Saturday, April 9, 2016

What's PORN got to do with it? (video)

Dawn Hawkins, Anna Malika; Crystal Quintero, CC Liu, Seth Auberon, Wisdom Quarterly
http://www.lovelineshow.com/gethelp/
 
Dawn Hawkins
Dawn H.
In light of the swirling debates regarding how pornography is linked to sex trafficking, this webinar outlines how porn both creates the demand and fuels the sex industry.

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Moreover, the production of porn is often itself rape. This presentation is grounded in rigorous academic research and the first-hand perspective of Anna Malika,* a survivor of sex trafficking and pornography.

Viewers will leave the webinar with an understanding that combating rampant porn is essential to eliminating child sex trafficking with practical tips on how to do this effectively.

Inside the World of Sex Trafficking
 
"Dreamcatcher" explores the cycle of neglect, violence, and exploitation that each year leaves tens of thousands of girls and women feeling that prostitution is their only option to survive.

For 25 years Brenda Myers-Powell called herself "Breezy" and dominated her world, or that's what she thought. It was a world that had turned her into a drug-addicted teen prostitute. After a violent encounter with a "John" (prostitution customer), Brenda woke up in the hospital and decided to change her life.
 
Today she is a beacon of hope and a pillar of strength for hundreds of women and girls as young as 14 who want to change their lives.

By following the charming, charismatic, and truly Brenda, we enter the lives of young women and see in verite footage their realities from their point of view.

While the world may overlook these women and men, Brenda has not. Providing an unflinching expose that contrasts apparent hopelessness with the difference even one person speaking truth can make.

*ANNA MALIKA: Originally from Calcutta (Kolkata), India, Anna was adopted into an American family and raised in North Carolina. She faced sexual and physical abuse, an eating disorder, and severe abandonment issues. She is also a survivor-advocate who graduated from Mercy Ministries, a free Christian residential program that assists young women with life-controlling issues. She is a speaker who assists (curriculum development, policy, advocacy) various organizations throughout the country to develop their own programs to help survivors of sex trafficking. She gave personal testimony for the NC General Assembly resulting in the passing of the NC Safe Harbor Law and assisted in writing national and international policy. Panel speaker for the NC Coalition of Sexual Assault symposium "It's Happening to a Girl Near You" in Fayettville, NC and trainer at their "Innovative Strategies for Law Enforcement" in Raleigh, NC. Anna was the mediator for the University of Malta's public seminar on Child Trafficking Law and presented on the US' Communications Decency Act. Her story was televised internationally on Univision’s show Primer Impacto and the talk show "Community Matters."

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