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Child USA Gala

November 3, 2021 By Mike Rinder 13 Comments

 

I am out of town attending the annual Child USA Gala celebration, so there will be no Thursday funnies this week. I will leave this posting up today and tomorrow. I encourage you to visit the Child USA website and learn about the good work of the organization.

This is a wonderful organization I learned about through Professor Marci Hamilton when she so graciously agreed to appear on The Aftermath to help us all understand the limitations and possibilities of the law in dealing with scientology’s abuses. Marci is a highly respected law professor at the University of Pennsylvania and the Founder and CEO of Child USA. She has also been representing Val Haney and the Masterson victims in their civil case appeals against the judges’ orders to go before “religious arbitration” rather than having their day in court.

 

Leah and I were honored by Child USA in 2017 with the Barbara Blaine Trailblazer award, and I subsequently joined the Board of Child USA.

These are the honorees being recognized this year:

 

Child USA has done an enormous amount of work helping child victims of abuse, especially through changing Statute of Limitations laws in many states to allow children to seek justice for abuses perpetrated against them. So too, Child USA has been at the forefront of the efforts to end sexual abuse of athletes.

Having sat through numerous scientology events, especially the IAS ones, where fake accomplishments were presented with slick videos and insincere speeches, it is a real contrast to participate in an event and organization where the work is real, the real humanitarians helping people are humble, and sincerity and kindness are far more prevalent than hype and spectacle.

 

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Comments

  1. DM’s Black Bee Tee says

    November 5, 2021 at 2:14 pm

    Thank you for taking action for the unprotected and vulnerable children to Scientologists. I will be taking action.

    Reply
  2. Chris Shugart says

    November 4, 2021 at 7:11 pm

    As loyal Scios so many years ago, my wife and I always had a big problem with how some parents could so cavalierly relegate their kids to low priority status in favor of their own church activities. Some Scio parents didn’t seem to have any interest or desire in having a relationship with their kids. They were just thetans in little bodies and therefore could care for themselves. It really irked us, and we talked about it often. The thought of any parent depriving their children of love, attention, and material needs seemed heartless and cruel. It’s a sad reality that Scios put up with a lot of questionable behavior for the “greater good” of clearing the planet.

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  3. Balletlady says

    November 4, 2021 at 3:41 pm

    1 800 4 A CHILD…………………

    Child abuse hotline……………to report any suspected physical or emotional abuse or neglect……..

    Reply
  4. Geoff Levin says

    November 4, 2021 at 3:17 pm

    Thanks Mike. I made a donation. A good organization. Great that are a part of it.

    Reply
  5. unelectedfloofgoofer says

    November 4, 2021 at 2:13 pm

    This looks like a real grassroots charity, not a disguised media manipulation and propaganda effort. Very few groups would dare to take on fundamentalist LDSers, who marry off young girls to old men while kicking their brothers onto the streets. Not just the girls, but all of society suffers under such abuses.

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  6. PlanetshipT says

    November 4, 2021 at 11:59 am

    Great organization Mike!

    When I first saw the post my stomach turned thinking it was more on Scn’s treatment of Children. I’m glad Child USA is getting some well deserved publicity.

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    • Jere Lull says

      November 4, 2021 at 2:36 pm

      It would be satisfying to sic Child USA on scientology, show that suppressive enterprise up for a portion of what it is and does. I doubt that proper judicial attention will ever be shown to those who most deserve it, of course; the Tiny Tyrant™ has isolated himself from responsibility for his crimes, from the real world, and even the true state of the enterprise now calling itself scientology. My major question is how long that tiny body’s liver will stand up to the indignities being visited upon it by Dwarfenführer®. I’ve been apprised that cirrhosis is somewhat painful. Couldn’t happen to a more deserving guy, considering how much pain he has dealt to others over the decades.

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      • PlanetshipT says

        November 5, 2021 at 8:05 pm

        There is a lot of acceptance in the USA for people humiliating, bankrupting and torturing themselves in the name of religious beliefs.

        There is far less acceptance for doing that to kids. If that is the crack that shines some sterilizing sunlight into the RCS CLAMPIRE I’m all for it. I’m not sure if sunshine is good for cirrhosis but it’s good for everything else.

        The whole Q-verse seems to be largely centered on imaginary people doing horrible things to kids. Perhaps they could be motivated to help children in the real world.

        Lest anyone suffer a MU “CLAMPIRE” is the Empire of Vampire Clams. In contrast to “Clampire” with is the Empire of Clams. Whereas “clampire” is a singular clam vampire … such as a certain brunette body router I encountered in LA many years ago. (*shudder*)

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  7. Mark Kamran says

    November 4, 2021 at 9:26 am

    👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
    Good job Mike

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  8. WeAreOne says

    November 3, 2021 at 11:57 pm

    After leaving Scn staff and knowing the countless acts of child sex abuse being hidden by that group, we also joined similar organizations that help victims of child abuse or sex trafficking.

    It’s very true, what you said about the sincere and humble nature of people who truly help. Much admiration for your work and efforts in Child USA and everything else.

    I think this is the subject will be the next tsunami that hits them…

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  9. KatherineINCali says

    November 3, 2021 at 4:34 pm

    I knew you’d joined the Board of Child USA, but just wanted to say.. nice work, Mike! What a wonderful organization to be a part of. Child abuse of any kind infuriates and saddens me to a point that I can’t quite describe. Well done.

    Reply
  10. otherles says

    November 3, 2021 at 1:06 pm

    I’m not going to say anything today. (Wait! I just said something!)

    Reply
  11. Clearly Not Clear says

    November 3, 2021 at 12:49 pm

    I love that you joined the board and that you are championing this wonderful organization with your platform.

    Reply

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