About this episode

Elizabeth Phillips discusses the urgent need for reform in summer camp safety and shares her personal advocacy journey following her brother's tragic story.

**Sensitive Content** Camp Safety in America: Trey's Law, and Lessons From Camp Mystic. One click resource: beforeyougotocamp.com. As we move into another summer season, camp safety advocate Elizabeth Phillips says U.S. summer camp safety needs an overhaul.  Phillips, a Texas-raised mother of three, shares her road to advocacy, describing how her brother Trey endured abuse at a well-known summer camp, was silenced by a civil-settlement NDA; he eventually took his own life.  The perpetrator received three life sentences. Prosecutors estimated hundreds of victims.  As a result, Elizabeth has made it her mission to highlight the need for statute-of-limitations reform and has advocated for new legislation - specifically "Trey’s Law" which bans NDAs in child sexual abuse and trafficking civil settlements; it has passed in multiple states and is advancing federally.  Phillips also supported Camp Mystic families after last summer’s deadly Hill Country flooding led to questions about better laws and regulations. A much needed site guide for parents and guardians everywhere: beforeyougotocamp.com. 00:00 How Safe Are Camps 01:40 Meet Elizabeth Phillips 04:52 Growing Up…

People in this episode

Host: Jenna Lee

Guest: Elizabeth Phillips

Topics covered

• camp safety
• child advocacy
• legislation
• statute of limitations
• trauma
• summer camps

Keywords

• camp safety
• Trey's Law
• child abuse
• NDAs
• legislation
• trauma
• summer camps
• advocacy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Camp Mystic, Trey’s Law, beforeyougotocamp.com

Places: Texas, Oklahoma

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