DEAR OFFICE OF VICTIMS OF CRIME
Jody Williams, Founder & Director Sex Workers Anonymous www.sexworkersanonymous.com (702) 468-4529 Telephone and (888) 253-9619 Toll Free August 12, 2015 Re: Grant Awarding Greetings: I'm writing you as the founder of the modern day sex trafficking movement. I can say that because I spent years searching for a way out of the sex industry for myself, and also for those who I saw being pimped and trafficked as well. There is a difference. The only program I could find in the 1980's that even understood what the differences were – as well as having a solution for them - was Children of the Night formed in 1979. They had a hotline they created which was different for teens than the Runaway Hotline in recognition that a certain sub-population would be either having to run from a pimp or they would be treated differently by the juvenile system because of being identified as a prostitute. However, the cut-off age for them was 18 years old and I was in my 20&