She is hoping you will notice…
…that something concerned you about the way she was being treated; or about the person who seemed to control her; or about the bruises on her arms; or about the hungry, even desperate look in her eyes.
Or that a “friend” she met in an online game is not really a friend at all.
She is hoping you will notice…
…that she is in prison; she is there because there was nobody to believe her; nobody to plead her case; no advocate to remove the garment of shame she now wears.
The federal law said she is not a criminal, but a trafficking victim.
Yet the state law did not recognize her and sent her to prison for decades.
Will you defend her? Will you raise your voice to protest on her behalf?
Shared Hope is actively working in every state to educate lawmakers on the plight of sex trafficked youth that have been sentenced as criminals to adult prisons and linger there for many years. Find out what you can do to right this terrible wrong.
She is hoping you will notice…
…that she needs your help to reclaim what has been taken from her—her self-respect, sense of purpose; and maybe even children and relationships that were lost to the injustice done to her.
With your help, she can be much more than a survivor…
she can be a THRIVER!
Will you walk with her along her difficult journey towards health and wholeness?
We work continually to assist the journey of restoration undertaken by victims of sex trafficking and to repair where the system of justice has failed them.
Read how we support anti trafficking efforts here in the USA and around the globe.
Our Response… and Yours
Now we know. Now YOU know too. Together we can change the world for “Girls Like Me”, for girls like Yvonne…like Kim…like Tiffany…. and thousands more we do not yet know.
Together we can stop them from becoming victims of traffickers, first and foremost. But for those who have become victims of a system that failed to recognize who they were, we must offer those in prison a path to justice.
