Stewards of children training
WHY DOES IT APPLY TO ME?Child sexual abuse is likely the most prevalent health problem children face, with the most serious array of consequences. In fact, 1 in 10 children will experience sexual abuse before their 18th birthday.
This means that whether you work with youth, are a parent, or are simply a member of a community, it is highly likely that someone you know or care for has experienced, or is currently experiencing, child sexual abuse. It’s going to happen whether you are prepared to deal with it or not – unless you stop it from happening. And the good news, it can be stopped.
WHY IS THIS PROGRAM DIFFERENT?Stewards of Children® uses real people and real stories to show you how to protect children. The framework of the training is built off the foundation of The 5 Steps to Protecting Children™.
You’ll meet survivors who lived through child sexual abuse, experienced its immediate and long-term effects, and ultimately were able to find healing. You’ll meet experts who work with children and families, and confront abuse on a daily basis. Many of these survivors and experts are also parents themselves.
This means that whether you work with youth, are a parent, or are simply a member of a community, it is highly likely that someone you know or care for has experienced, or is currently experiencing, child sexual abuse. It’s going to happen whether you are prepared to deal with it or not – unless you stop it from happening. And the good news, it can be stopped.
WHY IS THIS PROGRAM DIFFERENT?Stewards of Children® uses real people and real stories to show you how to protect children. The framework of the training is built off the foundation of The 5 Steps to Protecting Children™.
You’ll meet survivors who lived through child sexual abuse, experienced its immediate and long-term effects, and ultimately were able to find healing. You’ll meet experts who work with children and families, and confront abuse on a daily basis. Many of these survivors and experts are also parents themselves.
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Pennie Saum and the Brave and Unbroken team will be facilitating training across the PNW. Our next training are listed here to the right.
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8/21 - 6:00 P-8:00 P - $10
Puyallup Public Library 324 S. Meridian, Puyallup, WA 98371 9/18 - 6:00 P-8:00 P - $10 Puyallup Public Library 324 S. Meridian, Puyallup, WA 98371 |
july 20th - brave and Unbroken DAY!!!
Book release - Tacoma7/20 - Star Center, Tacoma, WA - 6:00pm-8:00pm
https://www.metroparkstacoma.org/star Book Release - SeattleBook Release - Portland, OR7/22 - Q Center, Portland, OR - 4:00pm-6:00pm
http://www.pdxqcenter.org/ Praises for Brave and Unbroken“Pennie Saum’s memoir is an overwhelmingly powerful and honest retelling of a horrific tormented childhood. She steps out of the silence that comes with childhood sexual abuse and brings forward the reality of the impact of trauma such as this. She has intertwined her childhood past with her mother’s battle and how the two stories relate. Brave and Unbroken is a perfect title for Pennie’s story. Her ability to share her voice, overcome horrific trauma and help make change for others is a true testament of her bravery and a story that everyone should read.”
-Marilyn Van Derbur, Author of Miss America By Day www.MissAmericaByDay.com “Pennie Saum grew up on military bases around the world, but no matter where she lived, the scenario was unchanged: grounded in a foundation of maternal love, laughter, and goodness, juxtaposed with paternal manipulation, hatred, and never-ending sexual abuse. Pennie gives us the gift of stepping into her courageous, decades-long fight for survival and following along as she finds blessings beneath the pain. It is a life-changing read.
Kathleen Prezbindowski, Ph.D., M.S.N. Biologist and long-term wellness/support group Facilitator "Pennie Saum's heroic story of surviving sexual abuse could not have arrived at a more appropriate time in our nation's history. The patchwork of raw memories Pennie shares unabashedly fills the pages in Brave and Unbroken - and will undoubtedly save lives for the sheer essence of being told. Her story should be read by young and old, gay and straight, survivors and therapists - humans everywhere."
Sarah Toce, Award-winning journalist and publisher |
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