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Magenu

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Motto
  
Do You Magenu?

Tax ID no.
  
11-3463309

Founded
  
2012

Registration no.
  
11-3463309 (EIN)

Founder
  
Dr. Shani Zoldan-Verschleiser

Purpose
  
"Organized to protect children through safety education via a coordinated effort between schools, parents, and children."

Magenu is a Jewish educational not for profit 501(c) organization created to protect children through safety education, in a coordinated effort between schools, parents, and children. Magenu brings awareness to important children safety topics with an emphasis on empowering children to be protected from child sexual abuse, within Jewish communities worldwide.

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History

Magenu was established in 2012 by Dr. Shani Verschleiser, in response to increased reported incidences of child sexual abuse in Jewish communities in the New York City region. Magenu was started as a grassroots organization which quickly gained steam becoming a leader in the field amongst Jewish communities on the East coast of the USA. Magenu now employs multiple educational programs and awareness projects in its approach to empowering adults and everyone in a child’s life.

Projects & Programing

Magenu utilizes several programs targeting increased education with its students:

  • The Shul / Synagogue Safety Awareness: As a house of worship a Synagogue / Shul has many children in a potentially unstructured environment. Magenu has created a specific awareness program to combat the occurrence of child abuse within such facilities.
  • Jewish Holiday Safety Awareness: Magenu creates postcards and flyers for distribution at every Jewish Holliday year round. As holidays are a time whereas children are in less structured environment, incidences of child abuse rise.
  • Summer Safety Education and Awareness: At the start of the summer season, Magenu has an annual Safety Day fair where thousands attend in order to promote awareness and educate parents and children on the pitfalls summer can bring. As part of its efforts Magenu has published a manual detailing how parents can educate children when in a more unstructured or unsupervised environment as each year children head off to sleep away camp, attend day camp, and move to summer homes or bungalow colonies.
  • Magenu “Be A Star” Personal Safety program not only teaches children about personal safety but also puts emphasis on educating the significant adults in a child’s life. The goal is for the child to be able to communicate with his/her parent/caregiver in all situations.

    • Events

    In 2014 Magenu hosted its 2nd annual Safety Day fair at Floyd Bennett Field in Gateway National Recreation Area, which is managed by the National Park Service. Thousands of parents and children attended a fun filled full day of safety education while exploring vehicles brought by the New York City Police Department, and other local and state emergency response personnel. The first Safety Day fair, in 2013 garnered attendees including local organizations, businesses, and politicians including Senator Charles Schumer.

    References

    Magenu Wikipedia
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