What would you do if your brother, sister, niece, or nephew was taken from you and forced into child prostitution? Would you idly sit by and go about your day-to-day life? Or would you take action?
Come on out to the Child Sex-Trafficking Event I am co-hosting with Ann Apugo! Come be informed and put an end to this atrocity that is taking place around us!
Come on out to the Child Sex-Trafficking Event I am co-hosting with Ann Apugo! Come be informed and put an end to this atrocity that is taking place around us!
Purpose: To raise awareness of child sex-trafficking on the global, national, and local (Baltimore, MD) level.
When: April 24, 2013 at 12:00 PM and 8:30 PM
Where: At the Breezeway (at 12:00 PM) and LH 5 (at 8:30 PM)
In the Breezeway during free hour, we will be providing information of the extent and pervasiveness of sex trafficking. In addition, we will be showing iHeart Revolution, a documentary on social injustices at 8:30 PM in LH 5 (Engineering Building).
When: April 24, 2013 at 12:00 PM and 8:30 PM
Where: At the Breezeway (at 12:00 PM) and LH 5 (at 8:30 PM)
In the Breezeway during free hour, we will be providing information of the extent and pervasiveness of sex trafficking. In addition, we will be showing iHeart Revolution, a documentary on social injustices at 8:30 PM in LH 5 (Engineering Building).
You will be very surprised at how close by child sex trafficking occurs. According to Dennene Yates from Safe House of Hope, a 3 year old girl from Baltimore was sold into child prostitution by her mother, who used the money to purchase drugs.
Quick Facts:
*Average age of child prostitution in the United States is 13 years old [DCF CT]
* In Thailand, you could buy a child for sex with $2.00 (U.S) dollars
[UC Davis]
*Every year, approximately 100,000 to as much as 300,000 children in the United States, are exploited in sex trafficking [Baltimore Sun]