By Melanie Mah Twenty-seven Maryland residents were selected as recipients of the 30th Annual Governor’s Service Award, honored on November 4, 2013. Nancy Winston, Senior Director at Share Hope International, was honored with the Governor’s Service Award as a Special Honoree. This prestigious award is given to individuals who display an outstanding record of volunteerism […]
School’s In Session (Part 2 of Keeping Watch Over Schools)
Kids are heading back to school and jumping into another year of learning. Let’s make sure that they are learning about how to stay safe within the school system as well. This second post of a two part blog presents ideas for how you can prepare yourself, students, and their schools to fight sex trafficking. […]
Keeping Watch Over Schools
Kids are heading back to school and jumping into another year of learning. Let’s make sure that they are learning about how to stay safe within the school system as well. This first of a two part blog discusses the connection between sexual abuse and sex trafficking. It is difficult to imagine someone with whom […]
It Happens to Boys, Too
Special guest blog post by Anna Smith, Executive Director & Co-Founder of Restore One. Commercial sexual exploitation “happens to boys, too.” “You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.”– William Wilberforce The words of William Wilberforce serve as a stark reminder that with knowledge not […]
“You just don’t get it!”: Understand the teenage brain and its vulnerability
The average age of entry into commercial sexual exploitation is 13 years old. At this age, the brain has started an important stage of development during which a teenager is gaining vital decision-making skills. A trafficker understands that the teenager is going through pivotal changes and manipulates them during this tender point. They capture them young and create bonds […]