INVISIBLE CHILDREN

Kids At Risk Action (KARA) Board

Mike Tikkanen

MIKE TIKKANEN is the author of “Invisible Children” and founder of Kid’s At Risk Action Group (KARA), a non-profit devoted to protecting and advocating for the rights of abused children.

Contact Mike Tikkanen at (952) 542-9318, for public speaking engagements for your organization. Mike is available for keynotes, breakouts, luncheons and other corporate, educational and community events.

Mike has spoken at many public policy and social work conferences; has been the keynote speaker at hundreds of business, community, and religious organizations and had has lead a workshop at the United Nations in New York addressing the rights of children.

Successful entrepreneur and author Mike Tikkanen combines his business acumen with his passion for neglected and abused children to offer answers to some of our communities most serious and complex problems.

Since 1996, he’s volunteered in the Guardian ad-Litem program as a court-appointed special advocate (CASA) and has worked with over fifty “Invisible Children,” who are part of the County Child Protection System.

Mike is passionate about improving the treatment of abused and neglected children and has formed the non-profit, Kid’s At Risk Action (KARA) to bring public awareness to children’s rights and form action groups to improve public policy towards at-risk children.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

• Social Policy & Economics of At Risk Children
• Justice and Crime
• Education
• Children’s Rights
• Health and Mental Health
• Child Protection Systems

SAMPLE KEYNOTE TOPICS:

• The Impact of Abuse & Abandonment on Children & Communities
• Why Some Kids Don’t Learn in School
• Ending Violence against Children
• Economic Costs of Neglected Children

View a sample presentation by Mike Tikkanen:

OUTCOMES:

Mike Tikkanen presents a clear and impassioned message on one of the most misrepresented and under-reported issues facing America today. First, he raises the audience’s awareness of how society fails its children, then he offers tools that audience members can use to help make a difference.

TESTIMONIALS:

“Mike clearly explains what needs to change. When you hear him speak, you will be asking yourself – what can I do to help?”

- Shirley Schroeder
Teacher, Guardian ad-Litem, Mother, Grandmother

“A passionate, informative, and compelling look at the shameful treatment of vulnerable children, how it impacts society, and what we can do about it. Tikkanen effectively mixes personal experience and real-life stories.”

- Burt Burlow, President
Growing Communities For Peace

“It is truly critical for adults from all corners of our society to speak out on behalf of children, especially children without someone who cares about them and their futures.”

Connie Skillingstad, Executive Director
Prevent Child Abuse Minnesota

“All children are born into a promise that the adults in their lives would take care of them. Unfortunately, that promise all too often gets broken and the only recourse these children have is a Child Protection System and Juvenile Justice System that certainly could use more help.”

Mee Moua, Senator
Minnesota State Senator 

“Open your ears to riveting and accurate stories of today’s children. Mike’s eye-opening experiences encourage us all to reach out and make life better for troubled children in our communities.”

Donald Schmitz, Author and Founder
Grandkids and Me Foundation

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