SOhopeful International Renounces Radical Extremist Splinter Organization

(PRWEB) February 14, 2005

S.O.S.E.N. is a splinter group founded by disgruntled former members of SOhopeful International. Their worldview is totally distorted and their methods are deplorable. We therefore publicly withdraw any support or affiliation from said organization.

“Any organization that would even think making a naked sex offender calendar is a viable fundraising idea is out of touch with reality,” says Carolyn, Executive Director of SOhopeful International. “We completely disavow that group. It does not deserve our respect, nor to use our name in their communications. Our organization is credible, legitimate, rational and dedicated to legal political activism through public education and outreach."

SOhopeful International is a member-based organization that seeks to educate the public, legislators, and the media about the low recidivism rate of the majority of former sex offenders, the efficacy of various treatment methods, and offers support, networking, and continuing education opportunities to our members. We are working to reform the laws governing the registration and sometimes life-long monitoring and tracking of low-level, non-violent lowest-risk former offenders.

We use responsible, rational and legal means to accomplish our goals and do not need to resort to belligerence or misquoting statistics out of context. We are very careful to correctly cite references and respect the copyright of previously published works.

Our members are fully equipped to present positive and solution-oriented correspondence to our legislators and the media as part of our political action activities. We strive to remain positive and behave in a manner that reflects the Creed and Member Principles of our organization. We must hold ourselves to a higher standard to prove to the world that our position is cogent and we are legitimate.

SOhopeful International actively seeks to network and collaborate with other respectable and legitimate human, civil and constitutional rights as well as judicial reform groups. We believe that cooperation and collaboration can facilitate more productive projects by pooling resources, cross-publicizing and co-sponsoring events.

SOhopeful International uses traditional and legal methods to educate the public, legislators, interested professionals and the media about the recidivism rate of former sex offenders and the massive collateral unintended and detrimental consequences of the over-broad registration and community notification legislation enacted by most American states.

We invite you to visit http://www.sohopeful.org for more information, or join us at http://www.sohopeful.org/forum/

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