Although it is certainly necessary to hear the statistics of injustices around the world, one of my favorite parts of this campaign is sharing stories: stories of real women who have faced real challenges, have understood injustice and have taken up their role in being the solution. Today it is my joy to share an … Continue reading Let Her Go to School: An Interview with Alice Sayo
See the Invisible Girl: an Interview with Jill McElya of Invisible Girl Project
A few weeks ago I sat at my desk at home, typing out a blog about 200 million missing girls and deeply thinking about the impact of a single post. I knew I had found this amazing organization, Invisible Girl Project, but IGP was one of the only organizations on my list that I had … Continue reading See the Invisible Girl: an Interview with Jill McElya of Invisible Girl Project
200 Million Girls
As I type this, my city is on complete shut-down. The southern United States simply doesn’t know how to function when it gets below forty degrees, and Lafayette, Louisiana actually closes for days at a time in the few cases when it ventures below freezing. This winter has been an anomaly, however: three snows in … Continue reading 200 Million Girls
Defeating Supply and Demand
Commodity: a material or product that that has value and can be bought or sold. It can be inspiring and uplifting to think of our involvement in seeing people rescued from sex trafficking. Unfortunately, we have to consider some ugly truths if we truly want to see this injustice end. Warning: the facts below some may … Continue reading Defeating Supply and Demand
How to Recognize a Trafficking Victim
The issue of sex trafficking has become famous over the past few years. You may have seen the movie Taken or heard of trafficking through SVU or other TV shows, or maybe you’ve come across real-life news stories that describe the gruesome details of trafficking. So what is it? Sex trafficking is the forced participation in … Continue reading How to Recognize a Trafficking Victim
