We are asking For: Victims of Child Welfare Memorial Day

We are asking For: Victims of Child Welfare Memorial Day

Target:
George W. Bush & Richard B. Cheney, President & Vice President, The White House
  
In memory of children died of neglect or abuse while under the care of the social service agencies!

These children died needlessly,they deserve at least one minute of silent contemplation and an entire day of honor and remembrance.
Let's NOT allow these precious children's death to be in vain - in the news one day, forgotten the next. 

                                                
                     
In memory of children died of neglect or abuse while under the care of the social service agencies! Many died suspiciously or from neglect. Most of their lives and deaths went unnoticed. The deaths of these children - and what government agencies did or didn't do to save their lives - Even when they die, their stories are rarely told. May the spirits of those lost rest in peace and may we never forget or ignore what happened to them.




"The foster care system is totally obsolete. Kids are being killed, abused and even experimented on.At age 18, they are aged out of the system, they give them $5 and a bag of lunch and say go live your life. Most of these kids end up in trouble, jail, or a mental institution. All the kids in the group homes, juvenile detention centers and over half of the people in prison overall come from the foster care system." By Darryl "DMC" McDaniels





"The state is now more involved than it has ever been in the raising of children, and children are now more neglected, abused, and mistreated than they have been in our time. This is not a coincidence, and, with all due respect, I am here to tell you: It does not take a village to raise a child.  -  It takes a family."  - By Senator Robert Dole





"... these children throw their despair and distrust into a black plastic trash bag, along with their few belongings, and head off to the next place... the next let-down. They are abused and neglected long before they ever reach our abusive and neglectful foster care system - and once in, things often only get worse. Children are dying, Mr. Speaker, inside and out... and it's our fault." By Tom DeLay




"We are guilty of many errors and many faults, but the worst crime is abandoning children and therefore neglecting the foundation of life. Many of the things we need, can wait. The child cannot. Right now is the time his bones are being formed, his blood is being made, and his senses are being developed. To him we cannot answer, Tomorrow. His name is Today."

Government agencies, Social workers, judges they all make decisions on what is in the BEST interest of
Children ... decisions which often determine their destiny. Sadly, when the wrong decisions are made - Children are murdered! 
They are beaten, tortured, sexually assaulted and murdered.

                           Who is responsible ?
                  The One making the decisions! 
            WE are asking for justice ... for Help!




Help never came for Angellika Nicole Arndt , Isaac Lethbridge,Daniel Jack Matthews, Ricky Holland, Christopher Michael, Sirita Sotelo, Nicholas Contreras, Sarah Angelina Chavez, Martin Lee Anderson,Ebony Smith,Kayla Allen,Candice Raynor......and sadly  many, many more but perhaps one day justice will come for them all. For these children, it's too late to turn back the hands of time. May the spirits of those lost rest in peace and may we never forget or ignore what happened to them. 

               In The Name of Those Children
                     We are asking For
                           October 22 
         Victims of Child Welfare Memorial Day

"The mistakes that are made when dealing with a child's life are inexcuseable. With a "Victims of Child Welfare Memorial Day", increased attention and care with decisions concerning a child's disposition may come about." John King 


 -Sadistic and criminal aren't words usually associated with social workers. But they come to mind while reading the results of a yearlong investigation into a child-protection bureaucracy that was allowed to go rogue. Social workers gave each other nicknames like "The Queen of Removal" and "Terminator" and laughed as they stripped children from their parents! -
               Too Young and Too Innocent to Die
This page is in memory of children died of neglect or abuse while under the care of the social service agencies : In Memory of.....
                    
 We must find a way to stop the %u201Csystem%u201D from allowing this to happen. How many more children will be sacrificed before we do?

"Unfortunately, for many people who haven't learned first hand it is hard to conceive that the very agency entrusted with protecting children would ever turn into the abuser. When my children were taken a long time acquaintance of my father stated "They must have found 'something'. CPS don't take kids away for no reason.". Until they've experienced it themselves, many people don't understand 'the whim complex'." -Rev. Dr. William W. Joslin

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter."   - Martin Luther King, Jr.
   
Actions speak louder than words !   PLEASE KEEP YOUR MESSAGE SHORT ! keep it short, simple and straightforward !
                      
  
In memory of children died of neglect or abuse while under the care of the social service agencies!

These children died needlessly,they deserve at least one minute of silent contemplation and an entire day of honor and remembrance.
Let's NOT allow these precious children's death to be in vain - in the news one day, forgotten the next. 

                                                
                     
In memory of children died of neglect or abuse while under the care of the social service agencies! Many died suspiciously or from neglect. Most of their lives and deaths went unnoticed. The deaths of these children - and what government agencies did or didn't do to save their lives - Even when they die, their stories are rarely told. May the spirits of those lost rest in peace and may we never forget or ignore what happened to them.




"The foster care system is totally obsolete. Kids are being killed, abused and even experimented on.At age 18, they are aged out of the system, they give them $5 and a bag of lunch and say go live your life. Most of these kids end up in trouble, jail, or a mental institution. All the kids in the group homes, juvenile detention centers and over half of the people in prison overall come from the foster care system." By Darryl "DMC" McDaniels





"The state is now more involved than it has ever been in the raising of children, and children are now more neglected, abused, and mistreated than they have been in our time. This is not a coincidence, and, with all due respect, I am here to tell you: It does not take a village to raise a child.  -  It takes a family."  - By Senator Robert Dole





"... these children throw their despair and distrust into a black plastic trash bag, along with their few belongings, and head off to the next place... the next let-down. They are abused and neglected long before they ever reach our abusive and neglectful foster care system - and once in, things often only get worse. Children are dying, Mr. Speaker, inside and out... and it's our fault." By Tom DeLay




"We are guilty of many errors and many faults, but the worst crime is abandoning children and therefore neglecting the foundation of life. Many of the things we need, can wait. The child cannot. Right now is the time his bones are being formed, his blood is being made, and his senses are being developed. To him we cannot answer, Tomorrow. His name is Today."

Government agencies, Social workers, judges they all make decisions on what is in the BEST interest of
Children ... decisions which often determine their destiny. Sadly, when the wrong decisions are made - Children are murdered! 
They are beaten, tortured, sexually assaulted and murdered.

                           Who is responsible ?
                  The One making the decisions! 
            WE are asking for justice ... for Help!




Help never came for Angellika Nicole Arndt , Isaac Lethbridge,Daniel Jack Matthews, Ricky Holland, Christopher Michael, Sirita Sotelo, Nicholas Contreras, Sarah Angelina Chavez, Martin Lee Anderson,Ebony Smith,Kayla Allen,Candice Raynor......and sadly  many, many more but perhaps one day justice will come for them all. For these children, it's too late to turn back the hands of time. May the spirits of those lost rest in peace and may we never forget or ignore what happened to them. 

               In The Name of Those Children
                     We are asking For
                           October 22 
         Victims of Child Welfare Memorial Day

"The mistakes that are made when dealing with a child's life are inexcuseable. With a "Victims of Child Welfare Memorial Day", increased attention and care with decisions concerning a child's disposition may come about." John King 


 -Sadistic and criminal aren't words usually associated with social workers. But they come to mind while reading the results of a yearlong investigation into a child-protection bureaucracy that was allowed to go rogue. Social workers gave each other nicknames like "The Queen of Removal" and "Terminator" and laughed as they stripped children from their parents! -
               Too Young and Too Innocent to Die
This page is in memory of children died of neglect or abuse while under the care of the social service agencies : In Memory of.....
                    
 We must find a way to stop the %u201Csystem%u201D from allowing this to happen. How many more children will be sacrificed before we do?

"Unfortunately, for many people who haven't learned first hand it is hard to conceive that the very agency entrusted with protecting children would ever turn into the abuser. When my children were taken a long time acquaintance of my father stated "They must have found 'something'. CPS don't take kids away for no reason.". Until they've experienced it themselves, many people don't understand 'the whim complex'." -Rev. Dr. William W. Joslin

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter."   - Martin Luther King, Jr.
   
Actions speak louder than words !   PLEASE KEEP YOUR MESSAGE SHORT ! keep it short, simple and straightforward !
                      
What shall we say ?
     What shall we say when history asks how such crimes came to be committed in the name " In The 'BEST INTEREST' of OUR Children"  Will we say that we stood silently by, shrugging our shoulders, filling our bellies, closing our eyes? Or will we be able to say: We saw. We dissented. We resisted. We condemned. For all those who want to open their eyes to the horrors of the illegal kidnapping OUR children , and to the brutality, social injustice and moral corruption of the Child Protective Services . Go, see, open your eyes, and let them know -- these torturers, these bloodstained betrayers of our common humanity - let them know that you know what they are, what they have done. More Info
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# 2,462:
8:41 am PDT, Jun 24, Lisa Gladwell, New Jersey
Here we are, the greatest nation in the world, preaching and policing other countries about human rights violations and we have legalized DOMESTIC CHILD TRAFFICKING. When is it going to stop? http://waysandmeans.house.gov/hearings.asp?formmode=view&id=1145 http://waysandmeans.house.gov/hearings.asp?formmode=view&id=5127 http://waysandmeans.house.gov/hearings.asp?formmode=view&id=3155 WHEN?
# 2,461:
8:43 pm PDT, Jun 21, Tatiana Costa, Brazil
# 2,460:
7:11 am PDT, Jun 20, Jill Anthony, Wisconsin
# 2,459:
7:54 am PDT, Jun 17, Elaine Robinson, United Kingdom
LOVE HELP SAVE PROTECT CHILDREN - HARM THEM NOT - LET THERE BE A CHILD MEMORIAL DAY - CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
# 2,458:
10:28 pm PDT, Jun 14, Adrianne Bentley, Utah
# 2,457:
1:50 pm PDT, Jun 14, Mathy Milling Downing, Maryland
# 2,456:
10:02 am PDT, Jun 14, Neil Broughton, Iowa
With the two evil forces of govt. and money only drug co.must be stopped. This also inclund money grabbing doctors. I myself refuse to go to any and all so called doctors.
# 2,455:
5:47 am PDT, Jun 14, Ann Blake-Tracy, Iowa
I just returned from observing and presenting information in the investigation into the suicide of 7 year old Gabriel Myers who died in foster care in the state of Florida. The suicide was medication-induced via drugs never approved for a child his age. CPS needs review for their own use of drugs (mind altering meds) and the massive drugging of all of these poor children in their care. I think it is long past time to trust God to know what He is doing when He places a child rather than believe we have better judgement than He does in this area!
# 2,454:
5:15 pm PDT, Jun 13, Kari McDonald, Washington
If this I or this email has signed before let me know please.
# 2,453:
7:29 pm PDT, Jun 11, M Nickerson, Maryland
I have been through having the threat of having my child taken from me when an accident had occurred. After having six children w/ no incidents in 13 years and a pediatrician who was willing to vouch for me--but who was never contacted, I am very interested in seeing reform in the system. Too many children are abused and allowed to return to those circumstances and yet, innocent families are traumatized by accusations.
# 2,452:
12:18 pm PDT, Jun 11, Brenda Roemhild, South Carolina
if we are constantly preparing for the future of our children,why aren't we protecting and caring for those children so that they will be around for the future.thats what we are supposed to be doing.they are entitle to a good life,not by man but god.we should do what is expected of him.life is so very precious.his son says it all.
# 2,451:
3:53 am PDT, Jun 11, Ariel KING, Germany
The world for 20 years, 193 countries gives human rights to children, but not the USA and Somalia ( the last 2 who do not recognize childrens human rights) with the formal recognition of the United Nations Rights of the Child. The Ariana-Leilani Children's Foundation educates and advocates for the USA to formally recognize children's human rights, through the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child... www.Ariana-LeilaniFoundation.org
# 2,450:
9:27 am PDT, Jun 6, Nikki and tim Clement, Texas
we are foster-adopt parents for cps in texas. we understand and see the need to have the agencies over hauled.we know as a foster famly we have so many trained that we have to take to keep our home open,yet the workers don't...heck most of them can't put a carseat in a car the right way or have the child facing the right way.we are birth parents of three children and we adopted a mico-preemie last year and if something or someone hurt one of them it would be a fight! we have seen birth families that shouldn't have they're children but they do because that know how to get around it....these are some more of the childrren that fall in the cracks never to be pulled out do to they're parents standing in the way.if a family is being checked out than do that check them out and come at all different times and see how things are!R.I.P.-TO THE CHILDREN WHO NEVER GOT TO GROW UP AND FILL THEY;RE DREAMS!
# 2,449:
5:26 am PDT, Jun 6, Name not displayed, Norway
# 2,448:
7:02 pm PDT, Jun 5, PATRICIA HERROD, Alabama
IN THE NAME OF THESE CHILDREN,WE ARE ASKING FOR OCT.22TH VICTIMS OF CHILD WELFARE MEMORIAL DAY! These children died needlessly,they deserve at least one minute of silent contemplation and an entire day of honor and remembrance. Let's NOT allow these precious children's death to be in vain - in the news one day, forgotten the next.
# 2,447:
2:25 pm PDT, Jun 5, Anna Salazar, California
For God Sake! Keep our children safe and from harms way.
# 2,446:
6:10 pm PDT, Jun 4, Stacey Bequette, Kansas
I hope this will quit being swept under the rug. Change have to be made!
# 2,445:
1:12 pm PDT, Jun 4, Chasity McCarthy, Louisiana
In The Name Of The Children
# 2,444:
7:11 pm PDT, Jun 3, Maria Santos, New York
In The Name Of The Children, they are not suffering any longer. We should be so ashamed that our beautiful children have to go through such pain. While we live our lives, some of us never taking the time to even say a prayer for these babies. This is unacceptable, disgusting, and shameful. These children deserve a voice. Their deaths should not be in vain.
# 2,443:
1:49 am PDT, Jun 2, Linda Berger, Utah
# 2,442:
2:24 pm PDT, May 28, Lori Rathbone, Vermont
To Whom this may concern, I write to you as a former foster child in Vermont. I had many years of hell in the state system. Things have got to change! I was lucky that I did not end up like the kids on this site or was I? I live with memmories that no one should have to endure. Please, for the sake of future generatations, do something.
# 2,441:
2:37 am PDT, May 26, Samantha Rickett, United Kingdom
# 2,440:
4:57 pm PDT, May 25, Mary Rockett, Michigan
my great granddaughters mother was abused as a child.in ill.. and this resulted with my grandsons death , also her 2 month old son. death at her hands. we had her first child with us for 5 months. child welfare gave the child back to her and. nothing but tradegy has been happening. this young 19 yr old has a history of mental problem. Child welfare need to regroup and change this system. it stinks. .
# 2,439:
1:07 pm PDT, May 16, Deanna Hurtado, Colorado
Reform is needed throughout United States! Stripping power of the DHS Departments would be a good start.
# 2,438:
4:13 am PDT, May 16, Cori Briggs, North Carolina
In The Name of the Children.
# 2,437:
5:24 pm PDT, May 15, Jeannette Petley, Florida
My 2 grand children were taken from my son on false allegations and phone calls. C.P.S. just came and took them without a investigation. Soon to find out it was all lies and no probable cause. Because C.P.S. Failed to follow thier own procedures and policy by not investigating, my 2 grandchildren are still in foster care.
# 2,436:
4:38 pm PDT, May 14, SHAWONA WATTS, South Carolina
In The Name Of The Children I LOVE YOU SAMAURI MOMMYS LOVES YOU
# 2,435:
1:22 pm PDT, May 12, Jacqueline Chitwood, Oregon
I have just started college and what I am going for is Human Services. Too much is wrong with the system and too many people sit around and let it happen. I am doing everything in my power to help everything that fails children all over. It will be a few years before I graduate, but I plan on changing all of this. The way these programs are ran is sicking and pitiful. I have been on the bad side of these programs and the people that run them have no idea what is really going on. I know I will change it, for every child.
# 2,434:
9:48 am PDT, May 12, Jennifer Vo, California
I sign this for my daughter who is only 3 and the law will not protect her from her father, who has hurt her once and the court says he needs another chance. I just don't understand....
# 2,433:
6:42 pm PDT, May 11, Michelle Dinwiddie, Tennessee
# 2,432:
11:04 pm PDT, May 8, Dianne Belandres, Philippines
# 2,431:
12:26 pm PDT, May 8, Ria Matthews, North Carolina
Please, Please Help the Children!!! They are the only people on the earth that are completely innocent. They depend on us adults to take care of them...Please help save their lives!!!
# 2,430:
4:42 am PDT, May 5, AIDAN LUCAS, United Kingdom
Aidan Lucas
# 2,429:
4:06 am PDT, May 5, Name not displayed, United Kingdom
my children are sliping thro the net as i as the mum and the father i belive as done some thing to one of my children and it is is word agast one of my childrens. and now the courts want him to have visiting rights for a long week end once a month. why do socal servces give in i want to see a change. and when some thing does hapen the abuses go to jail and the ones that alowed it by order get away with it. it is plainly not right. it is so clear. alowing abused children that are realy at risk of some one and they end up dead to put it blunt or carry it on in to adult lifes that causes problems for the victems to. please change it before another child gets killed or slips tho the net.
# 2,428:
4:49 pm PDT, May 3, Sarah Benvie, Minnesota
I never knew the meaning of unconditional love until I became a mother!! I was blessed to have four beautiful, amazing, happy children of my own... I worshiped every second of their existance! Never could I imagine what was instore for them! To be taken from the only family you know, the ones who are to protect you from harm, sadness and all the evils of this cruel world... What then?? I have lost my own self since Demetria, Dadreyona, Adrien and Adonas Benvie were taken, now how am I supposed to believe they are okay?? I can only hope that one day very soon I will be in the right place at the right time for us to meet again, before anymore hurt comes to them!!!
# 2,427:
8:34 pm PDT, May 2, JANET RIVERA, Massachusetts
# 2,426:
1:46 pm PDT, May 2, Carmen Garcia, New Jersey
# 2,425:
9:27 pm PDT, May 1, Lyndsay Honolka, Texas
CPS social services should go more into depth with their cases, rather than pulling a child out of their home, and ripping their life apart, taking them away from their home, family, and siblings, just like they did mine. This needs to be taken seriously, my siblings and i were some of the lucky ones who resorted to family and friends rather than foster families who could have become abusive. My mother didnt neglect us, or abuse us, CPS did. They have abused our whole life in just one day. God bless the children who died because CPS took them away from their families without the proper research, just their selfish thoughts of making money.
# 2,424:
3:18 pm PDT, May 1, DESiREE CHAPMAN, Tennessee
i NEW HEATHER KiSH. SHE WAS A WONDERFUL GiRL. MAY SHE R.I.P
# 2,423:
5:57 pm PDT, Apr 30, ANGELA WERK, Michigan
I AM SIGNING THE PETITION IN MEMORY OF AN ANGEL NAMED DANIEAL KELLY, A CHILD WITH CEREBRAL PALSY WHO WAS STARVED TO DEATH AT THE HANDS OF HER OWN MOTHER. HOW MANY MORE ANGELS HAVE TO BE SACRIFIED BEFORE ACTION IS TAKEN TO REFORM CPS??? WE MUST ACT NOW TO HELP ALL OF THESE INNOCENT CHILDREN WHO CANNOT HELP THEMSELVES. GOD BLESS DANIEAL AND ALL THE OTHERS WHO ARE NOW ANGELS IN HEAVEN. "IN THE ARMS OF THE ANGELS MAY YOU FIND SOME COMFORT HERE".
# 2,422:
1:41 am PDT, Apr 28, Name not displayed, Texas
In the name of the innocent children in this country....PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE help them!!! We need an immediate overhaul of our social service agencies regarding the safety of our children.
# 2,421:
5:27 am PDT, Apr 27, Melody Gerow, Kansas
My children have so far survived. Even though my children were removed from me and placed with an emotionally abusive father, one is an adult and one may still fall victim. I will help until the day I die.
# 2,420:
9:09 pm PDT, Apr 25, Carrie Stevenson, Wisconsin
Israel Gordan who lost his life on Dec 9 2008. He was on a home visit with his father when he died. The father said he had to run and get drugs and that his son was fine, but later that night they realized he was not breathing.
# 2,419:
11:37 am PDT, Apr 25, Michelle Honolka, Texas
Legally Kidnapped by DFHS Ft.Worth,Texas .August 08,2007-For anonymous call,Completed service plan,Children still not home-Lyndsay-17*Logan-10*Landon-8*Lawson-4*Lundynn-1yr. THY WILL BE DONE!
# 2,418:
9:45 am PDT, Apr 24, Diana Robinson, South Carolina
In memory of Samauri Mayes----Diana
# 2,417:
6:48 am PDT, Apr 22, Debra Reeves, Washington
# 2,416:
8:02 pm PDT, Apr 20, Sheree Flores, Nevada
we owe these children so much they did not ask to be here and it's our duty to protect these innocent children who were born unto horrible sadistic people. I feel these case workers need more college training or a heart that is really in concern of children. I understand the case loads can be overwhelming but these case workers in every case where these children die make such inexcusable mistakes that it really boils down to they just don't care. I feel that these case workers are just as cold hearted as the hands that the children die of. America please help don't just sit back and say what a shame "poor little kid" let's get involved and say no more we will not allow another child to be tortured or beaten. God bless the little children of the world.
# 2,415:
12:14 pm PDT, Apr 18, Margo Robredo, Texas
Margo Robredo
# 2,414:
12:17 am PDT, Apr 18, Sharon Mize, Kansas
# 2,413:
6:08 pm PDT, Apr 17, Melissa Casper, Texas
May God protect all the kids in the care of CPS. To all who has family or friends on this page; my prayers go out to each of you! May God watch over you as well.
# 2,412:
2:48 pm PDT, Apr 15, Name not displayed, Arizona
I am afraid that my 2 year old niece who was kidnapped byt he foster systme just because her mother passed away, will die due to lack of medical care. I do not want to add her face to this list.
# 2,411:
12:45 pm PDT, Apr 14, Christine Brace, Oklahoma
In The Name Of The Children. My cousin was Louise Osborn. She died july 29, 1993 only 3 yrs old. She's the one baked in a cabnet. I was 12 when sissy died and I am 28 now and still dont no much. All I know is that she was sick so her foster mom stuffed her in something. Her brother was the one who found her. He wouldn't talk for a long time after that. If anyone knows anything about what happen to my family please email me at: chrysstyneb1981@gmail.com
# 2,410:
12:42 pm PDT, Apr 14, Gail Holladay, Ohio
My sister was 3 years old when she was murdered by her foster mother back in 67. That was 3 years before I was born! She was removed from home because my mother was mentally unstable and abusive. Dont you think the state needs to look further into homes then that are to protect our children??? As a result of this placement, my sister was brutaly beaten and abused resulting finally in her death!
# 2,409:
7:05 am PDT, Apr 14, Sabine Wübben, Germany
# 2,408:
6:31 pm PDT, Apr 13, ELISH DELAPROSER, United Kingdom
# 2,407:
6:54 pm PDT, Apr 9, Kimberly Hogan-Castillo, New Mexico
May God grant you your day of rememerance on Oct. 22, that we never forget those children or any other, may God let the Trinity System be a big part of future foster homes, to save and prevent and provide excellent health care.
# 2,406:
5:26 pm PDT, Apr 7, Deanna Montante, California
Stop abusing our children!!
# 2,405:
10:07 am PDT, Apr 4, Amril Hamer, New York
My 10yr old son was beaten by his dad with a belt buckle in excess of 20 times on the day Barack Obama got sworn into office, reason his teacher called home to complain about his behavior in class, not the 1st beating with a belt. ACS went to his dad's criminal court hearing and petitioned for the judge to modify the stay away order of protection allowing them to have my son returned the abusers home. Case still in criminal court. ACS in my opinion is a failed system and a waste of taxpayers money.
# 2,404:
6:23 pm PDT, Apr 3, Sandi Hines, Utah
SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE !! These chrildren deserve to be remembered and honored ,they deserve a memorial day of their own.
# 2,403:
7:51 pm PDT, Apr 2, Robin Powell, North Carolina
# 2,402:
7:47 pm PDT, Apr 1, Lianne Robbins, Canada
# 2,401:
1:40 pm PDT, Apr 1, Derek Champion, South Carolina
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