Aashima Samuel heads the Children at Risk project with Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFIC@R) as the National Director. Her desire is to see that the churches and communities arise and come together to eradicate Human trafficking.
Caitlin Roper is an activist, writer and PhD candidate at RMIT university in Melbourne, Australia where she is researching female-bodied sex dolls and robots. Caitlin is the Campaigns Manager at Collective Shout (collectiveshout.org) which is a nonprofit that works toward a world free of sexploitation, a grassroots campaigns movement challenging the objectification of women and the sexualization of girls in media, advertising and popular culture. Caitlin is a Founding Member and Chair of Adopt Nordic Western Australia to fight sex trafficking and a Huffington Post blogger. Her Twitter handle is @caitlin_roper. Checkout campaignagainstsexrobots.org.
Laura is the Founder of The Liberty Project and in Pemba Mozambique which was started in 2016. Their work is to see the chains of sexual exploitation, abuse, trauma and severe cultural oppression broken! Working with Mozambican women to see them healed, confident and whole, through the redeeming love of Jesus, education, and practical empowering skills!
Justin Euteneier is the Program Director of The EPIK Project (Everyman Protecting Innocent Kids) which is a nonprofit which serves to mobilize male allies to disrupt the commercial sex market, equipping them to combat the roots of exploitation and encouraging them to collaborate effectively with the wider anti-trafficking movement.
Rachel Nelson is the Executive Director of the Freedom Businesses Alliance. They exist to employ survivors of human trafficking and those at risk of being trafficked, investing in their personal and professional development. From hand crafted goods to coffee shops to technology and everything in between, these businesses are united by the common vision of preserving freedom for the most vulnerable.
Kristin Gibowicz was yoga certified in 2003 and has over 6,000 hours of teaching and training experience in many styles from power yoga to yin yoga. As founder and lead trainer of Living Soul Institute, a yoga school in Colorado, they integrate the richness of yoga tradition with Christ-centered spirituality and they provide teacher certification and continuing education training. https://www.kristingibowiczyoga.com/
Dr. Steve Tracy is the President and International Director of Mending the Soul Ministries whose mission is to bring restoration to people world-wide who have experienced abuse. He is the author of several books, including Mending the Soul: Understanding and Healing Abuse. His writing and ministry are focused on sexuality, abuse, and social justice. Steve and his wife Celestia spend 6-8 weeks every year ministering to trauma survivors in East Africa, particularly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. http://mendingthesoul.org/ Published July 8, 2020
Dr. Adebimpe Adewusi is a Child Abuse Pediatrician at CARES Northwest. She has a special interest about the issue of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC), problematic sexual behaviors, and medical neglect cases. We discuss what signs of sex trafficking and exploitation that pediatricians can look for when seeing a patient. If you are a physician and would like to take one of her trainings, email her at aadewusi@lhs.org.
Other Resources - CARES Northwest Call To Safety, Oregon Department of Human Services
Published June 23, 2020 - This episode is sponsored by Village Church
Stephanie Powell, Executive Director of Journey Out and is a retired Police Sergeant for 30 years and is the author of My Choice, My Body, My Rules on found on Amazon. Journey Out is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit whose mission is to help victims of commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking leave a life of abuse and violence, overcome their fears, and empower them to reach their full potential and achieve their goals. We also discuss how this time of COVID-19 is impacting victims of sex trafficking and exploitation. https://journeyout.org/.
Published on June 3, 2020
Jessica Muñoz is the is the Founder and President of Ho`ōla Nā Pua. Tammy Bitanga is the Community Advocacy & Outreach Coordinator.
Ho`ōla Nā Pua, meaning ‘New Life for Our Children,’ was founded to shine light into dark voids of violation, placing the health of Hawaii’s youth at the center of their mission and vision for their community. They are committed to the prevention of child sex trafficking and providing care for children who have been exploited. Ho`ōla Nā Pua (HNP) is dedicated to creating a community where children are safe and have the ability to embrace their bright futures. HNP offers integrated programming that reaches over thousands of youth and community members and stakeholders across the state of Hawaii annually, but is considered a national partner and a rising standard in the global effort to stop sex trafficking, permanently. https://hoolanapua.org/
24/7 Starfish Hotline 808.222.1872; National Human Trafficking Hotline 888.373.7888. Published on May 27, 2020.
Kristen A. Jenson is the author of the best-selling Good Pictures Bad Pictures. Why should you talk with your children about pornography? Because otherwise someone else will! The Good Pictures Bad Pictures series of read-aloud books can make a difficult conversation easy!
She is the founder of Protect Young Minds, an organization dedicated to helping parents empower their kids with tools to resist and reject pornography. https://www.protectyoungminds.org/
Published May 20, 2020
Kristin Choitz, is a Ministry Developer with One Collective in Chongwe, Zambia. Her heart is for women and girls to have opportunities to grow spiritually, emotionally, and economically.
She invited our Justice Hope Freedom Ministry to Zambia to train women how to facilitate a sex trafficking curriculum with their girls. They want the girls to know the truth about sex trafficking and their worth and value in God’s eyes. Published on June 10.
Major Rachele Lamont, is the Territorial Coordinator for Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking, The Salvation Army—Canada & Bermuda Territory. She used to serve in Greece.
We explore what she experienced while working on the ground with individuals who were vulnerable to being sex trafficked and exploited in Greece.
The Salvation Army- Canada and Bermuda: http://www.salvationarmy.ca/
The Salvation Army- United States of America: https://www.salvationarmyusa.org/
Sam Black is the Vice President of Business Development at Covenant Eyes (covenanteyes.com), which provides resources designed to help you and those you love live free from pornography.
We discuss how viewing pornography changes your brain, the power of screen accountability, and the challenges and triggers of being physically isolated because of COVID-19.
Open Doors USA is a community of Christians who come together to support persecuted believers in more than 60 countries. Elizabeth Miller and I discuss the challenges of persecuted women around the world and how it can present itself for some who are sex trafficked.
Open Door USA https://www.opendoorsusa.org/ Open Door Canada https://www.opendoorsca.org/