Modern Day Slavery: The Harsh Reality and What You Can Do
1.
2. Modern Day Slavery
Picture
150 years ago
Emancipation
Proclamation was
signed
6 decades ago the
United Nations
outlawed the
global slave trade
The Reality Today
29.8 MILLION
SLAVES
WORLDWIDE
3. What are Human Rights?
• Rights that belong to all people at birth by
virtue of our common humanity
8. California is a hotspot in the United
States for trafficking cases.
9. Human Trafficking Terminology
• Perpetrator
• Prostitution
• Pimp- Male or Female
• “Daddy” or “Mama”
• “Johns”
• “Dates” and “Tricks”
• The Life
• The Stroll
10. What is the problem?
• Trafficking of minor girls and boys is the fastest
growing crime in the U.S.
• Human Trafficking in the world is a $32 Billion
industry and in the United States alone…
11. Numbers in the US
• 100,000 – 300,000 victims
• Average age of a victim is 12 years
• Forced quota of 15-20 buyers per night
• CA Convictions 9-12 years after Prop 35
• Federal Convictions net 12-15 years
12. Greed and Power
• Girls and boys are seen and treated as a commodity
• Branded, Tattooed
• Pimps research how to build their business just like
an entrepreneur
• Power over someone
• Force
• Intimidation
• Brutal violence
13. 1 out of 3 girls and 1 out of 5
boys will be sexually abused
by the age of 18.
14. Who Are These Victims?
• Anyone’s Son or Daughter
• Boys (48.5%) and girls (51.2%) become victims at
nearly the same rate
• Vulnerable
• Those exploited at a young age
• Homeless
• Bullied
• Lack of family support
• Foster Youth
15. And Boys Too
• Average age first exploited: 11-13
• Recruited by family and friends
• Survival sex
• Up to 50% of commercial sexual exploitation
of children (CSEC) cases are boys
• Silence and cultural perceptions
23. Quiz
Can you guess how many websites are used to sell teens
for sex in the US?
14 different websites
selling teens
24. Media Influences
• Role Models
• Advertising
• Unrealistic Beauty
• Objectification/Self-Objectification
• Over-Sexualization of Girls
• Violence Against Women
25. Top Signs
• Presence of an overly controlling boyfriend
• Inability to maintain eye contact when
communicating
• Physical Abuse
• Signs of malnourishment
• Signs of drugs
• Fear, anxiety, depression, submissive,
tense or nervous
• Few or no personal possessions
26. • Internet
• Dating
• Friends
Your Safety
• Have someone you can go to or talk to
• Self Defense
• Discernment
• Accountability
• Summer reports!
27. Value and Worth
• Each of you have intrinsic value and worth
28. Real Men
• Value women
• Understand appropriate
relationships
• Appreciate the role of women
• Respect for boundaries
• How do I treat a woman?
• Honor women’s choices
• Acknowledge impact of pornography
29. Pornography and Sex Trafficking
• Profits sex traffickers
• Activates drug-cue-reactivity and craving centers of the brain
• Requires increased levels of input to achieve the same result,
leading to:
-Decreased intimacy with a partner
-Increased tendency of violence
Research from Witherspoon Institute & Cambridge University
30. Run For Courage, Inc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovckc_LKr-w
31. What Can you Do?
• National Hotline
1-888-3737-888 or TEXT: BeFree (233733)
• Be Aware
• Like us on Facebook
• Stand up Against Trafficking at Events
• Virtual Runner anytime!
• Volunteer
www.runforcourage.org