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Charity Concert & Fundraiser
Posted on Wednesday, March 14 th, 2018 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.On Thursday, March 22, 2018 Voices for Dignity will be hosting a Charity Fundraiser. The featured band is an extremely talented musical duo called Medicinal Purposes. They are on tour, and they are coming all the way from America’s heartland to...
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FLDS town evictions set up a sad spectacle
Posted on Saturday, September 23 rd, 2017 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.From SLTrin: Colorado City, Ariz. • “The children inside 345 Richard St. waved through the picture windows with one hand and held up cellphones with the other. Their friends outside on the sidewalk smiled and waved back. Some of them held up ...
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Exodus of the FLDS
Posted on Saturday, September 23 rd, 2017 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.Excerpt from SLTrib: Heeding the lessons taught by Jeffs and other FLDS leaders over the generations, the Dargers and many FLDS members have refused to cooperate with the land trust that owns the homes where they have been living. As a result, the pe...
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Sociologist opens door on devastating effects of evictions
Posted on Saturday, September 23 rd, 2017 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.It wasn’t always this way in America. Looking at historical documents of the last century, Desmond found that evictions were once so rare that they’d draw large crowds, sometimes protesting the indignity of involuntary displacement. ̶...
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What happens to people who get evicted over and over?
Posted on Saturday, September 23 rd, 2017 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.New York Magazine takes a look at evictions, poverty and the traumatic toll it takes on human lives. Dr. Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted, “focuses on the psychological ravages of housing insecurity, on what it does to parents and children wh...
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Interview with a Relationship-Builder
Posted on Saturday, August 12 th, 2017 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.By Melody Hood Bianca Morales-Egan is the Technical Advisor, Human Trafficking and Gender Equity at Project Concern International. She is also one of Demand Abolition’s CEASE Network (Cities Empowered Against Sexual Exploitation) coordinators f...
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From “Sex Work” Advocate to Survivor Leader: A Journey Embraced
Posted on Saturday, August 12 th, 2017 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.Taina Bien-Aime interviews Nomonde Mihlali (“Mickey”) Meji in Cape Town May 25, 2017 Nomonde Mihlali (“Mickey”) Meji is a program associate for Survivor Initiatives at Embrace Dignity in Cape Town, South Africa. Embrace Dignity is dedicated t...
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Lauren Hersh: Interview with a Uniter
Posted on Saturday, August 12 th, 2017 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.By Melody Hood Lauren Hersh is the national director of World Without Exploitation, a coalition to combat human trafficking and sexual exploitation. WorldWE is coming together to create a world where no person is bought, sold, or exploited. Lauren is...
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ABC News probe targets sex buyers
Posted on Saturday, August 12 th, 2017 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.By Melody Hood The ABC News investigative program “Nightline” has broadcast an in-depth look at the groundbreaking work of Seattle-area law enforcement in confronting the demand for prostitution. The program, hosted by journalist Juju Chang, high...
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Melissa Farley’s response to UN Women
Posted on Saturday, August 12 th, 2017 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.Prostitution Research & Education’s goal has been to reflect the voices of those engaged in prostitution and those who have escaped it. This response is based on 20 years of research on the sex trade. We have produced 39 peer-reviewed publicati...
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FLDS Evictions
Posted on Sunday, May 21 st, 2017 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.Join Operation Short Creek – Stop judging, start helping! The world has already been bombarded with shocking media about the FLDS (Fundamental Latter-day Saints, or Mormons) in Hildale, Utah and Colorado City, Arizona, which collectively make ...
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To fight sex trafficking, target the men who buy sex
Posted on Thursday, April 27 th, 2017 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.By Melody Hood iStock The Washington Post published this letter to the editor by Alex Trouteaud, our director of public policy and research, on April 24. The national opioid epidemic and youth homelessness are fueling the abuse of children in prost...
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Demand in the news
Posted on Monday, October 24 th, 2016 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.By Tripp Underwood The media has been talking about demand for paid sex lately. A lot. In the past week, we’ve seen a spike in news stories calling out sex buyers for funding the illegal sex trade. Many of these pieces mention the work of D...
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John Schools: A practical, cost-effective way to reduce demand
Posted on Friday, October 14 th, 2016 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.By admin VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA – Attendees sit in a once a month Johns School offered by the Los Angeles City Attorney’s office in an effort to reduce the demand for prostitution. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images) The first step...
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Major win in the fight against online sex trafficking
Posted on Friday, October 07 th, 2016 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.By admin Attorney General Ken Paxton announces Carl Ferrer’s arrest. Photo: Texas Attorney General’s Office California Attorney General Kamala Harris and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have taken a courageous stand against commercial...
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