Sex Trafficking

Sex Trafficking

Sex Trafficking It is estimated that up to 300,000 adolescents are trafficked in the U.S. each year. (The National Report on Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking by Shared Hope International 2009) One in three teens on the street will be lured toward prostitution within 48...
Recognizing the Signs of Sex Trafficking

Recognizing the Signs of Sex Trafficking

Recognizing the Signs of Sex Trafficking Are you or someone you know being trafficked? Is human trafficking happening in your community? Is the situation you may have encountered human trafficking? The following is a list of potential red flags and indicators of human...
Human Trafficking Terms

Human Trafficking Terms

Trafficking Terms The following list of key terms used in sex trafficking is published in Renting Lacy: A Story of America’s Prostituted Children by Linda Smith. Automatic — A term denoting the victim’s “automatic” routine when her pimp is out of town, in jail, or...
UnPlanned Pregnancy

UnPlanned Pregnancy

Unplanned Pregnancy? It is estimated that 34% of young women in America get pregnant at least once before age 20. There are 750,000 teen pregnancies each year with 59% ending in birth. An estimated 82% of teen pregnancies are unplanned. (Guttmacher Institute 2011) If...
Regrets, It’s Time To Let Them Go

Regrets, It’s Time To Let Them Go

REGRETS, IT’S TIME TO LET THEM GO! Ten Things You Will Never Regret: 1. Showing kindness to an aged person. 2. Destroying a letter written in anger. 3. Offering an apology that will save a friendship. 4. Stopping a scandal that was ruining a reputation. 5. Helping a...
Rape Recovery

Rape Recovery

Help for rape victims and survivors of all kinds of sexual assault. Find definitions, causes, effects, survival-recovery help and related pages on incest, child sexual abuse and domestic violence. STOP: If you have recently been sexually assaulted, call...