WHAT:
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and to recognize this critical cause Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer is hosting the Child Abuse Prevention Press Conference at Orlando City Hall’s Rotunda on Thursday, April 17. Children’s Advocacy Centers for Orange, Seminole, Osceola and Brevard Counties (along with leading government officials from those counties) will jointly announce Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Children’s Advocacy Centers (CAC) offer a child friendly – family centered model for coordinated identification and treatment services for survivors of abuse and neglect.
Child abuse is the leading cause of death for children under the age 4 and these Central Florida leaders will come together to raise critically important awareness of this issue and declare their personal commitment to Child Abuse Prevention.
WHEN/WHERE:
Thursday, April 17 11:30 am -12:00 noon.
Orlando City Hall Rotunda
400 S. Orange Ave, Orlando, FL 32801
WHO:
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer
Orange County Vice Mayor Pete Clark
Seminole County Commissioner John Horan
Osceola County Chairman Fred Hawkins Jr.
State Attorney for the 18th Judicial Circuit Phil Archer
Kids House Executive Director, Ernie Hamilton
Howard Phillips Center Executive Director, Marie Martinez
Children’s Advocacy Center for Osceola County, Inc. Executive Director, Joy Chuba
Children’s Advocacy Center of Brevard Executive Director, Charles Biehl
