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People of faith are called by that faith
to speak for all children.
March 12, 2012

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INTRODUCTION TO CSEC FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS - APRIL 2012 TRAINING SCHEDULE

 

Introduction to Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children for Mental Health Professionals 

(Six (6) CEUs approved by NASW-GA & LPCAGA will be provided free of charge.)

 

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 use the corresponding registration link below to register for the training date of your choice.

 

Please ensure that you provide an accurate e-mail address that you can access at any time. You will be required to print certain attachments for the training.

 

Parking is free; lunch is on your own.

 

Please contact Pamela Perkins Carn at [email protected] with any questions.

 

Information and Registration Links:

 

 

JOIN ICM AT OUR THIRD ANNUAL "COMING TOGETHER FOR ALL CHILDREN" AN ICM WELCOME AND REDICATION CELEBRATION (HIGHLIGHTING CELEBRATION OF EXCELLENCE)

 

ICM's Coming Together for All Children

The honor of your presence is requested, Thursday, April 19, 2012, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at ICM's third annual "Coming Together for All Children." We gather to welcome and celebrate you and the children we serve; and to renew our commitment to do what we are called to do; do what we are able to do; and do what must be done for children.

 

ICM's "Coming Together for All Children" will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta, located at 1911 Cliff Valley Way, NE, Atlanta, GA 30329.(Please go to www.uuca.org for directions.)

 

A light dinner will be served.  Please RSVP by April 14 for yourself and your guests.

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This is a great opportunity for child advocacy and other child well-being organizations to provide information about the work you're doing to help children in Georgia. Please let us know that you're coming.  Register today!

 

2012 Celebration of Excellence - 20th Anniversary

ICM's "Coming Together for All Children" will also be the culmination of our celebration of giving for the 20th Celebration of Excellence for Georgia's Foster Care Children.

 

As a partner sponsor of the 20th anniversary of the Celebration of Excellence, which is scheduled for June 13, we are asking you and your faith community or organization to participate in the celebration of giving by sponsoring 20 gift cards in increments of $25 for Georgia's foster children who are graduating from high school or from a post-secondary educational institution. For ease of use and access, we are asking that the gift cards be from Target or Wal-Mart.

 

Please bring your donation of 20 gift cards on April 19 to the "Coming Together for All Children" celebration and be part of the Celebration of Giving recognition ceremony.

JOIN ICM IN BUILDING A "BRIDGE TO HARMONY"

 

"Religious persecution anywhere is a threat to religious freedom everywhere."  Whether it is the imprisonment of pastors Sadegh-Khanjani and Yousef Nadarkhani by the Iranian government or one of the 1,322 "religious-bias" hate crimes in the United States, the victims deserve more than our shock and our silence.  They deserve our commitment to build relationships of understanding, appreciation and respect across boundaries of religious institutions and spiritual practices.

 

Become a bridge builder and help build the "Bridge to Harmony" by sharing your stories of encouragement on ICM's facebook page of how you have reached out or how you plan to reach out in peace and friendship to persons not of your own faith tradition.
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: 

IN THE NEWS
  

Atlanta Ranks Fifth in Child Poverty (WABE 90.1)

 

Child Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking (HR 1161) WABE interview with Sen. Renee Unterman of the Georgia General Assembly

 

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ICM Board of Directors

Bettieanne C. Hart, Board Chair

Carolina Antonini

Dustin Baxter

Rev. Toni Belin-Ingram

Rabbi Analia Bortz

Linda Eason

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)

- Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasting

- Barton Child Law & Policy Center

- Building Understanding Communities (BUDS)

- Caminar Latino, Inc.

- Children's Advocacy Centers of Georgia

- Children's Defense Fund

- Cobb Faith Partnership

- Communities in Schools-Georgia 

- 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

- Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atl

- JUSTGeorgia

- MAAC/EmpowerMEnt

- National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

- National Council of Jewish Women

- Not for Sale Georgia

- Open Jewish Project

- 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)

- Success for All Students

- U.S. Citizenship & Immigration

- United Methodist Children's Home (Decatur)

- United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta

- Voices for Georgia's Children

- VOX: The Voice of Our Generation  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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