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Hidden in plain view is a report written by the Atlanta Women’s Agenda detailing the circumstances surrounding commercial sex exploitation in Atlanta as of 2005
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Shared Hope International was commissioned by the U.S. Government to research the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) in Jamaica, the Netherlands, and the United States. They released a companion DVD that can be viewed online.
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Read Hidden In Plain View.
Hidden in plain view is a report written by the Atlanta Women’s Agenda detailing the circumstances surrounding commercial sex exploitation in Atlanta as of 2005.
Host a forum.
“A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has” – Margaret Mead
Gather a group within the political community to generate new ideas and action
Get resources for Georgia police departments.
Use your voice to help obtain the necessary staffing, education, technology, etc., for local law enforcement
Become a Child-Advocate.
Attend CEASE’s Training for hands-on experience in dealing with victimized youth. You will learn how to ensure that a child receives the help that they need
Support a sin tax.
Help us write a“Sin Tax” proposal, taxing the commercial sex industry in order to provide financial resources for restorative care
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Rally your employees together to encourage a survivor with care packages and notes
Covenant House GA
(404) 688-4717 ext.207
Covenant House provides services to youth, ages 16-21. Every night, the outreach van leaves Broad Street seeking youth who are on the street from the hours of midnight to 8:00 A.M. to provide them with food and a referral to the community resource center for additional assistance.
Angela's House
Atlanta Women’s Foundation created Angela’s House, a therapeutic refuge for girls ages 13-17. Angela’s House officially opened in 2001 under the direction of Deborah Richardson, who developed the Juvenile Justice Fund as a vehicle to provide comprehensive services for the victims.
A stay at Angela’s House lasts 120 days, followed by placement in a safe setting where follow-up services can be readily administered:
- protection from predators
- physical and psychological assessments
- long-range plan of care and treatment.
As space is available, referrals are accepted from Georgia.
Wellspring
Wellspring connects a caring community with women seeking a way out of unhealthy lifestyles, promoting healing, wholeness, independence, and family restoration through Biblical principles. Wellspring reaches out to women, ages 21 and up, whose lives have been devastated by drug and alcohol addictions, self-mutilation, depression, working in the commercial sex industry--behaviors mostly stemming from the core issue of childhood sexual abuse.
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Submitted by smuscari on Wed, 01/23/2008 - 16:18.public
Legislative Recommendations on Child Sex Trafficking
Submitted by miranda.h on Mon, 02/02/2009 - 16:13.ATLANTA-- On January 29th, Senator Renee Unterman (Buford) announced the legislative recommendations generated by the Joint Study Commission on Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Minors for the 2009 General Assembly.
Previously, Sen. Unterman and Rep. Calvin Hill (Canton) co-chaired several committee meetings to identify crucial areas surrounding the child trafficking epidemic. “Our mission with these pieces of proposed legislation is to ensure Georgia is a safer, better educated state on these matters and a no tolerance zone for the prostitution of children.” read more »
MUST SEE FILM...
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 10/12/2008 - 19:36.Drop Dead Gorgeous has been asked by Call+Response to assist in promoting this weeks MUST SEE FILM: Call + Response
We have to show the Entertainment world we care about ending modern day slavery!
"Here's the reality: we are doing really well (sold out shows) in nine other markets – DC, SF, Orange County, Seattle, etc. – but in Atlanta, well, we are seeing a mediocre turnout. Strange, if you ask me. So, please consider going as soon as you can. We are counting on you."- Call + Response read more »
Call + Response
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/10/2008 - 15:32.Hey Guys,
Innocence Atlanta is proud to support the opening of Call + Response tonight at Midtown Art Cinema and Lefont Sandy Springs. Call + Response is a rockumentary that exposes the issue of modern day human slavery and trafficking. If you'd like more information you can go to (www.callandresponse.com) So please come out to Midtown Art Cinema or Lefont Sandy Spring at 7pm or 9pm to show your support. If you'd like to buy advance tickets go to (https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/Landmark.aspx?TheatreID=265). You can also check our Innocence Atlanta calendar for local times and dates. read more »
Call + Response today
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/10/2008 - 15:25.Hey Guys,
Innocence Atlanta is excited to support tonight's release of Call + Response at the Midtown Art Cinema and Lefont Sandy Springs. Call + Response is a rockumentary sheding light on the issue of human slavery and trafficking in a modern context. If you would like to find out more please go to (www.callandresponse.com) and please come out to Midtown Art Cinema or Lefont Sandy Springs at 7 or 9pm tonight. If you'd like to buy advance tickets you can find them at(https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/Landmark.aspx?TheatreID=265). read more »
HUGE VICTORY FOR KIDS IN CONGRESS THIS WEEK!!
Submitted by Bethany Owens on Mon, 09/29/2008 - 01:04.On Friday, Congress Passed the Protect Our Children Act which will allocate over $320 million in the next five years to law enforcement efforts in investigating crimes of child exploitation. Join me in celebrating this victory for our precious, innocent kids!!!
Please see the following mass e-mail from the National Association to Protect Our Children for more details: read more »
WellSpring for Girls Work Day
Submitted by Bethany Owens on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 21:36.Wellspring Water For Girls is opening their first rehabilitative cottage home for girls rescued from child sex trafficking and they need YOUR help to get the home ready.
They are holding workshops on Saturdays throughout September through the second weekend of October.
If you want to volunteer to paint, clean, or do yard work, please bring your paintbrush/roller, cleaning supplies, and or rake and a shovel for landscaping.
The dates for volunteering are below.
September 6
September 13
September 20
September 27
October 4
October 11 read more »
Wellspring for Girls Work Day
Submitted by Bethany Owens on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 01:44.WELLSPRING FOR GIRLS NEEDS YOUR HELP!
As Wellspring Living prepares to open its first cottage for girls rescued from child prostitution, it needs your help to get the home ready.
CLEANING, LANDSCAPING, AND PAINTING ARE A FEW OF THE TASKS YOU WILL BE TACKLING. PLEASE BRING SOME CLEANING SUPPLIES, RAKE OR SHOVEL FOR LANDSCAPE WORK, OR PAINT ROLLER OR BRUSH IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PAINT.
VOLUNTEER DATES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
September 6
September 13
September 20
September 27
October 4
October 11
PLEASE ARRIVE AT 9 AM ON THE SATURDAY YOU CHOOSE TO SERVE. read more »
Wellspring for Girls Work Day
Submitted by Bethany Owens on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 01:42.WELLSPRING FOR GIRLS NEEDS YOUR HELP!
As Wellspring Living prepares to open its first cottage for girls rescued from child prostitution, it needs your help to get the home ready.
CLEANING, LANDSCAPING, AND PAINTING ARE A FEW OF THE TASKS YOU WILL BE TACKLING. PLEASE BRING SOME CLEANING SUPPLIES, RAKE OR SHOVEL FOR LANDSCAPE WORK, OR PAINT ROLLER OR BRUSH IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PAINT.
PLEASE ARRIVE AT 9 AM ON THE SATURDAY YOU CHOOSE TO SERVE.
This would make a great service project for a church or community group. read more »
Wellspring for Girls Work Day
Submitted by Bethany Owens on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 01:15.WELLSPRING FOR GIRLS NEEDS YOUR HELP!
As Wellspring Living prepares to open its first cottage for girls rescued from child prostitution, it needs your help to get the home ready.
CLEANING, LANDSCAPING, AND PAINTING ARE A FEW OF THE TASKS YOU WILL BE TACKLING. PLEASE BRING SOME CLEANING SUPPLIES, RAKE OR SHOVEL FOR LANDSCAPE WORK, OR PAINT ROLLER OR BRUSH IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PAINT.
VOLUNTEER DATES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
September 6
September 13
September 20
September 27
October 4
October 11
PLEASE ARRIVE AT 9 AM ON THE SATURDAY YOU CHOOSE TO SERVE. read more »
Wellspring for Girls Work Day
Submitted by Bethany Owens on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 01:15.WELLSPRING FOR GIRLS NEEDS YOUR HELP!
As Wellspring Living prepares to open its first cottage for girls rescued from child prostitution, it needs your help to get the home ready.
CLEANING, LANDSCAPING, AND PAINTING ARE A FEW OF THE TASKS YOU WILL BE TACKLING. PLEASE BRING SOME CLEANING SUPPLIES, RAKE OR SHOVEL FOR LANDSCAPE WORK, OR PAINT ROLLER OR BRUSH IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PAINT.
VOLUNTEER DATES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
September 6
September 13
September 20
September 27
October 4
October 11
PLEASE ARRIVE AT 9 AM ON THE SATURDAY YOU CHOOSE TO SERVE. read more »
Well Spring Living- First Cottage for Girls Work Day
Submitted by Bethany Owens on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 01:05.
WELLSPRING FOR GIRLS NEEDS YOUR HELP!
As Wellspring Living prepares to open its first cottage for girls rescued from child prostitution, it needs your help to get the home ready.
CLEANING, LANDSCAPING, AND PAINTING ARE A FEW OF THE TASKS YOU WILL BE TACKLING. PLEASE BRING SOME CLEANING SUPPLIES, RAKE OR SHOVEL FOR LANDSCAPE WORK, OR PAINT ROLLER OR BRUSH IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PAINT.
VOLUNTEER DATES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
September 6
September 13
September 20
September 27
October 4
October 11
PLEASE ARRIVE AT 9 AM ON THE SATURDAY YOU CHOOSE TO SERVE. read more »
ABC Undercover video- Buying a Child
Submitted by Bethany Owens on Sat, 07/12/2008 - 02:47.http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=5330271
This video follows an ABC news reporter to Haiti where he is able to make arrangments to purchase a child slave for $150.
Including travel time, this transaction takes him only 10 hours.
This should embolden you to continue your fight against the injustice of child slavery. The most perverse form of child slavery is not that far from your back door.
Let this video fuel your passion to continue using your voice to speak out against this vilest of offenses.
Innocence Atlanta Charity Golf Tournament
Submitted by Bethany Owens on Wed, 06/25/2008 - 22:33.June 27 @ the Highlands Golf Course- 10 AM
$75 per person
$300 per team
You can register to play or sponsor online at:
http://www.victorytabernacle.com/charitygolf
or you can register by phone through Dawn at 404-569-1681
On Camera Interview with Child Sex Trafficking Insider
Submitted by William_Mac on Fri, 01/04/2008 - 14:55.
In this candid interview with Innocence Atlanta founder Daniel Homrich, we learn how the global sex trafficking trade works and how major United States cities like Atlanta are a big part of the problem. read more »
Promise of Better Life in U.S. Can Lead to Sex Slavery
Submitted by William_Mac on Sun, 12/30/2007 - 00:10.One of the most infamous examples of sex slavery within the United States took place back in February 2002 in a seemingly well-reputed neighborhood in Plainfield, New Jersey.
On a tip, Plainfield police raided one of the many blended slate-gray colored homes on West Front Street, only to find a myriad of young Mexican girls between the ages of 14 to 17 living among the rancid remains of used condoms, penicillin shots, birth control pills, stained mattresses lined up along the walls underneath blacked-out windows and sitting only a few inches from cold, rat infested concrete floors. read more »
Stopping Sex Trafficking in 2008
Submitted by William_Mac on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 22:54.As we rapidly approach the New Year, many of us will feel a tinge of urgency within the back of our minds. In the midst of all of the fun parties, family get-togethers and general warmth and well-being it's almost impossible to forget that all around the world and even here within the United States and Atlanta, Georgia, there are many children that are experiencing something far different than us.
Right now, children are being sold for sex. They are servicing men and women just the same now as they were during all other seasons during the year. So, in preparing for a new year of fighting to raise awareness about sex trafficking in Atlanta, the United States as a whole as well as the world in general -- it is important to look back at 2007. read more »
Evening Out
Submitted by daniel on Sat, 12/15/2007 - 18:17.April 29, 2008
INnocence ATLANTA partnered with the best of Athens restaurants to create the April 29th Event "Evening Out Athens". Students and members of the Athens community chose to support the work of INnocence ATLANTA by dining at local restaurants such as Chic-Fil-A, Bretts, Uncle Ottos, Speakeasy and Transmetropolitan. Restaurants agreed for 10% of their proceeds to be donated to INnocence ATLANTA's awareness raising campaigns.
After dinner, supporters were encouraged to attend INnocence ATLANTA's first annual Athens benefit concert in downtown Starbucks. During the event, Luke Crown, Jason Smith, Paul Smith, Jason Corringan and other musicians entertained the packed crowd with cover songs, pieces created specifically for the trafficked victims, and a humorous encore impromptu song by Crown, much to the audiences' delight. Crown also wrote the song "Broken" specifically for trafficked victims, with the lyrics reading like a beautiful redemption poem set to music.
"I know its hard when you can't see
you fall apart and it seems
your worlds a giant shade of gray
And you don't believe in brighter days
But don't give up on your dreams
When you're...
Displayed up on a shelf
And all can see and you can tell
A story painting a picture of a full life
And no you aren't just cast aside
Those scars inside don't have to hide
Don't wear the shame of crying slightly used
To all who pass by
Cause you aren't broken, you aren't broken
you're beautiful"
-Luke Crown, "Broken"
The volunteer coordinator, University of Georgia student Joshua Garner says that he was horrified when he heard about child sex trafficking. "I have so many cousins," Garner says, "and the idea of them, or anyone, being forced into sex slavery just breaks my heart". He gathered local UGA students Caroline Campbell, Robert Coletti, Bill Bush, Ciera Loftin, Celia Jenkins and Daniel Frances, and they effectively planned and implemented the event, along with the Innocence Atlanta staff. "I'm hoping that through events like this and the awareness work of Innocence Atlanta we can help the victims, but also the pimps that are blinded to what they are really doing, and all the guys struggling with pornography who are trapped in a life they dont want to live," says Garner.
Although he acknowledges that child sex trafficking is a hard issue to address, Garner believes that moving from awareness to action is the next step for all modern day abolitionists fighting sexual trafficking and slavery. "It's hard because I can't literally go and save a kid from this," he comments, "but I will help those who can. "
The Evening Out campaign is a quarterly event, and the next Evening Out will be located in Atlanta, GA. Please check back periodically for further details, including dates and participating restaurants.
* Total donations for the evening will be posted as they are finalized.
WHAT:
The INnocence ATLANTA campaign is joining with the best of Atlanta’s and Athen's restaurants, bars and dining establishments to raise awareness for victims of child sex trafficking in Atlanta.
WHY:
Atlanta is in the top 3 cities in America for child sex trafficking. This is not what our community wants to be known for. Every child has the right to be a child – therefore the victims of child sex trafficking need our help. Through awareness and action, our community is beginning a movement that will fight for their rescue and enable their restoration.
WHO:
INnocence Atlanta is a non-profit organization created by Meet Justice that is focused on exposing and eradicating child exploitation in Atlanta.
WHERE:
Restaurants/Bars/Dining Establishments throughout the Atlanta/Athens area – see the list below.
WHEN:
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - Athens, GA
HOW:
Dine out at participating restaurants and a percentage of your proceeds will be donated to Innocence Atlanta. Make sure to mention you are dining for Innocence Atlanta's "Evening Out'! read more »
