Just a couple of news links this week.
More than 1 in 10 high schools can be described as dropout factories according to a recent report by Johns Hopkins, where no more than 60 percent of students who start as freshmen graduate. Clearly this connects to the sex trade since without a high school education, youth [...]
you have about growing up and some resolved ones too. Or at least the ones you thought you had resolved.
I heard this many years ago from a friend of mine. She had been in recovery for many years and worked in adult programs. But then she had a chance to work with a teen girl [...]
A couple of positive news items to start out with:
In Washington State, a new effort called Teen Closet will offer stylish clothing for free to teens in foster care. And a statewide meeting happened in Seattle for foster care youth seeking to make a difference on policies that affect them (they already got a few [...]
We’ve all been there if you do educational groups.
You’re standing up front of a group of youth and it seems that nothing you say is getting or keeping their attention. In fact, complete silence is sometimes not the worst response. It’s when the whole group seems determined to break the sound barrier in how loud [...]
Another week full of articles to review. I’m noticing updates on criminal cases but I don’t always post the most recent news or I wouldn’t have space to highlight more. By mentioning many cases once and linking to an original source, I’m hoping those looking to learn more can find the most recent information with [...]
I’m working on a number of new projects.
For today I’ll talk about rethINK - the zine. I’m looking for creative expression from youth who are currently or have been involved in the sex trade for a zine. I need youth’s contributions by December 31st, 2007.
What’s a zine you ask?
It’s a cut & paste, copied publication [...]
I presented at the Fourth Annual Conference on Prostitution, Sex Work and the Commercial Sex Industry in Toledo, Ohio almost two weeks ago. I really enjoy meeting with everyone who attends this conference because it’s just so rare for those of us working entirely on issues of the sex trade to get together and [...]
In this week’s news items that caught my attention:
In the tri-state area of Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia, a man plead guilty to conspiracy charges of convincing a teen girl to leave home and taking her to Florida where he pimped her out.
In Baltimore a woman is charged with multiple counts of pimping out a [...]
I’m back from presenting at conferences in Ohio and Georgia. More soon about that but first the weekly news links.
Indiana is continuing public hearings on youth homelessness and is struggling to come up with solid numbers.
An arrest in Dallas resulted after police found a brazen ad actually offering someone underage for prostitution.
The safer injection site [...]
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