Linda Smith is a former congresswoman who discovered that very young children in far-off places such as Thailand were openly being sold as sex slaves in a booming enterprise of forced child prostitution. As she visited such hotbeds for sex crimes against children and researched the issue, she realized that the same is happening in the United States. She started Shared Hope International (SHI) to address these components of a multi-billion dollar underworld agenda:
Prevention of further abuse through awareness and international alliances to combat sex trafficking.
Rescue and Restore: Through partnerships with local restoration centers, SHI can successfully remove women and children from sexual exploitation and begin the healing process.
Bring Justice: SHI works with states and federal government to support the development of a legislative framework that will assure that the right person is identified as the criminal and penalized in a meaningful way upon conviction, that victims’ rights are protected, and assets of perpetrators can be used to help fund restoration of the survivors.
Part of Shared Hope’s mission is to provide training to local law enforcement and social service agencies that deal with the sex trafficked children for a more uniform understanding of the problem and its resolution. Arizona is scheduled to have two trainings this week, one in Phoenix and one in Tucson.
Shared Hope International Arizona “Do you know Lacy” training:
Registration is $35 to $50 based on the track selected. Online registration is closed by there is unlimited seats available at the door of both locations.
January 12, 2012 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM Phoenix Arizona
Christ’s Church of the Valley
6007 W. Happy Valley Road, Glendale, AZ
January 13, 2012 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Manning House
450 W. Paseo Redondo, Suite 212, Tucson, AZ
The program has five different tracks which address the specific areas of knowledge and intervention needed by different sectors of the criminal justice, legislative, and restorative venues.
Law Enforcement Read more about this track
Social Service /Health providers Read more about this track
Community Advocates Read more about this track
Advocates of youth Read more about this track
Defenders (Men only) Read more about this track
Each track will bring participants to these outcomes:
Learn who Lacy is
Learn where Lacy can be found
Learn what type of help Lacy needs
Learn what type of resources you already have to help Lacy and what you still need
Learn what your role is in Lacy’s life and be empowered to act in it
Registration is still open for both locations. In honor of January being National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month and January 11 being National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, this is a great place to start your learning process.
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