by Doug Bardwell | Mar 26, 2019 | Be Aware, Doug's posts
Living with drug-addicted grandparents, Hollie Daniels ended up on drugs herself, trying to escape a life she wasn’t prepared for. By age 15, she found herself involved in prostitution, and for 17 years she was in and out of the justice system. According to her...
by Doug Bardwell | Mar 19, 2019 | Be Aware, Doug's posts, Things To Do
Most everyone would like to help those in need, if it was easy. For some of you, it might be. Take 60 seconds to read this and see if it applies to you. What if it was just a simple matter of making a connection between someone you know and someone else...
by Doug Bardwell | Mar 12, 2019 | Be Aware, Doug's posts
Last week we examined the need for human trafficking to be discussed in school. I maintain that it should be delivered in elementary, middle, high school as well as college. This week, I’d like to share the excellent work Baylor College of Medicine is doing for...
by Doug Bardwell | Mar 5, 2019 | Be Aware, Doug's posts
I never took chemistry, and sixty years later, I don’t think I missed a thing. I didn’t see a career path for me in the sciences, so that was an easy choice to make. There was no danger in me missing that education. Unfortunately, there is another subject...
by Doug Bardwell | Feb 28, 2019 | Be Aware, Doug's posts
It isn’t good enough to assume you and your family will never have to deal with human trafficking. With the rise of trafficking in this and other countries, it’s about to become the most prevalent plague on humanity – even more so that drug abuse. Worse, it...
by Doug Bardwell | Feb 19, 2019 | Doug's posts, Things To Do
Be informed. Learn the language. That’s always good advice in any circumstance, but especially when trying to recognize or prevent human trafficking. Traffickers and pimps have their own language, perverting many normal words into special meanings. The following...
by Doug Bardwell | Feb 12, 2019 | Doug's posts, Resources
Plenty! It’s common to hear that sex trafficked victims are often led to believe that they can’t survive on their own. That they won’t have anyone to look after them – providing meals or shelter. It’s a common pattern for traffickers to...
by Doug Bardwell | Feb 7, 2019 | Be Aware, Doug's posts
No matter what religion you are, or even if you are of no particular religious persuasion, there are always people you can look to for inspiration. In the Christian tradition, we refer to these great people of faith as saints, and we look to them to help pattern our...
by Doug Bardwell | Jan 29, 2019 | Be Aware, Doug's posts
January has been designated National Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month. More than 40-million people are estimated to be affected by human trafficking. Many of those can likely be found in every city in the United States. It’s our responsibility to...
by Doug Bardwell | Jan 22, 2019 | Doug's posts, Press releases
Social media platforms such as Twitter can be used to glean information about the preferences of former users by monitoring as few as eight of their one-time contacts Thomson Reuters Foundation One more caution for parents If you pay attention to the news about social...
