Linking Childhood Sexual Abuse to Sex Trafficking
Most people reading this article already know about and maybe even advocate for victims of sex trafficking. But many readers do not know about its correlation t...
Tag: At-risk Youth
Beat Poverty Before It Starts; Help an Orphan Aging Out of Foster Care
One quarter of the 400,000 children in the foster care system are waiting to be adopted. One quarter of those adoptable youth will not be adopted; rather they w...
Story Time #3: Addressing Forced Prostitution of Local Youth- the Efforts of Love True
Many of us, when we think of sex trafficking, picture Thailand or Moldova, not New Jersey. The truth is that the sex trade is big business here in the United St...
Story Time #1: Making Room for a Homeless Teen
Ted Haynes, current campaign chair of the Tulsa Area United Way, encourages staff, volunteers and donors by telling his story. Well, it isn’t his story. I...
So You Want to Change the World. Does Your Journey Look like Mine?
I remember finding out about human trafficking and the orphan crisis all in one Sunday. In the months following, I attended local awareness events and scoured t...