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December 23, 2014
Awareness, Education, Training, Advocacy
January 2015 Offers It All! 
Register for ICM's 2015 Celebration of Children Forum, January 22nd

The Celebration of Children is being held in support of ICM Day at the Capitol 2015 and will be held at Marietta First United Methodist Church, 56 Whitlock Avenue, Marietta, GA.

 

The Education Forum will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and is for anyone who is interested in learning more about service and advocacy opportunities for Georgia's children.
  

Our keynote speaker is Bobby Cagle, Director, GA Division of Family and Children Services.


The Resource Fair will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and is for anyone who is interested in accessing community resources and organizations whose mission it is to serve children and families.
Prizes and giveaways!

Free exhibitor tables available for both the forum and the fair. 

For more information and to register today, please visit 2015 Children's Forum.
Make Plans to Attend Mercer University's National Human Sex Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Week 2015 (January 11-16)

January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month.

 

In 2014, Mercer University initiated the Human Sex Trafficking Awareness & Prevention Program (HSTAPP). The week of January 11-17 will bring focus to the cause of combating human sex trafficking at the Atlanta campus of Mercer University. Join us as we showcase films, training sessions, research, faith, and art, in the hopes to bringing this much needed conversation of human sex trafficking to Mercer students.


Interfaith Children's Movement is proud to be a community sponsor of this event.


For more information and to register for events, go to
Sex Trafficking Awareness Week. For a pdf version of the week of events, click here.
Save the Date - January 10th & 24th
Combating Human Trafficking in DeKalb County
On January 10th, ICM, DeKalb County Human Development and the DeKalb County parks, recreation and cultural affairs divisions will kick off "Post It Up in the Parks" at 12:30 p.m.
-- a community-wide action to place the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline postings in all of the DeKalb County-operated recreational centers and parks. 
Adults and youth are invited and encouraged to attend!

ICM Small Logo On January 24th, join ICM, DeKalb County Human Development, Peace Baptist Church, Men Stopping Violence and others at the Porter Sanford III Performing Arts and Community Center from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for a community workshop on the issues of domestic violence and human trafficking. The Center is located at 3181 Rainbow Drive, Decatur, GA 30034.

ICM is a community partner of DeKalb County Human Development's T.A.K.E.N. initiative to combat human trafficking.
Save the Date - January 29th
Fulton County Schools Faith Summit 2015
On January 29, 2015, join ICM at the 2015 Fulton County Schools Faith Summit from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.  This initiative was created to generate strong and lasting relationships between faith communities and the school system in support of the students - to build bridges between our faith and school communities that will yield benefits for our students for years to come.

Interfaith Children's Movement is proud to serve on the steering committee for the 2015 Fulton County Schools Faith Summit.

Save the Date - February 5th is ICM Day at the Capitol 2015!
Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking (DMST) Lobby Day 2015 - February 12th

Join Georgia Cares, Street Grace, Wellspring Living and youthSpark to raise our collective voice in the fight to end 

Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking. This year's legislative agenda will include advocating for the passage of a Safe Harbor Law and we need you to stand with us in support.

 

February 12, 2015 | 8:00AM

The Historic Freight Depot

65 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive SE

Atlanta, GA 30303

 

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

2015 Open Enrollment for Health Insurance under the Affordable Care Act

The Open Enrollment period for 2015 coverage is November 15, 2014 to February 15, 2015.  If you haven't enrolled in coverage by then, you generally can't buy Marketplace health coverage for 2015 until the next Open Enrollment period for coverage the following year.

 

If you're enrolled in a 2014 Marketplace plan, your benefit year ends December 31, 2014. To continue health coverage in 2015, you can renew your current health plan or choose a new health plan through the Marketplace during the 2015 Open Enrollment period.

 

For more information, visit www.heathcare.gov.

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO BE INFORMED AND ENGAGED
--  Georgia Budget and Policy Institute's "Finding a Way to Make Georgia Better," January 7, 2015 -- For more information and to register, click here.

-- Georgians for a Healthy Future's Health Care Unscrambled, January 15, 2015 - For more information and to register, click here. 

-- Join Voices for Georgia's Children and Georgia Children's Advocacy Network (GA-CAN!) for our next panel discussion entitled "Sudden and Unexpected Child Deaths: The 2013 Child Fatality Report." The event takes place Thursday, January 15 from 1 - 3 pm in the Blue Room of the Freight Depot located at 65 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive SE, Atlanta, GA 30334.  There will be tons of opportunity for Q&A, so bring your curiosity and your questions!  As always, this is a free event, but we ask that you please register to ensure we have enough seating.
ICM Mission and Goals

 

The Interfaith Children's Movement (ICM) is a 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 children in Georgia, but especially the poor and marginalized whose voices are often unheard. 

 

ICM works closely with Georgia's policy-oriented child advocacy organizations, such as: 
ATTENTION  
Grand Theft Auto V video game is not a gift for any child.
   Commonsensemedia.org says "Crime, violence, sex, drugs, and alcohol = not for kids."

Sign ICM's petition today to the Entertainment Software Rating Board to change the rating of this video game.  

Go to:
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to ICM Today!

 

Your contributions help to create a better Georgia for children.  Make a monthly tax-deductible gift of $25.00 or a one-time gift of $100.00. Please make a secure, on-line, tax-deductible contribution. Do what must be done... GIVE to ICM today.
 
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Prevent Child Abuse Georgia

GA HELPLINE

1-800-CHILDREN

Please share this number widely.

 

Contact PCA of GA if your agency or organization would like to be included in the Helpline Resource and Referral Database

 

Contact Person:

Julia Neighbors

404-413-1419 or jneighbors@gsu.edu


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Wednesday's Child Georgia

   

 

Wednesday's Child, sponsored by the Dave Thomas Foundation For Adoption, is a weekly television feature about adoption that helps find permanent, loving, adoptive families for children in foster care.
 
Wednesday's Child Georgia is a partnership of the Georgia Department of Human Services, Dave Thomas Foundation For Adoption  and Fox 5 TV - Atlanta.

 

 

One of the most important things faith communities can do for children is to pray for them.

 

Every child is a child of God.  All children deserve justice, compassion and our prayers.

 

ICM encourages every faith community to become a spiritual witness for children. Hold a worship service in your church, synagogue, masjid / mosque or temple and invite others to join in praying for the well-being of all children. 

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