by Esther Vivian Kay | Jan 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Long Island is suffering under a trafficking crisis for years. They are under the top 20 impacted states across the country. The trafficking – both for labor and for sex – is taking place in the nice, clean neighborhoods with good schools and well-known...
by Esther Vivian Kay | Jan 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
It´s Super Bowl time! One of the biggest sports events of the year is happening next month. The excitement has already gripped the fans and news and articles fuel the hype. The Super Bowl, the time of year to gather around a large screen and watch the games with...
by Esther Vivian Kay | Dec 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
What is your favorite Christmas song? Maybe “Christmas with you” will turn out to be your next favorite song for the season. It is a catchy song, one to enjoy when listening and sing along. But the message it delivers is not a happy one. Students and staff...
by Esther Vivian Kay | Nov 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, there are 1.6 million runaway children each year and many of them are at risk to get exploited and trafficked. Most of these kids do not come from stable family homes, of course not, having a loving...
by Esther Vivian Kay | Oct 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
Today, we remember Letty Serrano, a 15-year old student who was trafficked by the age of 13. Two years earlier with only 13 she got drugged and sold to a sex trafficking ring. The was abused by different men but a few days after her abduction she was found in a park...
by Esther Vivian Kay | Sep 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
A cab driver in the UK saved a woman from being sex trafficked. Tahir Mehmood, a cab driver since 2004, got called by a man, 26-years old, and picked up a woman he was supposed to drive to a specific location in town. Mr. Mehmood got alerted when he realized, she...
by Esther Vivian Kay | Sep 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
Beyond Freedom got the chance to talk to Seattle Against Slavery about their work to fight slavery and especially sex slavery in Seattle. What is Seattle Against Slavery? It is a grassroots coalition working with local and national non-government and also government...
by Esther Vivian Kay | Sep 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
What is a Rape Kit? A Rape Kit means that you have the tools to collect DNA evidence in case you were raped. Usually, the DNA evidence is collected at a crime scene and during the medical examination of the victim. But what if you decide not to report the crime...
by Esther Vivian Kay | Sep 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
The USA is not the only country struggling to end human trafficking. Although Germany got praised for the efforts the country is putting into dealing with sex trafficking, it is also far behind when it comes to solving the issue. One problem is that the different...
by Esther Vivian Kay | Aug 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
A huge amount of sex trades takes place online, or rather, took place. Websites like Craiglist and Backpage got shut down last year thanks to a Bill named FOSTA/SESTA. With online pages that allow advertising sex buying a human being for sex, even underage people was...
