Trafficking and Prostitution Services

I'm concerned about the photo of this woman being posted. http://sharedhope.org/2016/03/04/3-ways-church-helped-free/#comment-44197  When we were trying to convince the world sex trafficking was real - it was at a time when no one believed this was even real.  We had no choice but to come onto camera showing our eyes so people could hear and feel our pain, fear, and sincerity.   It was also the only way to get out information on the only hotline that existed for victims at a time when they couldn't even call the police or they'd be hung up on.  NOW however, w're hearing about these photos leading to stalking, firing, evictions, social shunning, even to old pimps coming back out of the woodwork after they've been released from jail.  Now when a "fake" does it like Samoly Mam - she has nothing to worry about.   But our point has been made.  The Trafficking Act of 2000 was passed.  We now have task forces, new laws, and even programs exist now where one can

We are the program who founded the sex trafficking movement itself back in the 1980's.  We created the first safe house for adults, the first hotline for adults, the first program that went into the courts, the police, the universities, and demanded that these victims be recognized as existing and to stop treating them as criminals.   Meaning we put together the first alternative to incarceration program in this country for these victims.  We published the first "Recovery Guide" written by survivors for survivors after interviewing over 5,000 survivors across this country, and into five other countries over a period of five years.  We are the people who helped build the foundation for federal recognition of this issue meaning that instead of being treated as criminals - money was able to be used for the government to provide services for victims.  Our program is the oldest and largest program of survivors, and we have answered FIVE TIMES more calls on our hotline than th