TAALK, RAINN & an AL update!

I'd like to give you information about Male Survivor, a 501c3 charity organization that helps male survivors of abuse by providing necessary services such as therapy, support, and so much more... Here is a new talk show dedication.

Dr. Fradkin will be a featured speaker on

TAALK's First Talk Show Dedicated to Child Sexual Abuse Issues.

Dr. Howard Fradkin, co-chair of MaleSurvivor's Weekend of Recovery program,

will
be a featured speaker April 29th, 4:30-5:30 EDT on The TAALK Show with
Diane Cranley, which will be the first talk show dedicated to the
international issue of child sexual abuse. TAALK is hosting a 24hr
TAALK-A-THON on April 29th, beginning at 8:00am(pdt). TAALK has gathered
more than 60 of the worlds top experts and leaders in the child sexual
abuse arena. Each hour is a different theme.

Dr.
Fradkin will be joined by film producers Kathy Barbini and Simon
Weinberg (who co-produced the film Boys and Men Healing) for "Dare to
Dream: Empowering Boys and Men Healing from Childhood Sexual
Abuse". Expand your understanding of the impact of child sexual abuse
on boys and men. Male survivors will gain hope and be empowered to
actively engage in their healing and others will learn how their
understanding and compassion may be all that's needed for a male in
their life to disclose and begin his healing journey.

"Child
sexual abuse is predictable, preventable, and everyone plays a part in
the solution. Experts estimate there are 39 million survivors of child
sexual abuse in America alone and we believe it's time to talk about
it." says founder and host Diane Cranley.

You can register for FREE and get all the links you need to listen in:

Go to the TAALK web site, http://

www.taalk.org/TAALK-A-THON

.

MaleSurvivor.org

5505 Connecticut Avenue NW

PMB 103

Washington, District of Columbia 20015

Please visit their website here.

RAINN, which stands for Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, has a lot going on to help survivors of sexual assault. I'm amazed at what they do, and right now, the big agenda is to Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry (SAFER) to congress. It's getting bipartisan support, and sponsoring to the House of Representatives are Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Ted Poe (R-TX).

There is so much more going on, and lots of cool stuff, like meeting wrestlers with a donation to help abuse survivors. Please visit RAINN's website here for more information.

More good news, April's Law Wisconsin is out to the full state legislature to get sponsorship from all parties involved, as well as both branches of the state legislature. I've been in touch with Senator Wangaard's office, and will be tentatively having a phone conference on Thursday, May 12 in the afternoon to talk about it. Since he's gotten the email from Representative Cory Mason, the office is aware of it already, so I'm hoping for a slam dunk, even though sponsorship is due by May 6. The ironing of the budget seems to be taking up so much time, that it's getting frustrating that we haven't made time for much of anything else in the legislature... Our children are too precious and important to ignore, and predators are getting more dangerous and sneaky by the day.

To learn more about the topic, please visit Youth Voice Initiative's website to find out more. Have a look around, don't worry. It's all confidential.