by Doug Bardwell | Sep 16, 2022 | Doug's posts, Resources
When a person is down, distressed, or at the end of their ropes – they don’t think clearly. It’s when they are most vulnerable. This is exactly what a human trafficker looks for. With a little attention, a few compliments, maybe a gift or two –...
by Doug Bardwell | Aug 3, 2022 | Doug's posts, Resources
Takes merely a few minutes to send a personal email to all your congressmen/women When you read that dead-end senators like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz are voting down funding to stop Human Trafficking Prevention and Protection, you know you have to do...
by Doug Bardwell | Jul 28, 2022 | Doug's posts, Things To Do
The best way to celebrate annual World Day Against Trafficking in Persons Given the ongoing war in Ukraine which continues to put millions of refugees at risk of human trafficking, A21’s free online event on July 30th for World Day Against Trafficking in Persons may...
by Doug Bardwell | Jul 16, 2022 | Be Aware, Doug's posts
More than 20,000 saved last year One of the groups I have been monetarily supporting each month is Talitha Kum – an organization of Catholic nuns, primarily in Europe and Asia that are fighting human trafficking day-in-day-out. Venturing into the most vulnerable...
by Doug Bardwell | Jul 1, 2022 | Doug's posts, Things To Do
Girl sees hotline number – calls – and is rescued It’s always great to hear about successes with putting pimps in jail, and in Florida recently, that’s just what happened. This victim saw the U.S. National Human Trafficking hotline number...
by Doug Bardwell | Jun 21, 2022 | Be Aware
It was yesterday, June 20th Okay, I admit…I did. Maybe I’ll blame it on Juneteenth, which seemed to garner much more media attention this year than any year in the past. At least that’s my excuse for now. I feel bad, because every day we hear about more...
by Doug Bardwell | Jun 9, 2022 | Resources
It might be easier than you think. How about something as easy as watching a computer video? Yes, that easy, with ideally a discussion afterward to make sure they got the right message. MissingKids.org has a series of videos and games that teach safety to younger...
by Doug Bardwell | Jun 4, 2022 | Doug's posts
Photo from ICE.gov Numerous agencies combined resources for “Operation Lost Souls” and rescued 70 missing youth. Children aged 10 through 17 were victims of sex trafficking as well as runaways who had been victims of physical and sexual abuse. The...
by Doug Bardwell | May 25, 2022 | Things To Do
…and one thing you can do to help them. May 25 is International Missing Children’s Day While many missing children are never trafficked, the typical missing child is definitely a prime target for experienced traffickers. Often hungry or looking for a place...
by Doug Bardwell | May 17, 2022 | Be Aware
Don’t ask me why, but for years, trafficking victims’ rape kits have not been ‘required’ to be tested and logged into evidence. In a sexual assualt case, they were, but for trafficking victims, they were not. That’s about to change....
