120 views Apr 20, 2022 Note from nopeacehere-This is LONG, but you can watch shorter vids about it that I posted in comments. Everyone TALKS about child sex trafficking, some have channel names about it. Now's everyone's chance to DO something about it, or get help for yourself if you are a victim. I must say I was caught in a similar situation, though not from foster care. I was 20 but looked 14.. A sex trafficker had kidnapped me & God saved me after a week of hell. I could say I was "lucky" that it was only for a week vs. others suffering for YEARS & being actual kids.
Regrettably, I did volunteer to work for one of Denver's Sex Trafficking Hotlines only to be told they ONLY help undocumented persons, NO ONE ELSE. I refused to help. It's EVERYONE or NO ONE, PERIOD.
I'm so grateful for this actress's help. My dad was in foster care & only said, "It was terrible, terrible, terrible" with a horrific look on his face. RIP. I'm also grateful that the video producers provided a TON of links, phone numbers, etc. & I didn't have to do the research myself. They will not ALL fit in the description, so look in comments under here or go to the original link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZT5_NA5iEw
More resources are listed in "comments" under this video. I included ALL of them.
I own no rights to the video. I created the thumbnail. Original title: Foster Care to Child-Sex Trafficking Pipeline | What we Can Do | Angela Featherstone | DTH Podcast
This is a VERY new video with pathetic distribution by YT, as usual. They have to protect THEIR OWN child traffickers, right? How did I EVER discover this video? I was watching The Twilight Zone earlier today, "Burned" & was curious to know if the child actors were now famous actors. When I saw the lady cop'a name, it was played by ANGELA FEATHERSTONE. As I was looking for movies she may have been in, the first thing that came up was her story of getting declared emancipated from the foster care system. What? A legal loophole to escape the abuse for foster kids?? I was legally able to emancipate children when I was working in hospital emergency rooms & they came alone.
Story: https://www.aol.com/lifestyle/actress-angela-featherstones-painful-childhood-174031665.html#:~:text=Featherstone%20was%20eventually%20picked%20up%20by%20police%2C%20arrested,a%20friend%20and%20took%20a%20bus%20to%20Toronto.
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There is an estimated 46 million people held in modern-day slavery today in what we call the human trafficking business...which is more than any other time in human history.
21% are being sex trafficked which is rape for hire. And the remaining 79% is physical labor held by force or terror.
The victims of this are overwhelmingly the poor and especially poor women and children.
This is happening right underneath our noses. There are approximately 125k ads online everyday in the US for people being advertised for purchase.The cities in the US that report the most incidents are California, Texas, Florida, and New York.
A report from the Freedom Thought Project shows that 88% of missing sex trafficked children come from the US foster care system.
This is something we all need to be aware of, and bring more awareness too, and have a lot more conversations about. And not only awareness but each of us needs to take action in any way we can.
My guest, Actress Angela Featherstone is founder of The Fostering Care Healing School. Which is a non profit healing school for youth aging out of foster care, who’s goal is to not only help these children heal but to thrive.
She’s also a successful Actress and model, a Pushcart Prize nominated essayist and speaker. She writes and lectures on healing PTSD, child abuse, human trafficking, and intimacy.
She is an advocate for children in the foster care system. She herself has mentored a child in foster care through Kidsave. And she was a consultant on the Netflix documentary Cracked Up, documenting the effects of trauma and healing trauma.
Donate to The Fostering Care Healing School:
https://fosteringcare.org/
Last Weeks Episode: Aging out of The Foster Care System:
https://youtu.be/QghSrOUjxG8
To Report Exploitation:
The Los Angeles Regional Crime Stoppers
1-800-222-TIPS (1-800-222-8477)
Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office
(888) 539-2373
[email protected]
Resources for Internet Safety:
California Cyber Safety for Children Connect Safely
Thom
Resources for Health and Mental Health Treatment:
Department of Mental Health
(800) 854-7771
Department of Public Health
Planned Parenthood
(213) 284-3307
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
(800) 273-8255
DrugRehab.com
24/7 Help Line: 877-589-4784
St. Johns Wellness Center
(323) 541-1411
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration
(800) 662 4357
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