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How are children faring in Oregon?

Posted by: cacjc / Oct 17, 2016 / Tags: 2015 Child Welfare Data Book, CAC Community Forum, CASA Jackson County Oregon, Jackson County Oregon, Oregon Foster Parents, PROTECT OUR CHILDREN Child Abuse Prevention Training, The Family Nurturing Center

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County Today I am sitting in my office listening to the rain and feeling a little sad and a lot overwhelmed. It’s Sunday and the office is very quiet except for the rain trickling through the rain gutters and the tap of my

Judge blames rape victim for not “keeping her knees together”

Posted by: cacjc / Sep 15, 2016 / Tags: Canadian Law, consent, just kept her knees together, offender behaviors, rape trauma, re-victimization, Robin Camp, trauma, victim blaming

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County That day is not today. Remember in my last blog that I yearned for a tomorrow where people understood trauma and what consent is? Well, after reading a story in the news and doing a little research on that story…that day is

A Survivor Shares her Story: Why CAC Matters

Posted by: cacjc / Sep 12, 2016 / Tags: Cherish a Child Luncheon, child abuse survivor, Crystal Heart, Kira Zavala

This is the inspiring speech presented by Kira Zavala at last year’s 2015 CAC Cherish a Child luncheon. Kira shares her experience as a survivor of child abuse and as a child receiving services from the CAC. My name is Kira Zavala. I am a mother, wife, community volunteer, business woman and a survivor

Our New Development Director: Why the CAC?

Posted by: cacjc / Sep 12, 2016 / Tags: Arkansas Department of Human Services, Julia Saemi

By Julia Saemi, Development Director at the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County So how does someone with an economics and budgeting background end up as a Development Director of a small non-profit? I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gotten that question in the two months that I’ve been working at the Children’s

Judges cares about star athlete who rapes, not about rape victim

Posted by: cacjc / Sep 2, 2016 / Tags: Aaron Persky, Brock Turner, Judge, rape, rape victims, rapists

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of The Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County As I sit here today and write this, I am thinking about how many times I have written words, spoke about or read about how victims of sexual assault continue to be impacted by the lack of appropriate punishment of their offenders.

A Building Bridges Adventure with the CAC kids

Posted by: cacjc / Aug 9, 2016 / Tags: Building Bridges, children healing from abuse, Double Oak Farm, Sanctuary One, Virginia Sagal

By Virginia Sagal, Communication & Outreach Coordinator, The Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County The kids were waiting, very excited for the bus to arrive and take them to the Sanctuary One at Double Oak Farm! There they would get a tour of the farm. The tour would include visiting with all the Sanctuary One

Good News: High school freshman making a difference

Posted by: cacjc / Jul 18, 2016 / Tags: faith in humanity, Impact Soccer Clinic, Milan Bobek, raising awareness, soccer

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of The Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County My faith in humanity has been restored. I have to be honest. I have been struggling the last couple of weeks. I have been struggling to reconcile the violence, the hatred, the arguing, the shaming, and the lack of empathy that

Brock Turner: A Dangerous Unrepentant Rapist

Posted by: cacjc / Jun 7, 2016 / Tags: 20 minutes of action, alcohol abuse, Brock Turner, no consent, rape, rape victims, rapist, sexual assault

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center I am angry. I am disappointed. I am disheartened. I pay very close attention to the outcomes in rape cases across the country, especially those that are deemed “news worthy” as they tend to be a gauge of what we as a society think about

Farewell to our Development Director, Michelle Wilson

Posted by: cacjc / Jun 2, 2016 / Tags: CAC Development Director, Michelle Wilson

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County As I sit behind my computer staring at a blank screen I am very humbled and possibly somewhat overwhelmed. Today I am writing about changes at the Children’s Advocacy Center. Changes that bring on both feelings of happiness and deep sadness. We

The CAC Movement: Behind the Scenes in Washington DC

Posted by: cacjc / May 17, 2016

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of The Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County I am going to write a different kind of blog today. I just spent an amazing two days working with about 30 other professionals across the country in DC during a strategic planning exercise. We were working on the strategic goal of

How are children faring in Oregon?

A Survivor Shares her Story: Why CAC Matters

Our New Development Director: Why the CAC?

Judges cares about star athlete who rapes, not about rape victim

A Building Bridges Adventure with the CAC kids

Good News: High school freshman making a difference

Farewell to our Development Director, Michelle Wilson

The CAC Movement: Behind the Scenes in Washington DC

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