Any Kid, Anywhere

QUIZ

Quiz Question 1

What is the name of the president who abolished slavery

in the United States?

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Quiz Answer 1

Abraham Lincoln

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Quiz Question 2

What was the name of the speech President Lincoln gave

declaring that all slaves be freed?

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6 Quiz Answer 2

Emancipation Proclamation

7 Quiz Question 3

Which amendment to the constitution abolished slavery?

8 Quiz Answer 3

The 13th Amendment

9 Quiz Question 4

In what year was the 13th Amendment passed?

10 Quiz Answer 4

1865

11 Quiz Question 5

How many years has it been since slavery ended in the

United States?

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ZERO!

DID YOU KNOW?

THERE ARE MORE SLAVES IN THE U.S. TODAY THAN AT ANY OTHER TIME IN OUR HISTORY!

20.9 million worldwide

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14 Human Trafficking

Labor Trafficking

Children and adults compelled to provide labor or services against their will

15 Human Trafficking

Sex Trafficking

Children and adults compelled to work in the commercial sex* industry (prostitution, stripping, pornography)

*The term ‘‘commercial sex act’’ means any sex act on account of which anything of value is given to or received by any person. Citation: PUBLIC LAW 106–386, Section 103(3)

16 Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking (DMST)

Commercial sexual exploitation of American children under the age of 18 within U.S. borders for prostitution, pornography

and stripping

17 Who Do Traffickers Target?

• Teenagers

• Average age of those falling victims to sex trafficking is 13.

• Girls and boys

• 100,000 American kids each year

18 “Any Kid, Anywhere: Sex

Trafficking Survivor Stories”

19 How Teens Fall Victim

Recruitment Trust Exploitation

20 Why don’t victims “Try to Escape?” • Fear of physical abuse • In love with trafficker • Feelings of loyalty toward trafficker • Distrustful of law enforcement • No money • Shame • Acceptance in street

subculture, but not feeling accepted at home

• Threats to show compromising photos, videos, spreading rumors, telling family

• Moved around- taken to other cities or states

21 What Puts Teens at Risk?

100,000-300,000 teens each year

Homelessness

22 What Puts Teens at Risk?

Drug Use

23 What Puts Teens at Risk?

Gangs

24 What Puts Teens at Risk?

Unhealthy Relationships

25 What Puts Teens at Risk?

Internet/Social Media

26 On the Internet

ONLINE RISKS

• Predators

• Revealing Too Much

• Cyberbullying

• Sexting

27 On the Internet

PREDATORS •IF ANYONE:

•Talks to you about inappropriate things •Shows you inappropriate images •Asks for your personal information •Asks you to do something that makes you feel uncomfortable •Tries to make contact offline (telephone, mail or in person) •Makes you keep everything secret or threatens you •Isolates you from your family and friends

•TELL AN ADULT YOU TRUST

28 On the Internet

PREDATORS • Don’t meet online friends in person unless you are

with an adult

• Be careful when meeting people through chat rooms and online gaming

• REMEMBER, people CAN and DO lie online!

• Predators often pretend to be kids.

• Predators often lie about their location.

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REVEALING TOO MUCH

• Photos Say More Than Words

• Don’t Post Your Picture Online

• It can be copied or changed

• Don’t Give Out Personal Information (full name, phone number, name of school)

• Don’t Share Your Password with ANYONE except PARENTS/GUARDIAN

On the Internet

CYBERBULLYING

When people use technology, such as email, instant messaging, cell phones and websites to spread rumors and gossip, steal passwords to assume someone else’s identity, post pictures of someone without their consent, and threaten or harass with offensive language.

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31 On the Internet

CYBERBULLYING What Do You Do? • Tell a trusted adult • Don’t respond to rude and harassing messages. Keep

a record of them and call law enforcement and your Internet service provider (ISP) if necessary.

• If you continue to receive harassing messages, delete your current account and open a new one.

• If you are receiving harassing messages through instant messaging (IM), use the “block” or “ban” feature to block specific people from being able to communicate with you.

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SEXTING • “Sexting” refers to youth sending

sexually explicit messages or photos of themselves or others to their peers

• A survey conducted for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children found:

> 19% of teens surveyed have engaged in sexting > 60% of teens sent the sext to a boyfriend or girlfriend > 11% of teens sent to someone they don’t know

33 On the Internet

SEXTING - Consequences • Sending and forwarding sexual pictures

of someone underage (including yourself) is a felony in many states. You could go to jail and have to register as a sex offender.

• THINK before you hit “send”! Once that

photo is sent, you could face humiliation, get kicked off sports teams, lose a job, miss out on educational opportunities and risk having your photo reposted on other sites.

34 Laws Against Human Trafficking

Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) • Federal Law passed in 2000, reauthorized

every 3 years

State Human Trafficking Laws • Illinois and Iowa laws have provisions that:

•Commercial sex involving persons under the age of 18 is considered sex trafficking regardless of force, fraud or coercion

35 Why Does Human Trafficking

Still Exist?

The Commercial Sex Industry is Socially Acceptable

Money •$150 billion industry •Second only to drug trafficking

Internet • Easy for Buyers •Difficult for Law Enforcement

DEMAND SUPPLY

36 What Can Be Done to End

Sex Trafficking? END DEMAND

•Strip clubs, pornography & prostitution fuel demand •Respect yourself and respect each other- say “NO” to the commercial sex industry!

37 Ending Demand

•Degradation of women and girls in song lyrics, online gaming and TV. •Pimping made to look “cool” •Examples

Does Pop Culture Contribute to Demand?

38 Ending Demand

“Blurred Lines” By Robin Thicke was the #1 selling single of 2013

Lyrics: Nothing like your last guy, he too square for you He don't smack (you) and pull your hair like that So I jail watch, hand wave for you to salute But you didn't pick Not many women can refuse this pimpin' I'm a nice guy but don't get it confused

39 Ending Demand

“Pour It Up” by Rihanna

Lyrics:

Strip clubs and dollar bills I still got my money Strippers going up and down that pole And I still got my money Bandz make your girl go down And I still got my money

40 Ending Demand

Women as objects

41 Ending Demand

Young girls sexualized

42 Ending Demand

Male Dominance

DOES IT MATTER

How does pop culture shape the way society views women and girls?

How does it affect the way they are treated?

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Ending Demand

44 Ending Demand

The more we see degrading images of women and girls, the more we hear violent lyrics, the

more used to it we become… it becomes “normal.”

When you purchase/download music, videos or games with these images/lyrics, you send the message to the entertainment industry

that this is what you want. YOU become the demand!

You have the power to change this, beginning with YOURSELF!

45 What Can You Do to End Demand?

• Respect those around you

• Be deliberate about kindness

• Refuse to buy songs with degrading lyrics

• Refuse to buy games with violence against women and children

• Take a stance against strip clubs, prostitution and pornography

46 What Else Can You Do?

Protect yourself • Never run away to the streets – Go to a safe

place with a responsible adult • Safe use of the Internet • Don’t do drugs! Get help for someone who may be in trouble Share what you have learned with someone else

47 Who Do You Call? The Iowa Domestic Violence Helpline and Victim Service

Call Center

1-800-770-1650 Text IowaHelp to: 20121

The National Human Trafficking Resource Center

1-888-373-7888 Text to BeFree: 233733

Call Local Law Enforcement in case of immediate danger

911

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Quotation

“One’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.”

-Oliver Wendell Holmes

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