On Saturday, June 7, 2014, Pacifica Institute of Orange County partnered with UNICEF, the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force, and Crittenton Services for Children and Families in a screening of the documentary \u201cNot My Life,\u201d followed by a panel on Human Trafficking.
\nUNICEF\u2019s \u201cEnd Trafficking\u201d fact sheet states that, \u201chuman trafficking has been likened to modern-day slavery that subjects children, women, and men to force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation or forced labor. This horrific practice can include prostitution, pornography, and sex tourism as well as labor for domestic service, factory or construction work, and migrant farming.\u201d
\nThe film begins with voices speaking over a black screen, as the words \u201chuman trafficking is slavery\u201d appear. One voice states, \u201cI don\u2019t use the word \u2018inhuman,\u2019 because it\u2019s humans that do this stuff,\u201d and another tells us that this is a \u201cglobal pandemic.\u201d Those two phrases capture the essence of the documentary, which highlights ways in which people exploit other people through labor and sex trafficking both domestically and internationally.
\nThe panel featured our previous guest speaker Annie Kim, a US Fund for UNICEF Global Citizenship Fellow, along with Linh Tran, Administrator of the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force, and Stefanie Benvenuto, Advocacy Director of Crittenton Services for Children and Families. They discussed the psyche of the victims as they rehabilitate, the mentality of the traffickers, the cycle of violence and the hopelessness it sometimes perpetuates, and the ways in which law enforcement and the public are combating these crimes.
\nEach of these women and the organizations they represent combat human trafficking through education and advocacy. They protect victims, prosecute offenders, prevent further perpetration of the crime, and provide foster care to affected youth. You can take action as well by posting the National Human Trafficking Hotline number, 1-888-373-7888, continuing to inform yourself, training and educating others, mentoring youth, and by getting involved with one of these organizations.
\nPacifica Institute thanks Annie Kim, Linh Tran, and Stefanie Benvenuto for their informational and inspirational discussion. We also thank our guests for attending.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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