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to speak for all children.
October 27, 2011

REMINDER:  ICM ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, TUES., NOVEMBER 15

 

When: Tues., Nov. 15, 2011, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.

 

Where: Druid Hills United Methodist Church, 1200 Ponce de Leon, NE, Atlanta, GA 30306

 

20% of Georgia's children live in poverty.  Come learn of ways that the interfaith community can respond to the growing needs of children and families in Georgia.

 

Speaker:  State Senator Renee Unterman of the Georgia General Assembly will discuss poverty in Georgia and initiatives to address the problem.  Sen. Unterman also will give a preview of the upcoming legislative session.

 

As always, you will learn more about the issues that children in Georgia are facing and network with others who are involved in the service of children.

 

Please contact us by calling 770-498-2141 or via e-mail at [email protected] and let us know that you will be present for the children of Georgia.

 

Refreshments are served.

COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN (CSEC) TRAINING FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

 

Governor's Office for Children & Families

Interfaith Children's Movement

Kennesaw State University WellStar School of Nursing

 

Invite you to join us

Thursday, November 3, 2011

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Introduction to Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children for

Mental Health Professionals

 6 CEUs approved by NASW-GA will be provided

free of charge.

 

Location:

Kennesaw State University Center for Continuing Education

3333 Busbee Dr., Kennesaw, GA 30144

(Parking is free.)

 

Lunch will be on your own.

 

Trainers:

Dr. Mary de Chesnay, DSN, RN, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN

Professor, WellStar School of Nursing,

Kennesaw State University, Community Health

 

Pamela Perkins Carn, Coordinator, Interfaith Children's Movement

 

This FREE session dispels some of the stereotypes about children exploited through the sex trade. We will cover who is vulnerable to recruitment, pathways to entry, risk factors, opportunities for intervention, appropriate and effective engagement with victims, and possible treatment strategies for commercially sexually exploited children.  The program includes video segments.

 

Space is limited.

Please RSVP to [email protected]

 no later than Monday, October 31, 2011. 

SPIRITUAL WITNESS FOR CHILDREN
Prayer
One of the most important things faith communities can do for children is to pray for them.
 
Every child is a child of God and deserves justice and compassion. Every child deserves our prayers.
 
ICM encourages every faith community to become a spiritual witness for children. Hold a worship service in your church, synagogue, mosque or temple and invite others to join in praying for the well-being of all children.
ICM Mission and Goals

 

The Interfaith Children's Movement (ICM) is an interfaith, grassroots, advocacy movement dedicated to improving the well-being of children in Georgia.  ICM was formed in 2001 as an intentional association of individuals and communities of faith from all religious traditions.

 

The Interfaith Children's Movement strives to be a voice for all Georgia children, but especially the poor and marginalized whose voices are often unheard. 

 

ICM works closely with Georgia's policy-oriented child advocacy organizations, such as: 

These organizations help set the agenda for our work for children at the policy level.  ICM's faith community members provide a megaphone to the legislature about what needs to be done for children.

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ICM Board of Directors

Bettieanne C. Hart, Board Chair

Rev. Joanna M. Adams

Carolina Antonini

Dustin Baxter

Rev. Toni Belin-Ingram

Rabbi Analia Bortz

Linda Eason

Elaine Eberhart

Lance Lourie

Rev. Andrew Peabody

Rev. Dr. Wendell Phillips

Donald Price

Imam Mansoor Sabree

Rev. Dr. Luther E. Smith, Jr.

David Soloway

Beatrice Soublet

Kathryn Stanley

INFORMATION RESOURCING
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  County Juvenile Justice Fund)

- Asian American Legal Advocacy  Center (AALAC)

- Atlanta Community Engagement  Team (ACET)

- Barton Child Law & Policy Center

- Children's Advocacy Centers of Georgia

- Children's Defense Fund

- Cobb Faith Partnership

- Community Health Interfaith  Partnership (C.H.I.P.) 

- Dignity in Schools

- ECPAT-USA

- Embrace Georgia

- Faith Alliance of Metro Atlanta

- Families First

- Georgia Advocacy Office

- Georgia Alliance to End    Homelessness

- Georgia Appleseed

- Georgia Association of Latino-   Elected Officials (GALEO)

- Georgia Budget and Policy   Institute (GBPI)

- Georgia Care Connection

- Georgia CASA

- Georgia Center for Child Advocacy

- Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning Bright from the Start

- Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students (GEEARS)

Georgia Job/Family Collaborative

- Georgia Rescue and Restore

- Georgians for a Healthy Future

- Governor's Office for Children  and Families

- Gwinnett SToPP Parent Coalition

- Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies

- HOPE for Georgia

- Interfaith Children's Movement

- JUSTGeorgia

- MAAC/EmpowerMEnt

- National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

- National Council of Jewish Women

- Not for Sale Georgia

- Refugee and Resettlement Services of Atlanta (RRISA)

- Refugee Family Services

- Renovacion Conyugal

- Rescue & Restore Victims of   Human Trafficking (U.S. Dept of  Health & Human Svcs:  Administration for Children &   Families)

- Southern Education Foundation

- StreetGRACE

- Strengthening Families and   Communities Coalition (Georgia)

- U.S. Citizenship & Immigration

- Voices for Georgia's Children

- VOX: The Voice of Our Generation

 

 

 

 

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 Doing what we are able to do. 
 Doing what must be done!