger communities to reduce the statistics around trafficking and abuse. For more information about ACV's new partner, visit Hope Against Trafficking's website . Hope Against Trafficking welcomes involvement through donations, volunteering, ambassadors, and more. Learn how to take action here . To support A Courageous voice, make a donation or find how to get involved here . A Courageous Voice is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization serving Wayne and Oakland Counties using prevention education around child safety in schools and other youth-serving organizations. ACV is committed to keeping children safe off and online against all types of abuse, bullying, cyberbullying, online dangers, and more. ACV uses the framework of HOPE . With prevention education, our hope is that children will have increased opportunities for positive childhood experiences. ACV was founded by Amy Mullins, a survivor of CSA who is a certified life coach and has worked with youth for over 30 years. She is a certified facilitator of Child Safety Matters and Stewards of Children, Trauma Informed certified, HeartMath The Resilient Heart: Trauma Sensitive certified, and educates youth organizations, schools , educators, and families about the importance of prevention education around child safety. Locations: Main Office - Oakland County 35 W. Huron St., Pontiac, MI 48342 Wayne County 2716 Joseph Campau, Detroit, MI 48207 Media Contact: Xander Piasecki xander@acourageousvoice.org info@acourageousvoice.org ###
A Courageous Voice adds Social Emotional Learning classes to Kids Voices Matter program
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Kids Voices Matter Program teaches youth vital lessons about safety and social-emotional learning DETROIT, Mich. — A Courageous Voice has partnered with the Monique Burr Foundation to provide prevention education to schools and afterschool programs in Oakland and Wayne counties. The group of K-12 programs titled Kids Voices Matter is an evidence-based curriculum for prevention education around child safety and wellness. The curriculums teach children core skills through engaging and interactive lessons to enable them to protect themselves from danger. These lessons could teach kids necessary lessons to protect themselves from bullying, cyberbullying, digital abuse, all types of abuse, and other dangers. Kids Safety Matters is used in both private and public schools and focuses on teaching five safety rules to help keep kids safe on and offline. The two lessons differ based on age group, providing an optimized learning experience for kindergarteners through seniors/twelfth graders. After-School Matters is used in after-school programming and focuses on on and offline safety through the same five safety rules taught in Kids Safety Matters. Differing from the in-school lessons, After-School Matters is a six-week, combined class curriculum featuring art activities, games, and discussions for an interactive experience for the children involved. Our Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) group classes are a one-hour class where children are encouraged to learn more about self-awareness, social awareness, self-management, responsible decision making, and relationship skills. This class includes fun activities for all ages, using the HOPE framework and HeartMath techniques for heart coherence. All curriculum is taught by certified facilitators to guide them in teaching children about safety and wellness. According to research from RAINN , 93% of victims under the age of 18 know their abuser. It is important to teach children how to identify safe and trustworthy adults to prevent potential dangers. Child sex abuse is a serious issue and it is not the only issue children can face. When children go through CSA and other dangers, it can follow them through life. This is what ACV aims to prevent with their programming. The implementation of the Kids Voices Matter program in schools and after-school/youth programs would provide children with skills and confidence to keep themselves safe from a range of dangers. Now is the perfect time to consider implementing Kids Voices Matter programming in schools and youth programs in the new year. Contact Xander Piasecki at xander@acourageousvoice.org or email A Courageous Voice at info@acourageousvoice.org to take the next steps toward ensuring child safety. A Courageous Voice is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization serving Wayne and Oakland Counties that focuses on preventing and protecting children from child sexual abuse (CSA) using comprehensive, evidence-based educational tools to raise awareness and empower families to stop violence. ACV was founded by Amy Mullins, a survivor of CSA who is a certified life coach and has worked with youth for over 30 years. She is a certified facilitator of Child Safety Matters and Stewards of Children, Trauma Informed certified, and educates youth organizations and schools about the importance of prevention education. ###
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