A national epidemic has been ignored for too long, a dark addiction fueled by instant access to pornography, spawning a commercial sex industry that is consuming our children. And everyone pays the price—the child whose innocence is stolen, the man who can’t overcome his addiction, and the society that bears the loss of both. Our […]
#DemandingJustice – Help us Share the News
On August 25, Shared Hope International is releasing the Demanding Justice Project Report and an interactive website featuring our research on demand. The Demanding Justice Project is a research and advocacy initiative designed to promote deterrence of demand for commercial sex with children through increased attention and advocacy on demand enforcement. The research report documents […]
The Defenders: Start Spreading The News
The title comes from the lyrics from the song, “New York, New York.” No, I have not been to New York recently — but I have had several opportunities to spread the news about Shared Hope and the Defenders. In late November I was at my physician’s office and his nurse asked what I have […]
Media and News Coverage, First Half 2011
June 21: Watch CNN’s coverage of the Do You Know Lacy? billboard campaign (video) June 16: The Family Research Council hosted a Protected Innocence Legislative Briefing (video) June 5: Do You Know Lacy? billboards challenge Seattle to help (print) June 3: The Seattle Times editorial board backs Do You Know Lacy? campaign (print) June 1: […]
Sacrifice made at the cost of convenience – Sexual exploitation on the Internet
National Pornography Statistics estimatethat 68 million pornographic search engine requests are made daily, equaling 25% of total requests. There are currently 4.2 million pornographic websites on the Internet. Among these, 100,000 websites offer illegal child pornography. This shows that many children are being exploited daily. Due to the highly unregulated nature and anonymity of the […]
