The Harold and Kayrita Anderson Family Foundation

Fighting Child Sex Trafficking in DeKalb County, Georgia

Editor — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:08:04 +0000

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.

Clergy Members vs Village Voice Media

Editor — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:18:08 +0000

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.

Demand Village Voice Media shut down the Adult section of Backpage.com

Editor — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:21:42 +0000

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.

Clergy Demands That Backpage.com Help End Child Sex Trafficking

Editor — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:28:05 +0000

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.

Read the full story here.

7200 Steps: Congratulations!

Editor — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:39:11 +0000

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!

Nation’s Attorneys General join fight to stop Backpage.com

Editor — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:59:27 +0000

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.”

Click here to read the full letter.

Hanger Prosthetics: Dolphin Tales

Editor — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:08:44 +0000

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.

Read the full story at Hanger.com.

Kaffie McCullough On The Impact of AFNAP’s 7200 Steps to End Demand

Editor — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 02:16:46 +0000

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.

Accor Joins Fight Against Child Sex Slavery

Editor — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 02:05:25 +0000

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.

US Attorney Successfully Prosecutes an Atlanta Man for Pimping Underaged Girls

Editor — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:38:43 +0000

Demetrius Homer was arrested for and convicted of sexually exploiting two teenage girls.