Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN)

Tonight's special guest is Dr Kat Smith from Dallas, Texas, a survivor, an author, a speaker who describes herself as a resilient survivor, and an authentic, creative, inspirer. Kat is a show host and former co-host of a syndicated morning radio show with ABC Radio Networks, Inc. She's an engaging expert guest who is transparent and honest in sharing her truth and talking about difficult topics. H...

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 Nissi Hamilton from Houston, Texas, was born to an adolescent mother who had herself been sexually trafficked by extended family members from 11 to 13. "When I was b...

Tonight's special guest is Jennifer (Jenny) Murphy from Fort Meyers, Florida, a returning NAASCA family member and a Child & Family Therapist, Child Advocate, CSA & Sex Trafficking expert who was last with us in 2016. We were both surprised it had been that long and Jenny says she's done lots of things since then." I've been working with Sex Crimes victims/Survivors & offenders since 1...

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 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 Pensacola,...

Tonight's special guest is Darlene J Clark from Tennessee, a child abuse survivor, author, NAASCA family member, volunteer and an activist. She's experienced just about all forms of abuse; sexual, physical, mental, monetary, psychological, domestic, and spiritual, and was abused by people in power who did not protect her. Her two books, 'Shattered Innocence' and 'Born In A Living Hell', are largel...

Tonight's special guest is Marcus Miller from Pensacola, Florida. In 1967, desperate to flee an abusive father, he ran away from home at age eleven. His journey that would took him from central Oregon down to California, east into Nevada, and across the country to Florida, on freight trains, Greyhound Bus, and hitchhiking. The trek took one hundred and sixty-three days. It was not accomplished wit...

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 ? ~~ On these episodes we welcome various co-hosts, survivor-professionals who'll assist in fielding questions and lead a variety of topics suggested by our call-in part...

Tonight's special guest is Kara Witkowski from Elgin, Illinois, a victim of domestic violence and rape whose 2 year old son, James, died as a result of various serious injuries including an unexplained prolapsed rectum and a cervical spinal cord injury. An excellent BLOG, 'Suffer the Little Children', was written about the case. Kara says, "I can’t fathom how any of this was allowed to go on, let...

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 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 Pensacola,...

Tonight's special guest is Paul Howard from Studio City, California, a child abuse survivor who's a filmmaker, artist and activist. He loosely uses his own story in his newest film, 'Tomorrow', an award winning short film, written and directed by Karis Campbell. It now includes an 'Epilogue' companion piece where the two, along with child safety educator, Pattie Fitzgerald, discuss the film and it...

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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 Barbara Joy Hansen (Bobbie Joy) from Milford, Massachusetts. She's the International Award-Winning Author of 'Listen to the Cry of the Child' and Co-Host of NAASCA's...

Tonight's special guest is Katie Flaherty from upstate New York. "As a young girl, I experienced sexual abuse from a step relative," Katie says, "and nobody knew it was happening to me. I felt lost, confused and was instructed that this was normal. I was told to never tell anyone as this would result in serious consequences. So feeling alone was all I knew." She goes on, "Then as a teenager, I was...

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 fost...

Tonight's special guest is Victoria Kelly from Minneapolis, Minnesota, a returning guest. She's a child abuse survivor and long-time NAASCA family member / volunteer.  Victoria was abused almost from birth in nearly every way imaginable. She was sexually assaulted starting as a baby, an experience that was repeated by numerous predators and perpetrators and went on and on. In addition her alcoholi...

Tonight's special guest is Lora DeVore from St. Paul, Minnesota, a respected professional who has experienced trauma that once lay secreted in a dark inner world wrapped in shame, confusion and a ravaged nervous system. Lora is a survivor of abuse, sex trafficking, illegal pharmaceutical drug research, and institutional abuse: she can speak for those like her, who have been silenced for decades. S...

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 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 of...

Tonight's special guest is Regla_girl from San Diego, California, a child abuse survivor and long-time NAASCA family member. In the past, she frequently participated as a panelist on many of our SCAN talk shows. We're looking forward to catching up with her! Regla_girl and both siblings were victims of ritualistic sexual abuse perpetrated by women in the family, one of them her mother. She thinks...

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. Tina Medina from Kansas City, Kansas, sexually molested as a child by her uncle. In recovery, Tina is now a professional writer specializing in public relations,...

Tonight's special guest is Melanie Blow from Rochester, New York. As a survivor of incest, psychological abuse and a host of other childhood trauma, Melanie is the Executive Director of the Stop Abuse Campaign. The mission at the Stop Abuse Campaign is to prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) through public education and public policy. The ACE study looks at three categories of adverse expe...

Tonight's special guest is Cindy Beth who hails from Arkansas, a child abuse survivor and author of the book 'Full Frontal Nudity', recently published as her memoir. The first thing Cindy told me was, "I was a child inside organized crime." She goes on to say, "The FBI and attorney generals have not been able to assist me. I want to talk to the public. I was severely ill for years from the abuse a...

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 Rae Luskin from Deerfield, Illinois, a  survivor and activist and the CEO & Founder of 'The Winning Adventure'. "I am a thriver and mentor," Rae says. "I used cr...

Tonight's special guest is Marvin T from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who'll be telling his story of emotional abuse and scapegoating during childhood. His first memory of his parents at 3 years old included acts of physical and emotional abuse as punishment for saying he didn't feel loved. This set the tone for an abusive relationship that lasted another 15 years, until he was 18 years old. Over t...

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 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, between th...

Tonight's special guest is Luke Wiersma from Dyer, Indiana. Luke was abused at 16 by an older woman aged 22 who was a 'friend' of someone he was in school with. For the next two years she provided intoxicants to the boys and either convinced or forced them to do sexual things with her and she'd perform sexual acts on the youngsters. Luke, an addict, got hooked, and says, "I was under her control....