"What Keeps You Going After So Many Years?" ...

... I get that a lot.  People often ask me how I can keep going after so many years of working with children and adolescents who are victims of sexual abuse and other crimes against children.  I can honestly say that it is THEIR insurmountable strength under adversity that inspires me to go on.

I am working with a 13 year old girl who has been repeatedly sexually abused by her stepfather. The violence started when she was 9 years old, and took place almost every night while her mother was out of the home working.

Two weeks ago, she told me that she got an award at the middle-school she is currently attending for having the highest GPA.....not only in her classroom, but in her entire school!!  I almost fell off my chair!! 

I praised her for this most incredible accomplishment. She listened to me and then simply said “ I am in charge of my life and my decisions.  He is not and will never be."  THAT is what keeps me going.

~Gizane Indart
Executive Director

April Kicks Off National Child Abuse Awareness Month

April kicks off National Child Abuse Awareness Month!  Please visit http://www.denvercac.org/ for more information and to show your support through a contribution.