This letter is from a survivor who participates in the programs at our Pathways Services Center. She wrote this: I want to tell you about my pimp. I want to tell you how much I loved him. I would do anything to please him.
I wish they all knew God / #LettersFromSurvivors
The world needs more love / #LettersFromSurvivors
On the grooming and trafficking of minors
In the last two months, three powerful men—billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, R&B singer/songwriter R. Kelly, and megachurch founder Naasón Joaquín García—have been arrested and charged with various crimes surrounding the sexual abuse, creation or possession of child pornography, and trafficking of minors.
When they go back to the streets, so do we.
In April of 2018, the federal government seized and shut down Backpage. In a blog earlier this year, we wrote about the unintended consequences of the shutdown—and among them was a resurgence in sex trade activity on the streets.
That’s why we recently relaunched our Street Outreach Team.