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The Lauren’s Kids Foundation — a Florida-based nonprofit that works to prevent child sexual abuse and help survivors heal — has been trekking 1,500 miles across Florida from Key West to the Panhandle in the name of child safety and abuse prevention.
Led by State Sen. Lauren Book, the Walk in My Shoes campaign has traversed the state throughout the month of April during National Sexual Assault Awareness Month and National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
In Miami-Dade County Sen. Book and the Walk in My Shoes participants trekked through Homestead with MUJER, through Goulds up to Coral Gables, then from Brickell to Wynwood in partnership with Kristi House Children’s Advocacy Center, and from the Hard Rock Stadium east to North Miami.
“As a parent, the statistics are scary: one in three girls and one in five boys will become a victim of sexual abuse before their 18th birthday, and one in five children who touch a digital device will be sexually solicited online,” said Sen. Book, a survivor who has successfully changed laws in the Florida Capitol through her advocacy. “We’re walking to shine a light and educate communities, because 95 percent of this abuse is preventable with education and awareness – and personal safety doesn’t have to be a scary or uncomfortable topic.”
Sen. Book was joined by thousands of walkers throughout her month-long journey, including educators, advocates, and survivors all walking hand-in-hand for change. The Walk in My Shoes began in 2010; since that time, tens of thousands of participants have joined to walk across the state raising awareness about child sexual abuse prevention and honoring the 42 million survivors living in the U.S. today.
Learn more at LaurensKidsWalk.org and LaurensKids.org.
Lauren Book, MS ED, founder and CEO of Lauren’s Kids, is an internationally recognized child protection advocate, best-selling author and Florida state senator who works every day to protect childhood. She is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, suffered at the hands of a trusted caretaker from the time she was 10 until the age of 16. Armed with the knowledge that 95 percent of sexual abuse is preventable through education and awareness, Book has worked to turn her horrific personal experience into a vehicle to prevent childhood sexual abuse and help other survivors heal.
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