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Elizabeth Yore
Elizabeth Yore served as Special Counsel at Harpo, Inc. for the last 5 years. In that position, she acted as Oprah Winfrey’s Child Advocate both with the Oprah Winfrey Show and in South Africa at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls. Prior to that position, Liz was General Counsel for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, the Illinois statewide child welfare agency. At DCFS, Liz created the first missing child unit, which required the DCFS to immediately notify the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children when a foster child went missing. Illinois has been the leader in that initiative. She also spearheaded a program to aggressively prosecute human trafficking cases in the department. Prior to DCFS, Liz was General Counsel at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in Virginia, and its first Director of the International Division handling international child abduction cases. She now blogs at Yorechildren.com, twitters@elizabethyore and consults internationally in child exploitation cases.
Recent Posts
Two Houses of Horror
A tale of two cities, Philadelphia and Cleveland dominated the news this week with the Kermit Gosnell abortion trial revelations and the decade long child abduction and recovery in Cleveland of 3 ... More
None So Blind that Cannot See
I am old enough to remember the initial debate, or rather, non debate leading up to the Roe vs. Wade decision. The pro abortion lobby seized the language, reframed the arguments, and shut down an ... More
The Grey Lady in the Glass House
It is a good divine that follows his own instructions. ~Shakespeare On August 15, 2012, Grey Lady, announced the hiring of its new CEO, Mark Thompson, formerly Director General of the BBC. Thomp... More
Semper Fidelis? Why embedding virtue matters.
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never - in nothing great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. - Winston Churchill Churchill’s... More
The Blame Game
"Till at last, the child's mind is these suggestions, and the sum of the suggestions is the child's mind. And not the child's mind only. The adult's mind too-all his life long. The mind that judges ... More
Where in the World is Hillary?
What was the Secretary of State doing during the weeks running up to the dangerous September 11th anniversary? During the Democratic Convention (Sept. 3-6), the political pundits chuckledthat Secr... More
The Bully Pulpit
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” ~Mahatma Gandhi President Teddy Roosevelt first coined the phrase, “Bully Pulpit.” He described the White... More
Where is the next Sandusky?
“They've done it before and they'll do it again and when they do it -- seems that only the children weep.” -Harper Lee, "To Kill a Mockingbird" Remember when sports pundits called the Penn St... More
Facebook Status: Unfriendly
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. ~Albert Einstein 27 year old Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrived in New York this week to promote Facebook’s reco... More
The King has spoken
Please welcome this guest post by Elizabeth Yore, who served as Special Counsel at Harpo, Inc. Previously, she was General Counsel at the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services for 8 year... More
