In partnership with The Up Institute supporting the professionals working to solve child abuse and neglect globally, through advocacy, public education, and family support programs. A non-profit organization that aims to create safe and healthy communities for children and their families. Up for CHAMPIONS works with community, state, and national organizations to expand and disseminate knowledge about child abuse and neglect. CHAMPIONS – Children’s Heroes Addressing Maltreatment & Prevention with Innovative Optimal New Solutions.
NOVEMBER 2022 UP For Champions’ President and Executive Director were honored to serve as panelists for the Pascale Sykes Foundation Power of Research to Inform Policy Summit. They addressed Remedies for the Aftereffects of Childhood Trauma: The Whole Family Approach with Bruce Perry, MD, PhD;......
14 December, 2022 No commentOCTOBER 2022 Stacie was honored to provide a webinar for the Mahoney Family Fund on the harms of hitting children. This interactive webinar addressed the need and critical importance of ending corporal punishment and highlighted the successful implementation of a No Hit Zone at the......
09 November, 2022 No commentSEPTEMBER 2022 Viola was an invited roundtable discussant with child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA) experts from across the US and UK. They convened for the launch of the World Childhood USA-Out of the Shadows Index Report in Washington DC. One of the key findings......
09 November, 2022 No commentSEPTEMBER 2022 Thank you to the Kappa Delta Sorority at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia for their long-term support of Prevent Child Abuse Hampton Roads and their ongoing commitment now that it is operating as UP For Champions. return to News...
09 November, 2022 No commentSEPTEMBER 2022 Stacie presented at the 23rd Annual Southern States Victims Assistance Conference. return to News...
09 November, 2022 No commentAUGUST 2022 Viola & Stacie provided several presentations at the 27th IVAT San Diego International Summit. return to News...
09 November, 2022 No commentAUGUST 2022 Stacie moderated a panel on The Use of ACEs Science to Promote Early Intervention and Prevention at the 27th IVAT San Diego International Summit with renowned physician and researcher, Dr. Vincent J. Felitti, one of the world’s foremost experts on childhood trauma. The......
09 November, 2022 No commentAUGUST 2022 Stacie received the American Psychological Association Division 37 Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice’s Distinguished Contribution to Child Advocacy Award. She was joined by APA members, Dr. Viola Vaughan-Eden, Dr. Ernestine Briggs-King, Dr. Liz Gershoff, and Dr. Christina Rodriguez. return to......
09 November, 2022 No commentJUNE 2022 Stacie and Viola presented at the 39th NOFSW Conference in New Orleans, LA return to News...
09 November, 2022 No commentJUNE 2022 Stacie received the APSAC Outstanding Service Award at the 29th APSAC Colloquium in New Orleans, LA return to News...
09 November, 2022 No commentMAY 2022 Viola promoted to FULL Professor at Norfolk State University return to News...
09 November, 2022 No commentAPRIL 2022 Stacie in The Advocate, a Division 37 Newsletter of the American Psychological Association return to News...
09 November, 2022 No commentAPRIL 2022 The Up For Champions Victim Advocacy Training curricula has been approved by National Children’s Alliance under the 2023 Standards for Accreditation as meeting the requirements for foundational training for Victim Advocates. return to News...
09 November, 2022 No commentMARCH 2022 Viola presented at the 19th Hawai’i International Summit in Honolulu, HI. She also attended the closing plenary with the late Pono Shim. This was his last speaking engagement and he shared the powerful gift of understanding ALOHA. return to News...
09 November, 2022 No commentJANUARY 2022 Stacie and Viola spoke at Holy Light Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, CA on Positive Parenting, Corporal Punishment, Spanking, and No Hit Zones return to News...
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