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Awareness|February 23, 2011

An Earnest Request: Survivor letter to 2011 Super Bowl Host Committee


After working on this issue for over a decade, we’ve read through countless touching letters, describing the horrific events of being sold for sex. This letter hits close to home as the...

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Awareness|February 21, 2011

Here Comes the Bride….Russian, Obedient, and Young…All Dressed in White


Two thousand, two thousand, do I hear two thousand? Sold! One, Russian, obedient bride to the man in the black hat. Forget the nice dinner, awkward small talk, dropping her off at...

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Awareness|February 15, 2011

Battle of the Sexes: The Debate for Equal Gender Representation


“No offense, but I don’t trust you,” said Wiveca Holst, a Swedish woman’s rights activist, in an interview with CJ Adams of Polaris Project. Holst explains that her history of working with male activists...

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Awareness|January 30, 2011

I’m Not Buying It – Promoting Zero Tolerance for Buying Children for Sex at the Super Bowl


An American tradition since 1967, the NFL Super Bowl can easily be described as the biggest, wildest, most passionate, most glorified, and most flamboyant display of team loyalty of the year. On...

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Awareness|December 23, 2010

S. 2925 Falls Through in the Final Hour


Last night, the Senate adjourned without passing S.2925, the Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Deterrence and Victims Support Act of 2010. After passing in the Senate and the House with bipartisan support, the Senate failed to...

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