by admin | Dec 12, 2016 | Blog, Learn + Respond
Sex trafficking is a class of contemporary slavery where traffickers use lies, threats, violence, debt bondage, and other types of coercion to force children and adults to engage in commercial sex, contrary to their wish. Under the U.S. federal law, sex trafficking...
by admin | Nov 17, 2016 | Blog, Learn + Respond
“We raise boys to become men whose very identity is based on rejecting the feminine and then we are surprised when they don’t see women as being fully human. So we set them up…to grow into men who disrespect women at the fundamental level and then we wonder why we...
by admin | Oct 3, 2016 | Blog, Learn + Respond
When I googled ‘Backpage,’ a short description appeared and it read: “Free classified ads with photos. Find houses and apts for rent, personals, jobs, cats and dogs for sale.” At first glance, it does not indicate that you may rent people at a price. Until recently I...
by admin | Sep 12, 2016 | Blog, Learn + Respond
Sometimes when we experience pain we begin to shield ourselves from the world. Our instinct is to build an imaginary brick wall so that no one can hurt us again – or so we hope. From past experiences, we learn to recognize the antagonists in our lives. We associate...
by admin | Aug 29, 2016 | Blog, Learn + Respond
When we think of sex trafficking, we may think it is a problem other countries have and not something that is happening in the United States of America. The “land of the free” could not be witness to incidences of forced sex labor. We are an example of progress and...
by admin | Jun 15, 2016 | Blog, Learn + Respond
When I would think of the homeless, I would not think of potential victims for sex trafficking. I thought of drug addiction, war veterans or of people that somehow lost track of their lives and forgot how to get back to the people that love them. Naively, I thought...
