Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.
— Nelson Mandela

The best way to help combat Human Trafficking is to learn more, raise awareness, and make an impact on demand. Here is a good start to educate yourself and make a change.

Documentaries:

Childhood 2.0

Blind Eyes Opened

Look Again: Sex Trafficking in Your Own Backyard

Selling Girls

I Luv You

Books:

What Happened to Me?!: Healing for Sex Trafficking Survivors, by Toni McKinley

The Internet: Are the Children in Charge? Theory of Digital Supervision, by Charlene E. Doak-Gebauer

Parental Controls: Keeping Your Children Safe When Watching Tv. Chad West

Sex Trafficking Prevention: A Trauma-Informed Approach for Parents & Professionals, by Savannah J. Sanders

In Our Backyard: Human Trafficking in America and What We Can Do To stop It, by Nita Belles

The White Umbrella: Walking with Survivors of Sex Trafficking, by Mary Frances Bowley

Renting Lacy: A Story of America's Prostituted Children, by Linda Smith with Cindy Coloma    

Trauma and Recovery, by Judith Herman, M.D.

The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel Van Der Kolk

Websites:

Stopsextortion.com - talking to kids about sextortion

sharedhope.org prevent, restore, justice

millionkids.org kids & predators

d2l.org/education/stewards-of-children/ prevent, recognize, & react to child sexual abuse

fightthenewdrug.org pornography

protectyoungminds.org pornography

protectyoungeyes.com internet safety

enough.org internet safety

familysafe.com family values

commonsensemedia.org kids & media

Government websites:

Pennsylvania

PA General Assembly ACT 105

The PA Coalition Against Rape (PCAR)

The PA Coalition Against Domestic Violence (PCADV)

The Valley Against Sex Trafficking (VAST)

PA Office of Victim Services (PA.GOV)

York County

YWCA Hanover | Safe Home

York County Department of Human Resources

YWCA York | Access York

Disclaimer - as you learn more about this subject and its related activities and consequences, please keep in mind your own limits and as always, keep this type of material away from children.


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