We Believe Black Lives Matter
Black lives matter. CALICO stands against racism, racial injustice and racial violence in all forms. Our mission is to achieve justice and healing abused children. Yet, as the National Children’s Alliance recently stated, “Children cannot get the justice we promise them, not to mention the healing or the safety they deserve, when injustice is ignored.” For too long, our country has ignored the injustices caused by both overt racism and systematic racism, to the detriment