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...
Who is vulnerable to human trafficking? Vulnerability There are a number of factors which make people vulnerable to abuses of all kinds, particularly human trafficking. The most obvious is youth. Young children don't know what they don't know. They can be used and abused and not know...
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...
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 program every day through...
The day after the post from June 26th, 2019, I got a call that turned the world upside down. The next day I had just finished a glass of wine after work, when I got a call. The woman on the other end of the phone asked...
First, don't be afraid of life. Not So Easy It may be easy to say, "First, don't be afraid of life." But it is not easy to control fear of the unknown. Even if you have a steady job and a healthy family, life is full of...
"No greater love, has anyone that this: to lay down their life for another," DP translation of John 15:13. No Greater Love You can say the words all you want, but if you are not actively making sacrifices for another person's benefit and wellbeing, you are not...
What is the value of your life? Are you the sum of your parts or only worth what you can contribute or is your value up to some arbitrarily contrived standards? Your Body Our bodies are the mechanism by which we interact with the world. It is...
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...
How often do we recognize that timing is everything?Hitting traffic on the highway, gathering people for a meeting, the beauty of a blooming flower: the list of possibilities wherein ‘timing is everything’ is infinite. Obviously, some things require more convergence than others. The photo above...