FOX 32: Chicago group warns of increased child abuse risk amid pandemic
Executive Director Char Rivette was interviewed on FOX Chicago about the increased risk of child abuse during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Healing Voices: Powerful Together
Executive Director Char Rivette, MSW, LCSW, has a published article in Healing Voices. In her piece, she discusses how collaboration at ChicagoCAC makes our work stronger, and she calls on professionals to find new ways …
Be a Luminary
Shine a light on child abuse in Chicago. Join the fight to end it. We need to stay home because of Covid-19. But what if home isn’t always the safe place it’s meant to be? …
Reducing the risk of child sexual abuse during isolation
Children’s Advocacy Centers across the country continue our vital operations, even as this pandemic of the novel coronavirus impacts every facet of our communities. We are increasingly concerned about children who are isolated in homes …
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Cook County Candidate Questionnaires
ChicagoCAC collaborated with other local nonprofits to ask Cook County election candidates how they will protect survivors of sexual and domestic violence. Their responses are included here, listed in alphabetical order. Candidates for Clerk of …
WGN: Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center ED, Char Rivette, talks childhood sexual abuse amidst R. Kelly and Michael Jackson cases
Executive Director Char Rivette was on WGN talking about recent sexual allegations regarding the Michael Jackson and R. Kelly cases. View on their website.
WGN: Chicago experts weigh in after HBO documentary on Michael Jackson allegations
Executive Director Char Rivette was interviewed by WGN as an expert on child sexual abuse, in response to the recently-released HBO documentary “Leaving Neverland.” View on WGN’s website.
CBS 2 Chicago: More Than 2,000 Cases Of Child Sexual Abuse Reported In Chicago Every Year
“If you look at the cumulative effects of abuse, and these couple thousand children multiplied by every city in this country throughout the nation, we’re talking about an epidemic,” Rivette said. View the complete interview …
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Creating A Culture That Believes Children – Chicago Defender Op-Ed
The “Surviving R. Kelly” docuseries by Dream Hampton hits all of us hard. This series has captivated us because R. Kelly is a well-known, high-profile celebrity – but sexual violence against children is perpetrated every …
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Op-Ed: Creating A Culture That Believes Children
Executive Director Char Rivette recently published an opinion piece in Chicago Defender in response to the “Surviving R. Kelly” docuseries. The “Surviving R. Kelly” docuseries causes us to feel hurt and angry and to ask …