Katelynn Stinnett National Memorial Ride~NJ June 19,2010
This event will be the first of its kind across all 50 states- June 13, 2009
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Something to think about:
What is indifference? Etymologically, the word means "no difference." A strange and unnatural state in which the lines blur between light and darkness, dusk and dawn, crime and punishment, cruelty and compassion, good and evil.
Of course , indifference can be tempting - more than that, seductive. It is so much easier to look away from victims. It is so much easier to avoid such rude interruptions to our work, our dreams, our hopes. It is, after all, awkward, troublesome, to be involved in another persons pain and despair.
Indifference is not a beginning, it is an end. And, therefore, indifference is always the friend of the enemy, for it benefits the aggressor -- never his victim, whose pain is magnified when he or she feels forgotten.
Not to respond to their plight, not to relieve their solitude by offering them a spark of hope is to exile them from human memory. And in denying their humanity we betray our own.
What is indifference? Etymologically, the word means "no difference." A strange and unnatural state in which the lines blur between light and darkness, dusk and dawn, crime and punishment, cruelty and compassion, good and evil.
Of course , indifference can be tempting - more than that, seductive. It is so much easier to look away from victims. It is so much easier to avoid such rude interruptions to our work, our dreams, our hopes. It is, after all, awkward, troublesome, to be involved in another persons pain and despair.
Indifference is not a beginning, it is an end. And, therefore, indifference is always the friend of the enemy, for it benefits the aggressor -- never his victim, whose pain is magnified when he or she feels forgotten.
Not to respond to their plight, not to relieve their solitude by offering them a spark of hope is to exile them from human memory. And in denying their humanity we betray our own.
excerpt from "The Perils of Indifference" Elie Wiesel
On June 13th 2009- indifference took a back seat in NEW JERSEY
over 300 in attendance!
over 300 in attendance!
Child Abuse in America:
Children are suffering from a hidden epidemic of child abuse and neglect. While 3 million reports of 
child abuse are made every year in the United States, experts estimate that the actual number of incidents of abuse and neglect are 3 times greater than reported.
Child Abuse Statistics:
child abuse are made every year in the United States, experts estimate that the actual number of incidents of abuse and neglect are 3 times greater than reported. Child Abuse Statistics:
- 4 children die every day as a result of child abuse and three out of four of these victims are under the age of four.
- A report of child abuse is made every 10 seconds.
- Of the reported rapes of children under 12 years old, 90% of the victims knew the perpetrator.
- Child abuse occurs at every socio-economic level, across ethnic and cultural lines, within all religions and at all levels of education. source: childhelp.org
The issue of Child Abuse needs
to be addressed LOUDLY
Save the date: JUNE 19th 2010
location TBA
Please check the links below
for more information
on Child Abuse Prevention
Info & NJ Sex Offenders Registry
to be addressed LOUDLY
Save the date: JUNE 19th 2010
location TBA
Please check the links below
for more information
on Child Abuse Prevention
Info & NJ Sex Offenders Registry
