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From Coppertone to Cuties
In Shared Hope’s 22 years of fighting against the sex trafficking of minors in the USA, we have watched the sexualization of children change with the culture. The 1950’s Coppertone billboard of the tan little girl with her...
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Linda Smith’s Perspective on Lacy’s Journey: the Law, The Culture and the Church – Part 2
We are often asked, how can the church help stop this and protect children? And I think one of the reasons the church hasn’t been too concerned about it, is because men...
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Linda Smith’s Perspective on Lacy’s Journey: the Law, The Culture and the Church – Part 1
In the number of years that I’ve worked on many of these cases in the United States, I’ve watched law enforcement change dramatically. They’re realizing that victims of prostitution are just somebody’s...
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How a Baby Shower Changed a Life – Lacy Part 2
Lacy: As a young teen, I didn’t get to go to a real school, and I didn’t get to have a prom or any of the stuff that normal kids do. I...
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Why I Was Mad at God – Lacy Part 1
Share this story with others to better understand what happens to children caught in child sex trafficking. Lacy is one of the survivors featured in the Chosen film, who was thirteen years...
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