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PROTECT, or The National Association to Protect Children, is a grassroots political lobby established in 2002 and dedicated to the protection of children from abuse, exploitation and neglect. It is a nonprofit, 501(c)(4) membership association with members in every U.S. state and 10 nations. PROTECT achieved great success in its first three years, winning legislative victories in eight state legislatures. It advocates a nonpartisan "pro-child, anti-crime" agenda, and works closely with both conservative and liberal constituencies and lawmakers. A grassroots political movement is one driven by the constituents of a community. ...
This article is about the political effort. ...
501(c)(4) refers to a provision of the United States Internal Revenue Code providing an exemption from the imposition of Federal income tax for the following kinds of entities: Civic leagues or organizations not organized for profit but operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare, or local associations...
PROTECT Agenda and Campaigns
Pro-Child, Anti-Crime Agenda PROTECT advocates a "pro-child, anti-crime" agenda, which combines traditionally liberal positions on child protection with traditionally conservative positions on crime. PROTECT's pro-child agenda includes legal advocacy for child victims and reform and adequate funding of child protective services. Its anti-crime agenda includes stronger criminal sentencing, surveillance and containment of released sex offenders and increased funding for law enforcement.
PROTECT Campaigns PROTECT focuses its work on four principal campaigns:
Circle of Trust Campaign: Since its creation in 2002, PROTECT has led successful legislative battles to eliminate laws that award preferential treatment to criminals who sexually assault their own children. PROTECT's Circle of Trust campaign has successfully fought to reform and strengthen laws in North Carolina, Arkansas, Illinois, Virginia, California and New York.
Real Safety Campaign: PROTECT also advocates intensive community supervision--or "surveillance and containment"--of convicted sex offenders released into communities. The Real Safety campaign educates the public and lawmakers about the dangers of relying upon sex offender registries and residency restriction laws to keep children safe, calling for long-term and lifetime probation and parole.
Accountability Campaign: In 2006, PROTECT announced it was launching its Accountability Campaign to hold public servants accountable for their performance in combatting crimes against children.
Child Pornography Campaign: In 2006, PROTECT also launched a national anti-child pornography campaign.
Grassroots Support In 2005, the punk rock record label, Fat Wreck Chords released a charity record for PROTECT, entitled PROTECT: A Benefit for the National Association to Protect Children. Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ...
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ...
Fat Wreck Chords is a San Francisco, California based independent record label, focused on punk rock, which was started by Fat Mike the lead singer and bassist of the punk rock band NOFX and his wife Erin, in 1990. ...
A charity record (also known as a charity single) is a release of a song for a specific charitable cause. ...
See also Child abuse is the physical, sexual, or emotional maltreatment or neglect of children by parents, guardians, or others. ...
Child pornography refers to pornographic material depicting children. ...
Child sexual abuse is an umbrella term describing criminal and civil offenses in which an adult engages in sexual activity with a minor or exploits a minor for the purpose of sexual gratification. ...
Incest is sexual activity between two persons related by close kinship. ...
External Links - Child Sexual Abuse and the State by Ruby Andrew, UC Davis Law Review, vol. 39, 2006. Discusses U.S. incest laws in cases where victim is a minor.
- The Incest Loophole by Andrew Vachss, New York Times, Nov. 20, 2005. Sentencing incest perpetrators when victim is a minor.
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