The sexual trafficking of children is a crime that “spans all walks of communities.” So says a cybercrime detective after serving an arrest warrant in DeKalb county to a man accused of the sexual exploitation of children.
Moral and religious leaders from many creeds and backgrounds have joined together to demand that Village Voice Media do their part to end the sexual trafficking of children by ending “adult service” ads on Backpage.com.
SIGN HERE to demand Village Voice Media shut down the Adult section of Backpage.com.
It’s a moral outrage that girls and boys are sold for sex right here in the U.S.
A multi-faith coalition of thirty-six prominent clergy members ran a full-page ad in the New York Times, calling on Village Voice Media to shut down the “adult ads” section of Backpage.com, which all too often serves as a platform for the sex trafficking of children.
Congratulations to A Future. Not A Past. and everyone involved on a successful 7200 Steps to Stop Demand for the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children.
Great job, everyone! Let’s get ready for 2012!
The National Association of Attorneys General recently sent a letter to Backpage.com’s legal counsel regarding Backpage.com’s ongoing failure to effectively limit prostitution and sexual trafficking activity on its website. The attorneys general wrote “As our state’s chief law enforcement officers, we are increasingly concerned about human trafficking, especially the trafficking of minors. Backpage.com is a hub for such activity.”
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Hanger Inc, who partnered with the Harold and Kayrita Family Foundation to bring help, hope and healing to victims of the 2010 Haitian earthquake, is in the news with another inspiring story.
In 2005, a little dolphin named Winter lost her tail after a nearly-fatal encounter with a crab trap. In 2006, Kevin Carroll, vice president of prosthetics at Hanger and an expert prosthetist heard her story and took steps to restore her mobility with an artificial tail.
Kaffie McCullough, the campaign director of A Future. Not A Past., discusses this year’s 5K walk/run, and remembers last year’s, as the community comes together to fight child sex trafficking.
The Accor Group of Hotels in Fiji and New Zealand recently signed EPCAT’s Tourism Code of Conduct, an agreement that helps to fight child sex slavery through tourism.
Demetrius Homer was arrested for and convicted of sexually exploiting two teenage girls.
