Family Rights and Child Abuse News

'Changing the World, One Child at a Time' summit held in Slidell

by Carol Wolfram

St. Tammany Parish Schools Kids in Transition liaison Ann Pressly was among that number, explaining that there currently are 1,320 "homeless" students enrolled in the St. Tammany school system.

"Homelessness in St. Tammany Parish is a little secret hidden from most of us," she said. Kids in Transition provides services for youths and families in transitional living situations. Pressly stressed that this includes young mothers with children, teens escaping alcoholic parents, children whose parents have lost their income, and children of stranded strangers.

nola.com

December 9, 2010

'Failure to Protect' - From the Diocese of Fairbanks

by Richard Wexter

There was a story on NPR yesterday about rampant sexual abuse in isolated compounds, perpetrated by religious leaders.

Although there were relatively few offenders, the number of victims is staggering. The "compounds" are Native Alaskan villages. The abusers were priests and lay volunteers supervised by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks in the 1960s.

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

April 22, 2008

'Fierce advocate' for Foster Kids Terminated by Board

by Nebraska Watchdog

The longtime director of the Foster Care Review Board was ousted today by her board of directors, who voted unanimously to terminate her after 29 sometimes tumultuous years at the helm.

It was unclear exactly why the board terminated Carol Stitt - who was hailed by both the board and her supporters as one of the fiercest advocates for foster kids in Nebraska. After the meeting, some of Stitt's supporters were in tears and others just furious. Lynn Rex, executive director of the League of Nebraska Municipalities, said it was disgraceful that Stitt was not allowed to continue "important work."

missouri-news.org

January 21, 2012

'Frankenstein foods' a good thing? It's all great GM lies

by Joanna Blythman

Environment Secretary Owen Paterson rounded on critics of GM technology as 'humbugs' last week, and insisted GM food should be grown and sold widely in Britain.

During the course of his ringing endorsement, he managed to spark outrage and alarm by claiming 'there isn't a single piece of meat being served [in a typical London restaurant] where a bullock hasn't eaten some GM feed'. His belligerent intent was quite clear. The message he wanted to get across was that GM crops are already here and in the food chain, there's nothing to fear - and nothing we can do about it.

dailymail.co.uk

December 17, 2012

'Govabuse' group plans Spokane protest

by Kevin Graman

A family rights group is planning protests on Friday (August 12, 2011) against the child welfare system at courthouses across the nation, including Spokane.

The protests, planned in 42 states and Washington, D.C., are being organized by an Internet-based movement known as Govabuse and will target family courts, child protective services and foster care systems that it says "separate and financially demolish families," according to the organization's website, govabuse.org.

spokesman.com

August 10, 2011