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**This is the second guest blog in a series of posts by the 2018 JuST Faith Summit speakers. Check back for new posts highlighting the critical topics that will be featured at this year’s Faith Summit. Join us, June 20-22 at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota, for this exciting Summit....

Today, with the President’s signing of H.R. 1865, the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, also known as FOSTA-SESTA, anti-trafficking advocates and survivors of sex trafficking and their families celebrate this long awaited progress in the effort to combat online sex trafficking. Today’s bill signing...

**This is the first guest blog in a series of posts by the 2018 JuST Faith Summit speakers. Check back for new posts highlighting the critical topics that will be featured at this year's Faith Summit. Join us, June 20-22 at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota, for this...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Following a landslide vote in the Senate, sending H.R. 1865, the FOSTA-SESTA package, to the President who is expected to sign it into law, websites are stepping up accountability measures to ensure sex trafficking transactions are not occurring on their site. Craigslist and Reddit both put out...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Today the Senate passed H.R. 1865, the FOSTA-SESTA package, which provides access to justice for survivors of online sex trafficking and gives states critical tools for combatting this crime. This is a historic step by the US legislature to recognize the rights of victims by ensuring that...

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...

Another year has passed and today, on International Women’s Day, we should ask ourselves how much progress has been made since last year? Each International Women’s Day, we’re challenged as a global community to honor, empower, and center women in our discussions and actions. And this year, like every...

Linda Smith, Shared Hope's Founder and President appeared this week on Family Talk with Dr. James Dobson. Stream the episode below! Tune in to Listen Here Sex trafficking is an atrocious global problem that is destroying the lives of many women and children. Now on Family Talk, Dr. Dobson will talk...

We've had over 100 applications to speak at the Faith Summit this year! While we're still finalizing our agenda, we are excited to give you a sneak peak of a few of our speakers! Early bird registration closes in 28 days, so don't wait to register! You won't want to miss our inspiring list of...