Recently, one of our Defenders Captains, Richard Aronson, sent a letter to DreamWorks Animation Studios asking them to stop using the term “pimp my shell” in the promotion, trailers, and animated film “Turbo”. This is a great example of how one person, or a small group of people, can make significant social and cultural change. […]
Don’t Ever Stop Fighting
Blog Post by Ethan Morrow In the midst of pain, and what appears to be failure, what do you do? How do you get up and keep fighting? I had to ask myself that question last month when the Oregon House passed a very tough bill. After weeks of fighting to avoid passing this […]
Fighting Slavery For Christ
Fighting Slavery For Christ Guest Blog Post by Pastor Angi What does fighting slavery for Christ mean? How does fighting “slavery” for Christ and the issue of modern day slavery go together? For those who consider themselves, non-Christian that may be a puzzling question. But for those who consider themselves Christian it is the only […]
No Girl Left Behind
No Girl Left Behind Guest Blog Post by Dale Rylander Abolishing the Demand for commercial sex is not about the legality or morality of commercial sex. At one extreme, there are countries like the Netherlands where prostitution is legal. Guess what? Too few women “want” to be prostituted women, so the supply is being met […]
Music + Defenders
Music + Defenders. During the month of June, Shared Hope specifically focuses in on what men are doing to fight trafficking. On June 1, 2013 the Defenders USA hosted an awareness/benefit concert featuring bands James Younger and Ninth & Final. The point of the evening of music was to not only raise funds for the Defenders program within Shared […]