A Future. Not a Past. (Georgia)

Advocacy Update – Off To A Running Start

Editor — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:13:33 +0000

The Georgia General Assembly 2012 session started this past Monday and legislators returned to the state Capitol.

As expected, the budget will continue as the main priority and focus for this session. We will keep you posted with key points and ways you can advocate with your legislator to help in this area.

Also, we are currently looking to support a possible expungement bill that would allow CSEC victims to have certain charges, such as prostitution, removed from their records. We will provide additional information and any action alerts that may be needed in next week’s advocacy update.

Please stay tuned for our weekly advocacy updates and action alerts!

A Future. Not a Past. Puts the Spotlight on Johns

Editor — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:50:56 +0000

Keisha Head, a survivor of child sex trafficking, recently shared her story with WSB TV in Atlanta, introducing A Future. Not A Past.’s new campaign, Take A Stand Against Demand.

“These men who purchased me were normal, ordinary men, and I had no idea that they could turn into such violent monsters right before my eyes, and that was scary,” Head said.

Child Sex Trafficking in Our Backyards

Editor — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:45:43 +0000

Around the world, far too many women and children are sexually trafficked. While many perceive this as being limited to poorer communities, children are increasingly being turned into sex slaves in affluent neighborhoods.

“The buyers aren’t just pedophiles. The buyers are normal community men, normal leaders, people that belong to someone,” said Jennifer Swain, state coordinator for A Future. Not A Past.

January: National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month

Editor — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:40:09 +0000

In the United States, January is set as a permanent month of awareness of the victims of human trafficking in the US and around the world. It is estimated that in the US 90% of human trafficking is sex trafficking, and an estimated 50% of the victims of sex trafficking are children.

Is A Killer Using Backpage Ads To Locate Victims?

Editor — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:12:04 +0000

CNN reports that Detroit police are investigating a link between Backpage sex ads and three murder victims. The so-called “adult services ads” that sexually traffic young children are mentioned.

Google Technology Makes it Easier to Report Child Sex Trafficking

Editor — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:05:45 +0000

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children reports that the CyberTipline reporting form used by the public has been redesigned with the assistance and expertise of Google. The CyberTipline serves as the national reporting mechanism to report suspected sex crimes against children.

Read the full press release here.

Christian Youth Conference Donates To Fight Human Trafficking

Editor — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:54:57 +0000

45,000 Christian students attending the Passion 2012 conference donated $100,000 to Atlanta to help fight sex trafficking.

Kaffie McCullough Receives Community Leadership Award

Editor — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:07:59 +0000

Kaffie McCullough, campaign director of A Future. Not a Past. recently received the 2011 Atlanta Division’s Director’s Community Leadership Award. She was honored for AFNAP’s role in assisting various law enforcement agencies and courts to address the needs of young victims of sex trafficking.

Click here to read more.

Kaffie McCullough Honored

Editor — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:01:33 +0000

Global Centurion recently announced the winners of the second annual Norma Hotaling Anti-Trafficking Awards. Among the honorees was AFNAP’s Kaffie McCullough, who received an award for Innovative Demand Reduction Award.

Internet Pimp Receives Seventeen Year Sentence

Editor — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:57:45 +0000

A Cobb County man was convicted of prostituting a sixteen year-old girl, pimping her on the internet. The penalty? Seventeen years in federal prison.