“Mr. Speaker, the crime of human trafficking is complex and it is destructive. It shatters the lives of its victims and their loved ones. In an effort to bring attention to this modern-day form of slavery, we recognize January 11, 2014, as National Human Trafficking Awareness Day.” — Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick, January 8, 2014
The National Human Trafficking Hotline: 1-888-3737-888
Let’s work together to End Slavery.
Sex trafficking
Houston has the great privilege of hosting the Super Bowl in 2017, but with that comes the great responsibility of combatting the inevitable spike in sex trafficking.
Just as during the Offshore Technology Conference in May, whenever large numbers of people gather, there is an increase in the sex trade. Why? Because there are men who want to buy sex. And because of these men, traffickers will recruit young girls into the sex trade to meet the demand.
Houston will continue to be a sex trafficking hub as long as society tolerates the buying of sex. Sex trafficking and prostitution are intrinsically linked. They are not the same, but they are very much connected.
The average age of entry into the sex trade is between 12 to 14 years old. If you see a 32-year-old woman involved in prostitution, chances are she was lured into the sex trade as a young girl.
Traffickers are seeking girls who have been sexually abused at a young age. Their targets typically have no dependable father figure; they have low self-esteem; they run away from home often and usually come from dysfunctional homes. No gun is needed to force this girl into trafficking; the trafficker can simply ply her with a few cheap trinkets and words of affection. It is important to remember, however, that if a minor is involved, this is a federal crime.
Changing societal attitudes is not a hopeless, uphill battle. We can change. And we have already started.
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The Life: TV show reveals the brutal cost of sex trafficking of women and minors.
Very few images and videos regarding the topic of sex trafficking are able to stir my emotions. They are often too violent, too overdramatized, too sensationalized, or just too innocent. When I watched, Ballerina, a promotional clip for George Perez’s and Mohammad Maaty’s brainchild television series project, The Life, I was honestly moved…
World Wide Vigil For People Affected By Abuse
September 21, 2012 from 7-8pm EST
Live online portion on the Project For Healing Humanity on our
PFHH Google+ pagehttps://plus.google.com/100552197458937195449/posts
PFHH YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/projectforhh
Live versions in Espanol will be available on our
PfHH Espanol Google+ pagehttps://plus.google.com/106469375904953802623/posts
PfHH Espanol YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/PfHHEspanol
The aim here is to focus our consciousness on the healing of humanity over a 24 hour period worldwide. Local and other vigils may continue for as long as you choose where ever you are: at home, with your family, friends, or in groups around the world.
Our events will run as what Google+ calls “Hangouts”. A Hangout can only have 10 people directly on it using video or audio. Everyone else will be a spectator. This is why you will want to view it live from our PFHH Google+ or YouTube pages. We may embed the live event on other sites like Ark of Hope for Children or other sites as well. If that is going to happen we will post it on our social sites.
PFHH YouTube site
Those subscribed to the PFHH YouTube site can also watch and comment there in the same manner. Please subscribe to us on YouTube if you have a YouTube account. www.youtube.com/projectforhh
We intend to have an event manager on each site able to respond to comments. We do not know how possible this is until the events go live.
Once the event is finished we will close the video portion which will allow YouTube to process it. This can take a few hours since the events are long. Once it is completed, the events will be available to watch at any time on the PFHH YouTube channel and may be posted elsewhere on our other social network sites.
Official website: https://plus.google.com/100552197458937195449/posts
I received a Tweet from a friend informing me that she was going to be a guest on a radio show. During the broadcast, I signed-up at the Network so I could interact in the chatroom. Since then, I’ve been notified regarding subsequent shows and have become a regular listener. One of those Emails especially piqued my interest. The topic was Human Trafficking.
The show was about to begin. I signed in and donned my headphones. The show’s guest painfully told the story of her missing daughter: Jessie Foster. Jessie was lured from Canada to the United States and was eventually forced to work as a prostitute in Las Vegas. I typed a comment in the chatroom and was surprised to hear the host read it on air. Before long, I was chatting with Glendene Grant, Jessie’s Mother. I asked her to send an Email with the details of the case. I told her that I would post her information to keep her awareness campaign alive.
No one has heard from Jessica Foster since March 29, 2006. She was last seen in the company of a pimp named Peter Todd. Despite the efforts of Law Enforcement and the Media, her whereabouts are unknown. There is one investigator that will never give up: Glendene Grant.
For more information on Jessie Foster go to: http://www.jessiefoster.ca/index.htm
Dreamcatchers for Abused Children, Dreamcatchers Talk Radio: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/dreamcatchers
Pastor George: a view from the chair, collar optional 