Sold on Craigslist: Critics say sex ad crackdown inadequate
Advocates call for craigslist to shut down their erotic services section.
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Q+A: Selling Girls on Craigslist
Rebecca Project founder Malika Saada Saar explains how Craigslist became the medium for human trafficking.
A Future. Not A Past. Congratulates DA’s Office for Pimp Conviction
The Fulton County District Attorney’s Office announced yesterday that Johnathan Terry, age 27 of Miami, has accepted a court plea agreement resulting in a 20-year sentence for pimping and pandering; statutory rape; child molestation; enticing a child for indecent purposes; and felony reckless conduct. In addition to his prison term, Terry must also register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. Read More…
And the Winner Is: A Future. Not A Past.
Canadian indie rock band Metric and their charitable partner The Women’s Funding Network have won a grant of $100,000 in the Pepsi Refresh Challenge.
The grant will be used to help expand A Future. Not A Past. and fight the sexual exploitation of children in America.
Metric challenged its fans and others interested in doing good to vote online in a contest that pitted the socially responsible rockers against fellow Canadians Broken Social Scene during SXSW recently. As runners up, Broken Social Scene’s charity, Street Kids International, will receive a grant of $50,000.
The complete story is online at the Pepsi Refresh site.
Vote for “A Future. Not A Past.” In the Pepsi Challenge
Follow this link (voting is closed, thanks!) to vote for the band Metric and A Future. Not A Past. in the Pepsi Refresh SXSW Challenge, and help fight the prostitution of children in America.
If A Future. Not A Past. wins, the campaign will receive a $100,000 grant from Pepsi.
Or, just text the number “1″ to 73774 (Pepsi).
Either way, it takes less than a minute to vote and your’s could be the one that puts us over the top.
A Future. Not A Past.
Each month in the State of Georgia, more than 400 children are prostituted, leading to a range of physical and psychological problems that often follow the victim for years.
The sexual exploitation of children has become the third-largest moneymaker for organized crime, behind only guns and drugs.
A Future. Not A Past. was begun in Georgia with help from the Harold and Kayrita Anderson Family Foundation.
It’s mission: to do something about the commercial sexual exploitation of children through a four-tiered strategy of research, prevention, intervention and education.
Having enjoyed success in Georgia, A Future. Not A Past. is now poised to rollout to other states in the U.S.
To learn more about the Georgia chapter, visit their website.
Please stay tuned for more information concerning the nationwide expansion of this vital organization.
Prostitution on Internet
In covertly questioning men who responded to Internet ads soliciting sex with young females, 47 percent of the callers wanted to continue with the “transaction,” despite three warnings about the girl’s age.
Saving Georgia’s Children
On a busy weekend night in Georgia, as many as 129 children will be prostituted.
With a firm belief that our children deserve better, we helped form “A Future. Not A Past.” to help put an end to this shameful fact.
Spearheaded by the Juvenile Justice Fund, this program has made great strides and will now roll out nationally.
The Prostitution of Children
If you think the prostitution of children is a third-world problem — think again.
Every day in the U.S., thousands of children are at risk of being sexually exploited. And the abuse begins at home for three-quarters of these children.
Through grants to A Future. Not A Past. and by working closely with law enforcement officials in an increasing number of states, we’re working hard to tackle this shameful practice in America.
Child Prostitution in Impoverished Communities
My hometown of Atlanta, Georgia is notable as a business and transportation center, with four major sports teams, numerous convention centers and the world’s busiest airport. We have the capacity to host hundreds of thousands of visitors at once. Unfortunately, we also suffer from high rates of poverty and child poverty. Poverty isn’t the only cause of child prostitution, but it’s strongly related. The combination of thousands of visitors passing through and children growing up in desperate circumstances makes Atlanta a major national hub of child trafficking and exploitation—an unfortunate distinction few know about.
The prostitution of children largely stems from gender inequality. While much progress has been made, much remains to be done. In the U.S., girls remain disproportionately affected by poverty, violence and a lack of access to quality education.
