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Blue Sunday: A focus on child abuse awareness for faith communities
By Ashley Rios, LCSW
Roxanne’s House
Children’s Counselor
As Child Abuse Awareness Month ends, we focus on a faith-based awareness initiative, Blue Sunday, which took place April 28.
Blue Sunday began in 1994 with 20 churches participating. Today, more than 7.4 million churches across five continents participate in Blue Sunday. On this day, faith-based communities are encouraged to take time in their services to pray for victims of child abuse and bring awareness to an issue that impact...