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MASSACHUSETTS CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE NEWSLETTER
WINTER 2015
  

SAVE THE DATE
for our
5TH ANNUAL STATEWIDE CONFERENCE,
Healing, Hope & Justice: 
An Advanced Conversation
TUESDAY, MAY 5TH
at the 
Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center, Framingham, MA

FEATURING
Keynote speaker Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.
Plenary speakers will include Tom Lyon, Ph.D., J.D.
motivational speaker Karen Vadino, and more!

View the event website for more information and coming updates!
      MACA ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD MEMBERS
MICHAEL CALJOUW,
Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs for 
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
MAUREEN FERRIS,
 Public Policy Director, Children's Trust

      MASSACHUSETTS CHILD WELFARE TRAFFICKING GRANT

The Massachusetts DCF, in partnership with the CAC of Suffolk County and JRI, has received the Administration for Children and Families Grant to Address Trafficking within the Child Welfare Population.

      CAC HIGHLIGHTS
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1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys will be sexually abused before their 18th birthday.
Only 1 in 10 will tell.
 
The One With Courage campaign focuses on the courage it takes, for both children and adults, to talk about child sexual abuse.
 
 
Are you One With Courage?
 
 
Watch our public service announcement, learn the signs, and visit our website to learn more.
IN THIS ISSUE
New Board Members
MA Child Welfare Trafficking Grant
CAC Highlights
One With Courage
THANK YOU DONORS!
We reached our fundraising goal, raising more than $7,500!
Thank you to everyone who donated this holiday season!

Click here to see the MACA Buddy Board for a list of our generous donors.
  
Missed our holiday campaign?


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OUR MISSION
The Massachusetts Children's Alliance is a membership organization that promotes an integrated, multidisciplinary team response to child abuse. Through support of our member organizations, MACA ensures that children and their families have access to the high quality, comprehensive, specialized and culturally competent services of a Children's Advocacy Center. MACA is committed to strengthening collaboration and fostering systemic and societal change to protect children.