4-17-2009 Marilyn van Derbur interview-part1

1 out of 3 girls. 1 out of 4 boys. I met Marilyn Van Derbur in the 1990s in Portland, Oregon.

As I witnessed inside DSHS (The Department of Social and Health Services) and then as a child care licensor (the agency now known as DEL, Department of Early Learning) the unelected bureaucratic managers of the government of the state of Washington NOT investigate allegations of sexual and emotional violations done to children it was most gut wrenching and painful.

Marilyn Van Derbur was most supportive when I wrote to her expressing my turmoil and pain.

Marilyn said, "You can't quit, you must speak, you must tell what you see." And so I did.

I've documented over the years my journey "of telling" to elected officials, state representatives, state senators, governor Christine Gregoire, two attorneys general, Christine Gregoire and Rob McKenna and the state auditor, Brian Sonntag of Washington State what I witnessed. Some of those witnessings and documents went to Mary Meinig, Office of Children and Family Ombudsman, to two DSHS Secretaries, Dennis Braddock and Robin Arnold-Williams and up the chain of command to two directors, Rachael Langen and Jone Bosworth.

Some day care facilities where children were violated and emotionally abused were allowed to keep their licenses.

If your child or any child you know of; or any adult you know who was so violated as a child share this video with them. In addition, Marilyn, wrote a memoir and she has a DVD telling her story. Just listening to Marilyn's story is healing.

Marilyn has another DVD called Once can Hurt for a Lifetime. One act of betrayal of a child's body and soul can hurt for a lifetime.

Marilyn shows people can heal. It's true what Marilyn says in this interview, if you email her, she will email you back. When she got outted by the press in the 1990s she has since made this her mission in life...and she is good at it.

Pass it on...Marilyn is a wonderful person. It's never too late to have a happy childhood.