"When people have the knowledge and skills to stand up for children...and when they are empowered to overcome the fear, denial, stigma, and obstacles around standing up for children, they WILL choose the child."

Every School. Every Teacher.

The goal is simple: train every teacher in every school
how to recognize, prevent, and react responsibly to 
suspected child sexual abuse.

Here's how this project supports that goal:

Dario's Legacy (darioslegacy.com), the organization behind this campaign, exists to honor the life of Dario Martinez by continuing the work he was doing at the time of his death: creating and supporting programs to reach victims of physical, sexual, and emotional child abuse.

Darkness 2 Light (D2L.org) is a nationally recognized organization whose ultimate mission is to end childhood sexual abuse. Stewards of Children is their highly acclaimed sexual child abuse prevention program. It is a 2 hour, online training course available online and for only $10!

Simply put: Dario's Legacy exists to get D2L's Stewards of Children training program to every teacher at every school. This campaign is one of many activities for raising fundsfor getting "every teacher at every school" (public and private) trained to recognize potential sexual child abuse and to have the courage, confidence, and skills to respond accordingly.

The D2L.org  training program is complete with online tests and a system for tracking the progress of each teacher and every school. Teachers are issued certificates upon completion of the program and once every teacher in a school completes the training, the school will be issued a plaque of recognition from Dario's Legacy.

Dario's Legacy is starting with the schools in the states where sexual abuse of children is the highest in the nation, (including Dario's home state of Alaska). From there, we'll move into other school districts across the nation and around the globe.

• Educators may be the single most important group in the prevention and recognition of child sexual abuse. Not only do they interact with large numbers of children and their parents, but children who disclose abuse often tell their teacher, guidance counselor, or other trusted school employee

• School personnel are the source of over 50% of abuse reports made by professionals to authorities

• Only one-third of educators receive child sexual abuse training, either as part of their teacher training coursework or through continuing education

• 24% of teachers report that they have never received instruction, either oral or written, on their state’s mandated reporting process

"Knowing what I now know about this topic has compelled me to act. It is not hard or inconvenient, and it is too important to dismiss. Take this program, everyone."

Dr. John Stuart Batchelder, Criminal Justice Professor, University of North Georgia

"I had never had any training in child sexual abuse prevention. This whole program was very eye opening. I know what to look for and how to try and help the child. I can make a difference and save someone if I feel a situation is not ok."  - Educator

Risks & Challenges

Whether you fund $10 or $10,000 there are no risks to you (or anyone!) supporting this campaign; the training exists, is already in place, and is proven to be effective. In addition, all perks can be delivered regardless of the level of support.

The only people at risk are the children this campaign is designed to reach.

Other Ways You Can Help

Dario's Legacy makes it simple for all of us to join together - even if all you have is $5 or $10 to help - that $5 or $10 combined with other $5 and $10 backers - and teachers are trained! Every dollar adds up quickly to make a difference! Remember... "a trained adult can protect an average of 10 children from sexual abuse". THAT'S HUGE!

There are other ways to help also:

• Get the word out to the principals and teacher in your community - get them behind this

• Share this campaign and DariosLegacy.com on all your social sites

• Email friends and family and let them know what a huge difference their $10 will make..."A trained adult can protect an average of 10 children from sexual abuse!"

• Please tell local media, bloggers, and other about this campaign

• Spread the word to local schools and teacher - not only so they can join in this campaign but also to ensure they receive the training program in their school

PERKS

Perks, rewards, or "thank-yous" (a rose is a rose by any other name!) are an important part of most successful crowdfunding campaigns, yet you'll notice they aren't a part of this campaign. That's on purpose.

This campaign is different; it's not a typical "public campaign" (even though we encourage you to share it with everyone you know (seriously, please do)).

AND... that said, if you would like to have a perk in exchange for your support, we are also running a  a perks-based, pre-order campaign.

Check out "I Love You This Mush: A Children's Book Series" campaign on Indiegogo. Even if you aren't looking for a perk, please check it out... it's a great project that creates a self-sustaining business that will continually fund "Every School. Every Teacher".