Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN)

Tonight's special guest is Alloysa Chong from Brooklyn, New York, who now lives in Ft Lauderdale Florida. "I am an OVERCOMER of childhood abuse, domestic violence, loneliness, depression, neglect, fear, manipulation, torture, confusion, insanity, suicidal ideation, believing lies as truth, the inability to identify/avoid unhealthy relationships, parenting my parents all my life and being trapped i...

 Q & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight's special guest will be Felisha Johnson from Miami, Florida, who has an incredible story of transformation. She was physically and sexually abused, taken from her family, and placed in the fos...

Tonight's special guest will be Kristina 'Transparenci' Jones from Chicago, Illinois. Born and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida,  Kristina's passion is to help young girls and women acknowledge and heal from childhood trauma and sexual abuse, as she continues on her journey of redemption and recovery. Kristina enjoys sharing her testimony through poetry and spoken word, because “transparency tran...

Tonight's special guest is TeResa from Memphis, Tennessee. She was abandoned by her mother at 1 year old. At age 14, she met her mom for the first time. TeResa was introduced to alcohol and drugs by her. She experienced child sexual abuse at the hands of her brother and his friends multiple times. One day she decided to tell her mom about the abuse caused by her brother but her mom didn't believe...

Tonight's special guest is Geraldine Cullum (Geri) from Indianapolis, Indiana. "As a child, I grew up not liking visits with my grandparents on my father's side, especially my grandpa," she says. "You see, he didn't kiss me as most my family members' (on the cheek, or forehead). He would stick his tongue in my mouth. One trip on the way home to Indiana, my sister and I heard sad words about grandp...

Open discussion with survivors and professionals who'll field topics including some which are brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Those who call in will form a discussion panel. ~~ On these episodes we welcome various co-hosts, survivors and professionals who'll assist in fielding questions and lead a variety of topics suggested by our call-in participants. Their trauma-informed perspe...

Q & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight the special co-host will be Kim Lakin from Littleton, Colorado, a child abuse survivor and activist who's the founder of 'Soar On Eagles Wings', where she teaches about prevention and intervent...

Tonight's secial guest is special co-host will be Jo Rankin from Sarasota, Florida, a date rape survivor, a psychologist and an ordained Christian minister. Tonight she'll be telling her story for the first time. Jo says, "I studied psychology and became ordained in order to be able to help people." Suggesting she'd like to volunteer with NAASCA, Jo says she is hoping that, ".. her participation w...

Q & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight the special co-host will be Rev Henry (Hank) McGrath from Caroga Lake, New York, a child abuse survivor, author and NAASCA volunteer. Hank began life in a poor Irish family with 4 siblings in N...

Tonight's special guest is Maedene Elizabeth Kaminsky from Oxnard, California, a survivor of child abuse and new NAASCA member. She's a wife, homemaker and a mom of two children, a 14 year old daughter and 10 year old son with Downs Syndrome" I've been in recovery for mental health and addiction issues since 2005, but I struggled on and off for most of those years to stay clean and gain some conti...

Tonight's special guest is Ashley Mallard from Canyon Country, California, a survivor of horrific child abuse in his youth. He says, "I raised my children without imposing abuse. Prevention is a key to stopping the wheel of abuse so many face." He ought to know. He's been through a lot. "My parents divorced when I was born. I was repeatedly sexually molested by my sister (10 yrs my senior) and bea...

Q & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight the special co-host will be Michelle Bless from Cincinnati, a survivor of severe child abuse who's now a Minister and Chaplain. She'll appear on the 1st Thursday of each month and is the author...

Tonight's special guest is Wendy Casper from Lawrenceville, Georgia, an adult survivor of child abuse and a volunteer with NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness). "My abuse started at age 2," she says, "and went on till age 29 when my psychotic mother died. My life consisted of being thrown against walls, and having my bead bashed into walls. I couldn't handle this so I shut down and my brain...

Q & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight the special co-host will be Bill Murray from Los Angeles, our founder. Bill's recovery is 12 Step-based and spans over 3 and a half decades. Sexually abused by numerous clerics, all men, betwee...

Tonight's special guest is Lang Martinez from Oxnard, California, a returning NAASCA family member. When the topic of homelessness is brought up in Ventura County, a single name comes quickly to mind: Lang Martinez. Martinez has built a reputation for himself as a the only homeless advocate to have come from the same streets he now walks through with his head held high. His peer-to-peer approach h...

Tonight's special guest is Marita Murphy from Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, a CSA survivor  currently in appeals court for assaults from almost 50 years ago. Marita's mother raised her and 6 older siblings after her father died of a brain tumor. By age 7 her mother became unwell and Marita temporarily lived with a community family where she was molested and raped by 2 teens. Her story is another...

Q & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight the special co-host will be Monica Boglin from Puyallup, Washington, a survivor of sexual, physical, and emotional child abuse. Her preditors were all family members, and her parents were inten...

Tonight's special guest is Victoria Valentino from Altadena, California, an author, a sexual assault awareness activist, and one of the many survivors of the sexual abuse and trauma caused by Bill Cosby. "No one wants to get famous for being sexually assaulted," she says. "But sometimes, it's not about you. Sometimes, it's about finally telling the truth." Victoria became the sixteenth woman to co...

Q & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight the special co-host will be Pastor Deborah Schleich, who grew up all over the world in a military family where her mother was mentally ill, and is now a survivor-professional. Living in Pensaco...

Tonight's special guests are Terrie MacClalus & Rev Henry (Hank) McGrath, both from upstate New York. Returning NAASCA family members, they requested appearing together. The middle child of 5, Terrie says, "At ten, my parents split up and we became a tug of rope. That was also the end of my innocence and the beginning of what would become sexual harassment and a feeling of unworthiness and jus...

Tonight's special guest is Dominic Prophete, JD, from Newark, New Jersey, Chief Executive Officer of Wynona's House Child Advocacy Center in Essex County. Donna Brown, his Administrative Assistant,  may also appear. The mission is to promote justice, hope and healing for child victims of abuse and neglect throughout Essex County by coordinating investigation, prosecution, treatment, prevention, an...

Q & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight the special co-host will be Dr Jaime Romo from San Diego, an educator, consultant, author, and Minister, who promotes prevention and healing from child sexual abuse, particularly abuse by relig...

Tonight's special guest is Reuben Stutzman from Minnesota, an active member of the Amish Rescue Mission who grew up with a father who commanded Reuben follow what the church wanted him to do. "He’d be extremely angry and beat me severely," Reuben said, "When I disobeyed the commands of the bishop I’d get punished!" Reuben started secretly reading the Bible to find God's name, and when he found it...

Q & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight's special guest will be Cherie White from Covington, Tennessee, an anti bullying advocate and author of three books who uses her own story of being bullied and gaslighted to help those enduring...

Tonight's special guests are Rachel Hawley and Eli Yoder from the Amish Rescue Mission. Rachel grew up in Southern Minnesota. The Amish community where she was raised was so sheltered that she didn't even know there were any other Amish. She still has a lot of unanswered questions. In 2020 a little 12 year old Amish girl got pregnant in Missouri, by one of her 4 brothers. Rachel said, "Okay God, I...