Register for this ZOOM webinar scheduled for Wednesday, October 12 from Noon to 1:00pm ET.

The Mahoney Family Fund is honored to present one of the nation’s most respected experts on the prevention of child abuse, Stacie LeBlanc. Her research and evidence-based data about the harms of hitting children, for punishment, is real and overwhelming. This interactive ZOOM webinar will address:

• the need and critical importance of ending corporal punishment

• will highlight the successful implementation of a NO-HIT Zone at the Coalition for a Better Acre (CBA) in Lowell, MA.

Pam LaRoque, CBA Youth Development Program Coordinator, will be on hand to answer questions about educational programs in place at CBA and specific challenges they face.

Stacie LeBlanc, JD, MEd is the President of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC), the co-founder of The UP Institute and a CAST instructor at Tulane University. She founded the Audrey Hepburn (CARE) Center and is the former Executive Director of the New Orleans Children's Advocacy Center. Stacie served ten years as a felony child abuse prosecutor, has designed multiple prevention programs including Teens, Sex, and the Law; Dear Parents and Painless Parenting. She chairs the National No Hit Zone Committee. More about Atty. LeBlanc: CV, NoHitZones

The important information in this webinar is presented at no cost to participants.