Stop Abuse Campaign

The Stop Abuse Campaign's mission is to prevent child abuse, neglect, and trauma through public education and public policy and use the science of ACEs and trauma to fix complex social problems. We guide research, policy, and community partnerships and educate about childhood trauma's impact on individuals and communities. 

In the last two decades, we've learned that Adverse Childhood Experiences are responsible for some of society's most pernicious and persistent problems; addiction, poverty, violence, and homelessness, to name a few. When a social problem is resistant to solutions, it's often because this piece of the equation is being overlooked. 

The best solution to ACEs is prevention; to ensure that children are spared trauma and its consequences. But for those who have been affected, communities can provide opportunities for early intervention and healing. By evaluating the Rochester community through a lens of trauma and other social determinants of violence, evaluating existing resources that mitigate these causative factors, and bringing all the stakeholders in this community together, we can stop community violence.