Bloom Safe in Washington: Building Connections and Momentum for Prevention
Hey Everyone!
Our work to advance the Bloom Safe Act is reaching new audiences and your support is helping us keep moving forward. On September 26, I marched alongside fellow survivors, advocates, and allies at the Survivors’ Solidarity March in Washington, D.C., where I also had the honor of serving as an official speaker. With the U.S. Capitol behind me, I brought our call for a sustained national commitment to preventing child sexual abuse directly to the gathering.
This was an important opportunity to bring Bloom Safe into a wider community of survivors and advocates. Advancing this proposal takes relationships: people learning about the Act, finding common ground, sharing resources, and carrying the message into their own communities. Participating in the march is another step in building those connections.
My message was clear: protecting children is an adult responsibility, and prevention deserves sustained investment. The proposed Bloom Safe Act would invest $1 billion annually in education, adult training, research, community prevention, digital safety, and survivor and family support. It would also reserve at least one-quarter of its national advisory board for adult survivors, with compensation for their participation.
Read our full report from the march.
We are making progress by raising awareness, participating in national advocacy, and connecting our prevention message with people who share our commitment to protecting children. Our next task is to turn that visibility into broader support and congressional action.
Here’s how you can help:
- Share the video with someone who has not yet heard about Bloom Safe.
- Share this petition and personally invite three people to sign: change.org/bloom-safe.
- Contact your representative and both senators. Ask them to review the proposed Bloom Safe Act and help move it toward introduction.
- Make a connection. Introduce Bloom Safe to an educator, survivor advocate, community organization, faith leader, or prevention professional.
Thank you for adding your voice and helping this effort grow. Every signature, introduction, and conversation gives us another opportunity to move prevention forward.
Every child deserves to Bloom Safe.
Steve Simons
steve@bloomsafe.org
Founder, Bloom Safe | Author of the proposed Bloom Safe Act (Download the PDF)
Bloom Safe Website: https://www.bloomsafe.org
Bloom Safe Petition: https://change.org/bloom-safe
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