Empowering Students, Preventing Harm

We are a survivor-led youth initiative dedicated to to preventing online child exploitation, especially sextortion, through digital safety education and practical resources.

See The Safe Link in Action

Watch this short compilation of excerpts from a recent one-hour parent workshop.

Topics include online sextortion prevention, common tactics used by online predators, warning signs of online exploitation, and strategies for fostering open parent-child communication about digital safety.

Community Voices

70+

parents, students, and community members educated through workshops

96%

felt more confident recognizing sextortion

100%

would recommend the workshop and say they learned something new

"‘The Safe Link’ program utilizes Cynthia's personal lived experience as a survivor of sextortion, as well as the latest research, to educate middle and high school students about this crucial topic and how they can protect themselves. Cynthia's poised, articulate and charismatic demeanor also engages parents as she educates them about how to keep their kids safe from online sextortion."

—Lindsay Hawthorne, Digital Media and Communications Manager, ENOUGH ABUSE

“I really had no idea about any of this, and I'm so glad that I'm more informed now...”

—Parent

"Thank you for sharing such an inspiring story! What surprised me the most was definitely those apps you shared where predators could contact you. I can't believe I had 7 of those apps by the time I was in middle school. I think that is crazy.”

—Student

“Her talk showed such thoughtful consolidation of information, advice, questions to the audience that required applying the info, and all of this from a young woman who survived something horrific....I also appreciated her ability to speak to us as parents, but also to share a window into the way a teen may think and feel.”

—Parent

"I learned so much about how to prevent it and how to support others around us if something like this comes up. I never knew how common it was in our world today."

—Student

Our Partners

Our work is made possible through the support of these incredible partner organizations that share our mission of preventing exploitation and protecting youth.

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