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clients moving forward, dollars and
other types of in-kind and creative
resources are deonitely needed.
Clayton adds that bringing awareness
to the public so people are more open
minded about the reality of human
traïcking, having communities listen
and get training on what traïcking
the light goes on and sometimes there9s
still disbelief.
There is a lot of victim blame and
survivor blame, basic stereotypes, that
our community perpetuates about
human traïcking. We hear them all
the time. It9s so not a representation of
what is actually going on.=
really is and what it means to their
own neighborhoods would be a great
step forward in prevention. < When we
tell people the actual statistics about
human traïcking, when we tell them
that they can be aöuent and in a nice
home, but if they have a teenager with a
smartphone, they9re at risk, sometimes
In the end, prevention really is the best
solution to ending human traïcking
and turning the tide on criminal
predators. Every person has a voice.
Your voice needs to be heard at city
council meetings, in the legislature,
in houses of worship, in schools and
colleges where your children spend
great quantities of time. Clayton asks,