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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif",sans-serif">Please see the following information. And thanks to all of you who do this work every day. – Jeff<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Child Abuse and Sexual Assault Prevention Month:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>A Call to Action<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">April is child abuse and sexual assault prevention month. It is a time to review – how are we doing in our collective effort to support families, ensure the safety of all children in our community, and to reduce sexual violence? It is a
time to prioritize – what are our most important next steps? And, it is a call to action. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Many individuals and people representing 13 local organizations created a child abuse prevention month website that provides an array of action options any of us can take this month and across this year. I encourage you to scan through
the website and to share it widely. The address is: <a href="http://getinvolvedlanecounty.org/">
http://getinvolvedlanecounty.org/</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">At ‘Get Involved’ you’ll find, for example, illustrations of pinwheel gardens scattered across Lane County, you’ll find toolkits, available in English and Spanish, and you’ll find a beautiful audio public service announcement created by
talented members of our community (also available in English and Spanish). The PSA offers a hopeful and validating message to parents, and encourages all of us to reach out to support parents and child guardians in our lives. You’ll find, also, a link to Lane
Kids events, volunteer opportunities at United Way, and suggestions for ‘Blue Sunday’ for members of our faith community – among many additional resources.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please take some time to review this information. Share it widely.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Many activities are also underway to raise awareness and reduce sexual violence. For more information about those efforts, please see the Office of the Dean of Students at
<a href="http://dos.uoregon.edu/svpe/saam">http://dos.uoregon.edu/svpe/saam</a> and Sexual Assault Support Services at
<a href="http://sass-lane.org/">http://sass-lane.org/</a>. Take Back the Night, in Eugene, is April 27<sup>th</sup>, beginning at 6:00 pm at the University of Oregon’s EMU.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif",sans-serif">Jeff Todahl, Ph.D.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif",sans-serif">Co-Director,
<a href="https://education.uoregon.edu/rou/center-prevention-abuse-and-neglect">Center for the Prevention of Abuse and Neglect</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif",sans-serif">Associate Professor, Couples and Family Therapy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif",sans-serif">Counseling Psychology and Human Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif",sans-serif">College of Education, University of Oregon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif",sans-serif">(541) 346-0919; (541) 346-6778 (FAX)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif",sans-serif">5251 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif",sans-serif">Center for the Prevention of Abuse & Neglect<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif",sans-serif">Rainier Building 1244 Walnut St. Eugene, OR 97403<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif",sans-serif">For information about our child abuse prevention initiative,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif",sans-serif">Please see</span>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif",sans-serif"><a href="http://90by30.com/">http://90by30.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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