January is human trafficking (damage) awareness month. This subject is very important to me. So much so, that I am sometimes drawn into discussions concerning victims who are also perpetrators of other crimes. Victim/Offender I committed petty theft, participated in breaking and entering, and auto theft as...
Vermont, is one of the targets for Decrim Sex Workers (DSW). They may have changed their name in NH, after the last few go'rounds here, trying to repeal prohibition for pimping and other forms of sexual exploitation. Below, I share excerpts from the letter I...
I weighed less than 90 pounds the first time I was sold for sex. 2020 Trafficking Awareness Looking back, I can see that I was a little girl in many ways. Physically, I was small. I was very immature, socially. I was groomed for prostitution by my...
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Once aware, what should be our human trafficking response? Human Trafficking Human trafficking is an umbrella term for a set of human rights violations. Namely, the crime involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or...
Human trafficking victims, like child abuse victims, live in a deceptively normalized state. Victims Can Be Anyone If you grew up in a home with one parent with an explosive temper and the other remained submissive, you wouldn't know that the violence you experienced was abnormal. Nightly...
There are many ways to help human trafficking victims. Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers Pro-life pregnancy centers help women and families every day. Some of those clients are human trafficking victims, hidden in plain sight. The unidentified or misidentified "difficult" clients may be exhibiting responses to complex trauma. That...
Helping Clients By learning about responding to human trafficking, centers can help those who might be misidentified as "difficult clients."Helping clients is what pregnancy resource centers are all about. I know that. Staff and volunteers at pregnancy resource centers and maternity homes are my heroes. Sidewalk...
Human Trafficking Awareness Month January is human trafficking awareness month. January 11th is international human trafficking awareness day! In honor of victims, with great respect for survivors, and to the equipping of advocates we have decided to post one module of the video portion of the...
It's true that people can be cruel. I have encountered many people in just over half a century. Many people, reasonable, smart, kind -at times can be very cruel. Heartbeat Bills There are a number of #Heartbeat bills up for votes across the country. The fact that...
This publication is so full of smut. Teen Vogue is grooming your kids for exploitation. The Thin, Fragile Veil If you have read Wisdom Speaks blog before, you know about the thin and fragile veil between prostitution and sex trafficking. Legally, any commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) of...