by Justice | May 31, 2014 | heroes, human trafficking prevention, human trafficking solutions
JFY Advocates Stasia and Chelsey, a mother and daughter team, are in Thailand right now, working with Home of the Open Heart in Chang Rai, near the Myanmar (formerly Burma) border. Home of the Open Heart provides a place of refuge for HIV positive children. Chelsey...
by Justice | Apr 28, 2014 | heroes
Serving At Risk Youth in Chang Rai Justice For Youth Advocates Stasia and Chelsey Nielsen (a mother and daughter team) will be visiting Chang Rai, Thailand for a couple of weeks in May. Their mission: to serve at Home of the Open Heart, a shelter for HIV positive...
by Justice | Mar 10, 2014 | human trafficking prevention, human trafficking solutions
We live in a world where human trafficking is so prevalent that many of us have no doubt encountered victims and didn’t even realize it at the time. With that in mind, here is a terrific list of things to look for that was posted by Steve Graham of ACT (Against Child...
by Justice | Feb 13, 2014 | Featured, heroes, human trafficking statistics
Trafficking does not just happen in a far-away place. It’s in our backyard. Jillian Mourning was an everyday American girl who was searching for love and acceptance. Her good looks, strong drive to achieve, and trusting disposition made her a perfect target for human...
by Justice | Feb 4, 2014 | championing hope, human trafficking prevention, human trafficking solutions, human trafficking statistics, video
Stop the Demand For Trafficking Human trafficking statistics are not often encouraging. The world of sex trafficking prevention is a dismal arena where reasons for optimism are rare. But yesterday we came upon a positive report from Jeff Fountain of the Schuman...
by Justice | Jan 31, 2014 | human trafficking prevention, human trafficking solutions, human trafficking statistics
Sex trafficking will be an all out enterprise at the Superbowl this year, according to a story in the New York Post: With Superbowl in Town, Sex Trade’s Got Game. The Huffington Post posted a video last month predicting that this Superbowl would be a human...
by Justice | Jan 30, 2014 | human trafficking prevention, human trafficking solutions, human trafficking statistics
Sporting Events and the Sex Industry The Winter Olympics in Russia are just around the corner and the football World Cup in Brazil will be hosted a few months later in 2014. This is a big year for world sports but sadly, it is also a big year for traffickers of the...
by Justice | Jan 29, 2014 | championing hope, Featured, human trafficking prevention, human trafficking solutions, human trafficking statistics
Sex Trafficking In the US? Now the Top Cash Source For Gangs in San Diego It’s official: Sex Trafficking has surpassed drugs is now the number one gang related enterprise in San Diego County. “They gifted these women,” San Diego Attorney Laura Duffy said. “They...
by Justice | Jan 17, 2014 | championing hope, heroes, human trafficking prevention, human trafficking solutions
Sex Trafficking In Houston Home of Hope, Texas is a Houston based non-profit that is in the process of building a shelter for sex trafficking victims. Very few such shelters exist in the US, even though sex trafficking of teenagers in the USA is a burgeoning crisis....
by Justice | Jan 8, 2014 | championing hope, Featured, human trafficking prevention, human trafficking solutions, human trafficking statistics
Unaccompanied Alien Children 24,668 “unaccompanied alien children” were placed last year in the care of the federal agency that, by law, is responsible for them. That’s nearly double the number from 2012, and nearly quadruple the number in years...