Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN - 758

Tonight's special guest is Rose (Rosey) Morrisroe from New Jersey, an educator, child advocate, and the founder of Soldiers Against Child Abuse, a national non-profit organization dedicated to raising child abuse awareness nationwide. Morrisroe is herself a survivor of sexual child abuse (which began at age 4). She chairs seminars at school districts and town hall meetings, which encourage parents and students of all grades to freely speak out about abuse. Morrisroe, a first grade teacher, is the first to create an age/grade appropriate curriculum for child physical and sexual abuse education, reaching grades K-5. Morrisroe wrote her newly launched book, “No Secrets Between Us,” to teach children in Kindergarten to third about recognizing and protecting themselves against sexual abuse. Michael Reagan (President Reagan's son) has endorsed Rose Morrisroe as just the right author for a children's book on this subject. Morrisroe’s organization, Soldiers Against Child Abuse (SACA), provides the public with continuous news and media coverage of child abuse cases, informative resources, links and tips to intervention and prevention, guidance to government agencies, and information on shelters and safe havens. SACA holds rallies in the tri-state area every April (Child Abuse Awareness Month) featuring educational resources, personal testimonies from survivors, and entertainment to attract audiences.