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Police Chief O’Meara: Why CAC Matters

Posted by: cacjc / Nov 15, 2016 / Tags: Ashland Oregon, Ashland Oregon Police Department, Cherish a Child Luncheon, Tighe O'Meara

Post by Tighe O’Meara – Ashland, Oregon Police Chief I am going to start off on a dark note, but a real note, and one that needs to be recognized. 1 in 10 children are reported to be sexual assault victims. But let’s go ahead and make it worse, because this doesn’t account for the

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

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.

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

Birthday Wishes: Believe a Child or Not?

Posted by: cacjc / Apr 19, 2016 / Tags: child sexual abuse, forensic interviews, offenders, reporting child abuse, Tammi Pitzen

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County I have a birthday in April. I have no qualms about the number. I will be turning 47. 26 of those years have been spent working in one role or another in the field of child abuse. Wow! That equates to more

New Oregon laws and justice for victims

Posted by: cacjc / Jan 11, 2016 / Tags: Bill Cosby, Duggar girls, felony, justice for sex abuse victims, misdemeanor, New Oregon laws, Notre Dame Football, offender's constitutional rights, porn site, revenge porn law, sexual violence, suicide, upskirted, victim blaming

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center This week I was asked about some new laws that passed in Oregon and what they mean for victims. One extends the statute of limitations for sexual abuse. One increases penalties for people who video record or take pictures of victims during private moments and

What is your No More?

Posted by: cacjc / Jan 21, 2015 / Tags: compensation, delayed reporting of sexual assault rights, Fifth Amendment, Joyful Heart Foundation, legal system, National Alliance to End Sexual Violence, No More, pain and suffering, rape, reporting child abuse, statute of limitations, victims

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of The Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County Not surprising, I would say, but here we are in 2015 and I am still getting questions and reading about delayed reporting of sexual assault and how that must mean the abuse did not happen. I really don’t know what to say

Stephen Collins: Why did no one make a report?

Posted by: cacjc / Oct 10, 2014 / Tags: 7th Heaven, abused children, celebrities, child sexual abuse, Hollywood, offenders, reporting child abuse, Stephen Collins

By Tammi Pitzen, Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County This morning started as most any other morning. I got to the office early before anyone was here. I went up to my office. Checked email. Checked voice mail. Everything was going well until I checked Facebook. Circulating was a story on Stephen

Judge’s words hurt victims

Posted by: cacjc / Aug 6, 2014 / Tags: 31 Day Sentence, Billings High School, child sexual abuse, Judge Baugh, Montana Supreme Court, offenders, Rambold

By Tammi Pitzen, Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County I recently read about a judge in Montana being censored for some statements he made while handing out a sentence to a sex offender. This case has been so disturbing to me. Judge Baugh sent Rambold to prison for 31 days last

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