We've been learning a lot in class about human trafficking this week. The Sex + Money team is here and they've been showing us videos from the documentary they're making. They are so heartbreaking and terrible. We're supposed to do some research on the industry so I figured I would just stick it on here as well and let you all learn about it.
14,500 - 17,500 foreign people are trafficked into the U.S. every year. The number within the U.S. is even higher than that. There are an estimated 300,000 American children at risk every year for commercial sexual exploitation. 300,000!! What a crazy number. 600,000 - 800,000 people are bought and sold across international borders every year, half are children and most are female. Most of these people are forced into the commercial sex trade. The average age a child enters prostitution is 12.
I thought it would be interesting to see what slavery looks like in Seattle, so I did a little research on that as well. The FBI did a study last year, showing that Seattle is the number one spot for child prostitution. This breaks my heart. I can't even comprehend that my hometown is the one place where it is the worst in the country. You can look at the places in where things like this have been reported at slaverymap.org.
Please be praying for the whole situation. It's such a disgusting thing that is happening all over the place. Want to help? The Sex+Money people are trying to create a network to bring unity to those fighting modern day slavery. Pepsi is giving away $50,000 for the Pepsi refresh project, but the money only goes to the idea with the most votes. Would you please consider taking 30 seconds out of your day to help this cause? It's super easy. Just go here. You can sign in with your facebook account. Easiest thing ever that will help so tremendously. It's already moved up one spot today just from our DTS voting. You can come back and vote every day too! Please please please help them out. I would also encourage you to take a look at the videos from Sex+Money. They're so impacting. Here's the first webisode.
Love you guys. Sorry I'm not the best at keeping this thing up. We have the craziest schedule ever and honestly the only good chunk of free time we have on weekdays is between 8:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. It's so busy but I love it.
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