[Child Sex Abuse News]
Queens Assemblyman David Weprin, and the Zero Abuse Project organization, will hold free seminar on the Child Victims Act…
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On TUESDAY, JULY 30 th at 3:30 PM at Boys & Girls Club of Metro Queens at 110-04 Atlantic Avenue, Richmond Hill, Queens, Assemblyman David I. Weprin and the Zero Abuse Project will host a free seminar entitled “Courageous Conversations, Critical Choices: What New York’s Child Victims Act Means for Queens.”
The seminar purpose is to inform community members about the changes to the statute of limitations requirements for child sexual abuse in New York under the recently enacted Child Victims Act (CVA).
The Zero Abuse project is a leading nonprofit dedicated to stopping child sexual abuse and providing assistance to survivors. Its Chief Executive Officer, Jeff Dion, will guide a conversation with leading child welfare advocates, clinicians, and sexual abuse prevention experts, including NY Loves Kids and the Queens District Attorney’s Office, about the new opportunities under the CVA for survivors of sexual abuse to seek justice against their abusers and the institutions who covered for them.
WHEN: TUESDAY, JULY 30th at 3:30 PM
WHERE: Boys & Girls Club of Metro Queens at 110-04 Atlantic Avenue, Richmond Hill, Queens WHO: Assemblyman David I. Weprin; Jeffrey Dion, CEO Zero Abuse Project; Bridie Farrell, Co-Founder NY Loves Kids and a child sex abuse survivor; Alison Andrews, Chief of the Child Abuse Unit, Queens District Attorney’s Office;
