Claudine O’Leary on “Ethics and Boundaries,” Theresa Flores on “Looking Beneath the Surface: An American Teen’s Story of Modern Day Slavery,” and “The Experiences of Prostituted Women: A Panel of Survivors Speak.” The presenters were applauded for their successful programming in working towards women’s empowerment, their positive energy, dynamicity, and in-depth analyses and research, and for their courage and strength to share

their personal stories. Special thanks to the vendors at the conference including People Called Women Bookstore (Toledo, OH), Adults Saving Kids (Minneapolis, MN) Desiree Alliance (Las Vegas, NV), Theresa Flores: Author of The Sacred Bath, and others who provided valuable information, publications, and materials. Visit www.prostitutionconference.com for more information on the conference and additional information on the presentations.

The conference will be held again in September 2008.  For information on next years conference look for updates in newsletters, send an email to prostitutionconference@yahoo.com, or visit www.prostitutionconference.com.

services and resources that will allow them to develop as healthy individuals to empower themselves, their families and their communities.  Our purpose is to engage in prostitution prevention and intervention though education, case management, outreach, and advocacy. By providing both collaborative and prostitution

Second Chance is a program of Toledo Area Ministries, and is a social service agency that offers comprehensive services to victims of child sex trafficking and adult prostitution.  The mission of Second Chance is to ensure that women and girls involved in the commercial sex industry have access to a comprehensive system of

focused responses, individuals, families, and communities will be strengthened. Second Chance staff consists of licensed social workers, experienced professionals, and trained survivors. 

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Second Chance

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on vulnerable girls who are experiencing abuse or neglect in their homes, are runaways, or are otherwise vulnerable.

If you think that you have encountered a victim of trafficking, please call The National Human Trafficking Resource Center at 1-888-3737-888.

 

For more information visit

www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking

 

 

These girls have been bought, sold, battered, and abused while involved.  Child sex trafficking is a form of child abuse with children being trafficked suffering from Trauma Related Commercial Sexual Exploitation.  The average age of a girl being trafficked in Toledo is between 14 and 15, with some as young as 12.  Traffickers tend to prey