April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Albany State University presented a special program today to draw attention to the plight of abused children
The local child advocacy organization Open Arms promoted National Hope Day. The group lit five candles which stood for love, peace, joy, faith, and hope.
Open Arms asked local actress Betty Vaughn-Sweat to write and perform a skit about an abused child. Her scenario featured a young girl who was sexuality assaulted and later impregnated by her stepfather. The absence of the girl’s mother led her to drugs and prostitution.
Vaughn-Sweat says she was moved by the entire day.
“When I wrote the piece and I was really doing it today and really realizing what it was I was saying, what I was saying young people go through every day; it really touched my heart,” said Vaughn-Sweat.
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