Access to watch Broken Trust will become available on April 22nd, 2021 and will be available through April 28th, 2021.

For now, you can watch the trailer below:

Remember to Join Us on April 28th at 4:30 via Zoom for an Expert Q&A Panel! 

Email [email protected] if you have not received the Zoom link already.

To enhance your learning experience, use the Broken Trust Study Guide as you watch.

What Can You Do to Keep Children Safe and Healthy?

Broken Trust has likely spurred you to want to learn more about how you can protect children from sexual abuse by coaches, and others in positions of trust.  Below are important resources that we recommend you explore.  If you have specific questions, please bring them to our Zoom panel on April 28th! You may also contact CALICO – we are here to help.

Stop It Now: An excellent resource for parents and caregivers that provides information and prevention tips for all forms of child sexual abuse, including from coaches.

Partners In Prevention: This organization has information for parents and caregivers about child sexual abuses, as well as many resources that adults can share with children.

Desk Guide for Organizational Leaders:  Created by Johns Hopkins University, this excellent guide has step-by-step information to help coaches, team managers, league organizers and anyone working with groups of children create effective child sexual abuse prevention policies.  Please share this with your little leagues, soccer leagues, gyms, scouting organizations and more.

Who Will Be on the Expert Q&A Panel on April 28th at 4:30?

Jill Yesko

Filmmaker and journalist Jill Yesko is a former cyclist who represented the United States in the 1983 World University Games and competed in the Olympic Trials. Jill’s films include Tainted Blood: The Untold Story of the 1984 Olympic Blood Doping Scandal and Broken Trust: Athlete Abuse Exposed. Her writing has appeared in Women’s Sports & Fitness, Shape, Fitness Swimmer, and numerous other magazines.  Jill is a Fellow at the Center for Sports Communication & Media, Moody College of Communication at The University of Texas.

Jessica Armstrong, JD

Jessica is a mother, a lawyer, an activist and a former elite gymnast. She received a full athletic scholarship to Stanford University, and continued her studies at the University of San Francisco where she earned her law degree. Jessica now practices law for a non-profit healthcare corporation in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. As a survivor of sexual abuse by her gymnastics coach, Jessica advocates for change and education in elite sports. She is a proud member of Team Integrity – the Committee to Restore Integrity to the USOC, and has worked on legislative initiatives, including the passing of Senate Bill 534 – Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017. Jessica acts as an advocate for athletes pursuing claims with SafeSport and with athletic governing bodies, such as USA Gymnastics.

Shelley Hamilton, LCSW

Shelley Hamilton is the manager of the Center for Child Protection, a subspecialty medical department at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland whose mission is to care for maltreated children and families, and to work actively to decrease the prevalence, recurrence and escalation of child maltreatment and family violence within an environment of respect and sensitivity. She joined UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland in 1995 as a medical social worker before transitioning to the Center for Child Protection two years later to provide comprehensive psychotherapy services. In 2001, Ms. Hamilton began her tenure as the manager of the department where she oversees administrative and clinical services while still serving as a psychotherapist to children, youth and families.

Ms. Hamilton received her Master of Social Work degree from the University of Southern California. Over her thirty-year professional career, she is most proud of enhancing and expanding evidenced-based treatment for childhood trauma to disenfranchised communities. She has served as a long-time field instructor for Master of Social Work programs. Ms. Hamilton is a frequent presenter on topics pertaining to child maltreatment. Ms. Hamilton has served on numerous national, state, and county-level professional boards and advisory committees. She is the past president of the California chapter of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children. She is the past recipient of the Golden State Warriors Community Heroes Award and the City of Oakland Woman of Greatness Award. In her spare time, she enjoys fitness activities and traveling. 

What Does CALICO Do?

CALICO is the only children’s advocacy center serving Alameda County.  CALICO achieves justice and healing for over 600 toddlers, children, adolescents, and adults with developmental disabilities each year.  Children come to CALICO as a result of sexual abuse, physical abuse, neglect, drug endangerment, or severe violence they have witnessed in their home or community.  For these individuals, CALICO is often their first opportunity to tell in full what happened and their first step to recovery. 

CALICO improves the quality of life of young victims and families in several ways:

 

• We stop the immediate violence for the child interviewed and other children to whom the abuser has access
• By coordinating the response of various agencies, we reduce further trauma to the child that would result from being part of multiple investigations; and
• By connecting abused children with therapeutic support, we help a child onto a path of healthy adulthood.

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While the discussions that take place at CALICO concern difficult situations, the atmosphere is one of hope. Children walk away with a book, stuffed animal and blanket, feeling safe and protected. Caregivers leave equipped with tools to guide the whole family towards healing. By checking in after the interview and through follow-up conversations, we can report the following:

• Over 75% of children report a positive or neutral experience answering the interviewer’s questions
• Almost 90% of children report they feel positive or neutral about the interviewing room
• Over half of families report that their child enrolled in counseling within approximately six weeks following their visit to CALICO
• Over 90% of caregivers feel their experience at CALICO is positive

 

If CALICO did not exist, child abuse victims would be forced to tell their accounts of abuse in uncomfortable and unsuitable environments, such as squad cars or police stations.  They would have to answer more questions asked by people not trained to talk to children and victims with special needs. As a result, evidence would be lost, many offenders would not be prosecuted, and families would lose a key opportunity to connect with the services they need to heal.

CALICO also runs a program called Children’s Advocacy Centers of California, which promotes the development and use of centers like CALICO throughout the state of California.

Learn more about CALICO and how you can support our work by visiting www.calicocenter.org.