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

To:  The White House and President Barack Obama

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 !
                      

To:  The White House and President Barack Obama

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 !
                      
To:  The White House and President Barack Obama

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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We signed the "We are asking For: Victims of Child Welfare Memorial Day" petition!
# 2,583:
6:31 pm PST, Feb 9, Name not displayed, Minnesota
# 2,582:
11:36 am PST, Feb 9, Salena Forrester Jones, Maryland
Sarah Jane Forrester, Woodlawn Maryland, October 30 1985 - found May 13 1999, battered and stabbed Sarah is my little cousin who died because of the neglect of the Maryland Foster Care System. A system that is suppose to help and protect children.
# 2,581:
1:57 pm PST, Feb 8, Summer Borga, Colorado
# 2,579:
7:41 pm PST, Feb 6, Acacia Ludo, Florida
# 2,578:
4:09 pm PST, Feb 6, Norma Arndt, Ohio
# 2,577:
11:21 am PST, Feb 4, Ariel C, Canada
I totally support this. These beautiful and precious children should of been loved and cared for with love not to have died. Poor little sweethearts. They are in God's arms now. A day in memory of them is surely a small thing to do to show respect and caring for the little ones who died cruelly and needlessly. Please search your heart and decide to do this. It will also bring awareness to the public and take a stand for zero tolerance for child abuse and neglect and/or murder under any circumstances including and especially while they are a ward of the state in the Children's Social Services care. I pray for children to have lives free of abuse of any kind always. I pray that governments will make the just and right decisions to right what wrongs they can. Do a big overhaul of the system and have them monitored by an outside agency. Make sure those who are hired are people who truly care for all children and make sure they can act in the children's best interest when they need to before it is too late. Workers have to be trained to know how to recognize the signs of child abuse much better than they are since they are missing the signs way too much. One more thing is workers are over burdened with cases they need more staff. All these things will help take a big step towards solving these problems. Please do not let these children's lives of suffering and their deaths have been in vain and take action on a very important issue and that is child welfare and safety. Have compassion for those precious and beautiful little ones who cannot protect themselves. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
# 2,576:
9:41 am PST, Feb 2, Carrie Hyder, Washington
michelle lee morris
# 2,575:
8:56 am PST, Feb 2, Wayne Hart, Washington
# 2,574:
9:15 am PST, Feb 1, Stephanie Nowlin, Michigan
My 15 year old son Ryan is is the "ownership" of Wayne County Michigan at this time,although his situation is a bit different from those outlined here,the end result has been the same...he is NOT being cared for properly,he is in "constant" danger from his "peers",his medical needs are not being met...and like these cases,I am SCREAMING OUT...but nobody is listening!!! His future {or LACK OF I should say} is in the sole hands of a "worker" who cares NOTHING about him,and only sees him 10 minutes a month,other "workers" from a treatment-program,who also know little to nothing about my son;who he is;what he needs...and a Judge. None of the above-mentioned even know what his favorite color is...let alone what's in his "best interest".If something is not done SOON...he's going to end up DEAD...either by the hand of one of his peers;the hand of one of his "Doctors";the hand of one of his "staff"...or...he's just going to give up on life and kill HIMSELF!!! He's already had 5-6 visits to the ER in less than a year in State Care;he's been "jumped";assualted;put on hard-core RX drugs,ect,ect {and God only knows what else has happened that he WON'T tell me,out of fear that I will fight even harder and HE will feel the back-lash from it!}. My husband and I are FORCED to just "sit here" and watch his emotional and physical health decline...while the "system" does what's in his,and society's "best interest"!!! GIVE THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY CARE ABOUT THESE KIDS A VOICE...HEAR US....START LISTENING WHEN WE SAY THE SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING,OR OUR KIDS ARE IN DANGER...BETTER YET,ASK THE KIDS {atleast in cases where they are older} WHO THEY "TRUST"..ALLOW OUR WORDS TO CARRY SOME WEIGHT...BEFORE OUR KIDS ARE ABUSED/NEGLECTED...OR DEAD!!!!!
# 2,573:
9:57 am PST, Jan 31, Loren Zimmerman, Illinois
# 2,572:
6:52 am PST, Jan 31, Name not displayed, Illinois
I was born to a single teen mom ... who would dump me with friends / family whoever would take me .. I was molested by one of her friends husbands... later about the age of 9 she met a man she fell in love with - he was put in prison because people were picking on him she would say .. later to find out he pulled a gun on a police officer and he himself was shot - I do not know what all he was in trouble for but my house was a nightmare that no child should of seen. DCFS made regular visits... at both home and school and we would move. New school new everything - became harder to make friends and isolation began. I was molested possibly raped from the age of 10 on until I ran away at 17. I was beaten from head to toe with a belt w/ buckle leaving lash marks all over me - DCFS was aware and did come to school and documented. I was drugged...beat for refusing to sell drugs when men showed up at our house. Crazy animals to lock me in my room our even out of the house - pit bulls and dobermen pinchers snipping and growling at me made me fearful. when telling my mother what happen she slap me around until my face was bloody. Teachers turned there back ..society turned there back ... I was alone and nobody cared. I should add that when I ran away at 17 I was dragged down 2 flights of steps by my feet when I ran from him ........ he had guest at the house that were holding guns and were wanting money that he owed - When I climbed out the upstairs window hitting the ground and started running all that was in my thoughts was he was going to pay these men with me! I to this day believe that is what would happen and was planned out ....... due to the coments that were being made about my breast and my leg strenght ..these 3 men watched me be dragged down the steps and cheered him on! Where was social services? why did it take me running away and hiding and refusing to come out even to people I trusted ... I was one of the lucky children in life I had god parents that never gave up on me ..they never stop trying to get custody of me ......and that night I ran away they obtained custody as my mom signed over without a fight! From the age of 3-17 I was abused in all forms! no child should live in fear. And no adult should have to live with flash backs of what happen to them as a child! Something needs to be done. 1-7 years for molesting or harming a child is not enough!! Stronger laws .. stronger convictions! MY God these are our children .. who one day will be taking care of us!!!
# 2,571:
2:08 am PST, Jan 23, Paul Bernard, Canada
# 2,570:
9:55 pm PST, Jan 21, Jai, Maria, Ratasha From Kingston, Canada
To hell with the system, to hell with their paychecks, to hell with their beliefs, to hell with their thoughts and to heaven with the children as they are ours.
# 2,569:
11:32 am PST, Jan 13, Frank Gerry, Florida
It seems to me that child "protective" services have too callous an attitude about snatching children away from parents.
# 2,568:
11:49 am PST, Jan 11, Miranda Hernandez, Wisconsin
We need to start showing that we care about these children and do something to protect them. Instead of protecting the people who are allowing this to happen. Please, how many more innocent children have to die before something is done?
# 2,567:
9:37 pm PST, Jan 8, Veronica Rodriquez, Arizona
# 2,566:
8:55 pm PST, Jan 7, Sarah Smith, Texas
these poor innocent children die for no reason at all. what if this child was you? wouldn't you want someone to remember? wouldn't you want someone to help? the very least we can do is have a moment of silence, and a memorial day to rember the poor innocent children that have died needlessly.
# 2,565:
10:52 pm PST, Jan 4, Marian Desgroux, California
# 2,564:
4:57 am PST, Dec 27, Louise Martin, New Zealand
I am the mother of Patrick Martin of Auckland, New Zealand who died 13 days after cps needlessly removed him from my home. He was placed into a foster home with one caregiver and a total of TWELVE children, including an 18mth old boy with significant brain damage. My son was was not fed correctly and he was stressed to the point in 13 days, that he died. The caregiver phoned cps before they called for an ambulance. They called it SIDS - I call it neglect.
# 2,563:
11:28 am PST, Dec 17, Brian Dooley, Oregon
My wife & me have 6 children 4 of that have been abused while in the custody of cps and placed in serious " Threats of Harm" by Klamath county Child Welfare and actually still are. I have evidence of physical and sexual abuse to my children while in child welfare custody and they still lie about. My daughters got hand delivered to their biological father who sexually abused them, which my husband and I provided 200+ pages from Army CID and Hawaii CPS confirming sexual abuse by him. I also know for a fact he sexually abuse his minor neice at our home. The once listened to the abuser. I have pictures of my oldest with her dad and the fosterparents at sixflags summer 08 with his hand on her behind and DHS ignores it. My daughters almost 16 and 17 can disprove alot but have been hushed by Klamath County. All four of my children have talked about abuse by the foster home and caseworkers. DHS got the videotaped interview of my girls but it mysteriously came up missing.I have evidence but no one will listen I got told I would be charged with sex abuse ( based on my daughters abusers word ) if I didn't stipulate to EVERYTHING DHS wanted, and most of it was not true and the word of my daughters abuser ( whom I turned in ) with a vary extencive crimal history and he got a sweet deal for Burg. and 3 counts of rape 3 he did a whopping 30 days in county.And my wifes x hubby with no prior criminal history got 3 to 5 years for 1 count & (he turned himself in)they have cost our family everything we had houses & 2 jobs 40.000 a year & move from Washington to Klamath falls Or. & had to put our 4 & 14 year old daughters with my parents to protect them from Oregon
# 2,562:
8:24 pm PST, Dec 16, April Dooley, Oregon
I have children that have been abused while in the custody of cps and placed in serious " Threats of Harm" by Klamath county Child Welfare and actually still are. I have evidence of physical and sexual abuse to my children while in child welfare custody and they still lie about. My daughters got hand delivered to their biological father who sexually abused them, which my husband and I provided 200+ pages from Army CID and Hawaii CPS confirming sexual abuse by him. I also know for a fact he sexually abuse his minor neice at our home. The once listened to the abuser. I have pictures of my oldest with her dad and the fosterparents at sixflags summer 08 with his hand on her behind and DHS ignores it. My daughters almost 16 and 17 can disprove alot but have been hushed by Klamath County. All four of my children have talked about abuse by the foster home and caseworkers. DHS got the videotaped interview of my girls but it mysteriously came up missing.I have evidence but no one will listen I got told I would be charged with sex abuse ( based on my daughters abusers word ) if I didn't stipulate to EVERYTHING DHS wanted, and most of it was not true and the word of my daughters abuser ( whom I turned in ) and he got a sweet deal for Burg. and 3 counts of rape 3 he did a whopping 30 days in county.
# 2,560:
10:34 pm PST, Dec 15, Diana Mullaney, Illinois
The horror of abortion and killing of older children has opened this country up to the chastisement of God Almighty. We ought to be afraid of what will happen if we continue disregarding life like this. These children are made in the image of God and deserve a society that will nurture them when their parents need help.
# 2,558:
1:49 pm PST, Dec 10, Natasha Cooke, Nevada
# 2,557:
12:16 am PST, Dec 1, Name not displayed, Texas
For the sake of all children who have died under the care of CPS and their caregivers.
# 2,556:
1:15 am PST, Nov 25, Amber Tighe, Colorado
this for all the childern who have died in cps care and all the families that are going though hell trying to get thier kids back like my husband and me .
# 2,555:
11:50 pm PST, Nov 24, Amanda Appleby, Wisconsin
# 2,554:
2:03 pm PST, Nov 24, Frances Gresham, Arkansas
I pray for God's hand to be on the shoulder of each and every child that is subjected to abuse of any kind. I pray for justice to be done to those cowards that have the nerve, and no soul, to lay a hand on a child abusively. They deserve to get back what they dish out and agencies that are supposed to protect those children should be under the strictest regulations in the world. The children are our future and those abused children that are lucky enough to live through it end up being the abusers because it is all they know. Have the strength to stand up and make a difference if you are aware of any form of abuse and then follow up until they are sick of hearing from you. Document everything and you could save a child's life. Isn't your child worth it?
# 2,553:
7:23 pm PST, Nov 23, Taana Peterson, Washington
# 2,552:
2:30 pm PST, Nov 21, Ann Cawley, Missouri
# 2,551:
9:46 am PST, Nov 19, H.C. Laugand, Nebraska
Suffer not the little children to come unto me, for such is the kingdom of heaven. I pray that God will protect his children big and small from the enemy who comes to kill, steal, and destroy. Jesus said, "I have come to give Life and that to the fullest. May God bless all the children and may He protect them from hurt, harm, and danger.
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