Minnesota - Human Trafficking Stats

These are stats via the blog: http://www.freethecaptiveshouston.com/ftc-blog.php


In Minnesota:

• 124 girls were domestically sex trafficked in August – up from 80 in February (55% increase)


• 112 girls were trafficked through ads posted on Internet classifieds in August – up from 68 in February (65% increase)


• The percentage of girls advertised on Internet classifieds increased most dramatically in Minnesota among the states studied during this six-month period


• Monthly domestic sex trafficking in Minnesota is more pervasive than the state's annually reported incidents of teen girls who died by suicide, homicide and car accidents (29 instances combined); infants who died from SIDS (6 instances); or women of all ages murdered in one year (37 instances)
  

This is OUR problem. We are the SOLUTION to this problem. The demand has to end. The support has to increase. Vigilance ramped up. Outrage should spread like wildfire, and justice should be served.

"He saves the needy from the sword, from the mouth of the mighty, and from their hand. So the poor have hope and injustice shuts her mouth." – Job 5:15-16

Stop the Candy Shop

Today I saw a trailer for a movie, a fairytale, based on real life horrors. As I watched it I couldn't help but feel repulsed by the truth of the content. And it was only the fairytale version. Imagine, what really happens.

I urge you to watch this film trailer, but please understand the emotional content before you do. I understand this movie was made for its shock value in the interest of abolishing human (child specific this case) trafficking, and its intention is to outrage us into action by playing on our emotional reaction. I'm neither agreeing with nor opposing this method, I'm only interested in seeing an end to slavery of all kinds and that starts with abolishing ignorance on the issue first. I think its high time we faced the reality of the situation and if we need to start with a fairytale version first, I'm ok with that.

The Candy Shop Trailer from Brandon McCormick on Vimeo.

For more information on "Stop the Candy Shop" you can visit their site here: http://stopthecandyshop.com/get-involved.