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January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Do you know the warning signs? As you read this, millions of women, men and children around the world are subject to being trafficked. To address...
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The Value of Our Foundation
When I first became involved with Shared Hope one thing that truly affected me was the faith of its founders, Vern and Linda Smith. I knew these were like-minded believers who put their...
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When Difficult News is the Most Important News
Sometimes the most important news is the most difficult to hear. On the same day that Shared Hope International celebrated the release of our 9th annual Protected Innocence Challenge report cards, we...
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Shared Hope Attends: Women of Color Against the Sex Trade
Shared Hope had the opportunity to attend SPACE International’s Women of Color Against the Sex Trade panel discussions co-hosted last week by Coalition Against Trafficking in Women and the Roosevelt House’s Human...
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States’ Laws Say “Kids Are Not Prostitutes.” So Why Are They Still Being Punished?
During the 2019 legislative session, nine states passed[1] critical legal reform measures to protect child sex trafficking victims from being prosecuted for prostitution, commonly referred to as “Safe Harbor” laws. However, as...
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