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Monday, April 01, 2013  The McMahon/Ryan Advocacy Center is planting pinwheel gardens to remind neighbors about the ways we can prevent child abuse. The Center says spreading the message can be as simple as knowing what’s going on in your neighborhood. The pinwheel is the national symbol of child abuse prevention and awareness.

Friday, March 22, 2013  The Center provides and coordinates multi-agency services for child abuse and neglect victims in Onondaga County.

Sunday, March 03, 2013  As longtime CBA baseball coach recovers from his injuries, family and friends came together to honor him at a fundraiser. Tom has been a longtime member with the Pastime Athletic Club and that community knew they could help him out.

Friday, March 01, 2013  As we honor Women's History Month, you will likely hear a lot this month about women who have had an impact on our community.

Friday, September 28, 2012  Hundreds of bicyclists stopped at six locations as part of the Syracuse Ride for Missing Children that aims to raising awareness about missing and exploited children.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012  Police, child advocates and health workers took calls during the Protecting Our Children TV special on Wednesday night.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012  The Central New York broadcasting community came together April 25th to bring awareness to the important issues of sexual, verbal and physical abuse of children.

Thursday, February 23, 2012  The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University is hosting a day long symposium titled, "When Games Turn Grim: Can Media Cover Sports Scandals Responsibly?"

Thursday, January 19, 2012  The Central New York Community came together in an unprecedented way Thursday night to focus on a topic many find difficult to discuss.  Preventing child sexual abuse was the focus of a forum at Onondaga Community College, sponsored by the child advocates at The McMahon/Ryan Child Advocay Center. The event was broadcast by several local media outlets including CNYCentral.

Thursday, January 19, 2012  Dan Leonard, who is an adult survivor of child sexual abuse is a key speaker at Thursday's town hall event at Onondaga Community College. Leonard lived with the secret of his abuse at the ages of 13 and 14 until the 1990's.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012  The executive director of the McMahon Ryan Child Advocacy Center in Syracuse says more adult survivors of sexual abuse contacted the center for counseling or support in the last few months of 2011.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012  Victim of abuse speaks out, as the Central New York community prepares for town hall discussion about child abuse.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012  The Bernie Fine sex abuse scandal has heightened concerns about child abuse in youth athletic programs. Now, the McMahon Ryan Child Advocacy Center is hoping to address those concerns.

Friday, January 13, 2012  The case of the former longtime Syracuse University basketball assistant led to the McMahon-Ryan Child Advocacy Center organizing a public session to teach adults involved with youth athletics.

Wednesday, December 07, 2011  District Attorney Bill Fitzpatrick said police would not be able to interview all of the children who had contact with Bernie Fine at basketball camps and events. Fitzpatrick asked parents for help talking to kids about suspected abuse.