• Enough Abuse Campaign
• Spread the Word
• A Show of Hands

Enough Abuse Campaign

Child sexual abuse is "a silent epidemic," according to the American Medical Association. It's so widespread that each of us probably knows someone who is a victim or an offender, whether we realize it or not. It’s silent because most of us lack the knowledge and skills to detect and prevent it.

The Enough Abuse Campaign is a statewide effort to eliminate child sexual abuse in Massachusetts, and we are dedicated to obtaining and sharing the knowledge and skills necessary for prevention. The Campaign is for those who believe that we have had enough secrets, enough shame, enough hurt, enough confusion and enough denial that child sexual abuse is a serious epidemic. It is for those who are ready to say enough child sexual abuse and who are ready to work together to prevent it from happening in the future. In other words, the Enough Abuse Campaign is for all of us.

Enoughabuse.org also serves as the site of an exciting national prevention pilot funded by the Federal Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention (CDC) and operating in the Massachusetts communities of Gloucester, Newton and North Quabbin. If you live in one of these communities, go to the Get Connected section of this site for information about prevention acitivities in your area and how you can get involved.

Either way, join us in a show of hands against child sexual abuse.

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Spread the Word
You can spread the word in any number of ways. Talk to other parents and concerned adults about the child sexual abuse and the Enough Abuse Campaign. Get them to attend a training session with you on how you can all help prevent child sexual abuse in your community.

Bookmark the website. Forward it to a parent. Sign-up for the e-mail newsletter. Hang a poster. Distribute flyers. Come up with your own ideas.

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A Show of Hands

Ø Photocopy or trace your hand.(or print poster below)
Ø Write the words ‘ENOUGH ABUSE’ on the palm of the      photocopied hand along with your name and town or city. 
Ø Encourage friends and neighbors to participate by sending in      their "Show of Hands."

Print Poster: Orange, Pink, or White

Send a copy of your "Show of Hands" to: Enough Abuse Campaign 14 Beacon Street Suite 706 Boston, MA 02108

The Enough Abuse Campaign will showcase your hand along with others at various future prevention events and conferences.

Our goal is to raise 10,000 "Show of Hands". Let us be sure to include yours!

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