Episode 013: Interview with Pleschette Fontenet, Junior League of Portland
Release Date: 01/17/2020
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Multnomah County Commissioner, Susheela Jayapal; Claire Barrera Program Manager at El Programa Hispano’s UNICA and Joyclyn Bell a survivor and activist join me for this important conversation about Oregon Senate Bill 274.
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The Human Trafficking Awareness Day event hosted by the Junior League of Portland, on January 11, 2021 at 6pm PST, will include a presentation about human trafficking, specifically addressing the issue of how black girls and women & Native American girls and women have been historically, currently and repeatedly targeted and harmed and how our systems are a part of the problem.
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Christen Price serves as Legal Counsel for the National Center on Sexual Exploitation Law Center. She joins me to talk about the case, Charleston v. State of Nevada, where they will argue that Nevada’s pro-prostitution law conflicts with federal laws that ban sex trafficking and violates the Thirteenth Amendment’s ban on any form of involuntary servitude. endsexualexploitation.org and NotSafeForWomen.org
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This episode is The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) Webinar addressing the case: Charleston vs. state of Nevada.
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Aashima Samuel heads the Children at Risk project with Evangelical Fellowship of India ([email protected]) as the National Director. Her desire is to see that the churches and communities arise and come together to eradicate Human trafficking.
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Caitlin Roper is an activist, writer and PhD candidate at RMIT university in Melbourne, Australia where she is researching female-bodied sex dolls and robots. Caitlin is the Campaigns Manager at Collective Shout (collectiveshout.org) which is a nonprofit that works toward a world free of sexploitation, a grassroots campaigns movement challenging the objectification of women and the sexualization of girls in media, advertising and popular culture. Twitter @caitlin_roper.
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Laura is the Founder of The Liberty Project and in Pemba Mozambique which was started in 2016. Their work is to see the chains of sexual exploitation, abuse, trauma and severe cultural oppression broken! Working with Mozambican women to see them healed, confident and whole, through the redeeming love of Jesus, education, and practical empowering skills!
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Justin Euteneier is the Program Director of The EPIK Project (Everyman Protecting Innocent Kids) which is a nonprofit which serves to mobilize male allies to disrupt the commercial sex market, equipping them to combat the roots of exploitation and encouraging them to collaborate effectively with the wider anti-trafficking movement.
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Rachel Nelson is the Executive Director of the Freedom Businesses Alliance. They exist to employ survivors of human trafficking and those at risk of being trafficked, investing in their personal and professional development. From hand crafted goods to coffee shops to technology and everything in between, these businesses are united by the common vision of preserving freedom for the most vulnerable.
info_outlinePleshette Fontenet is the Director of Membership for The Junior League of Portland. The Junior League of Portland is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. They work to end the cycle of violence against women and children. https://www.jlpdx.org/
They created the documentary, Waiting For The Light (https://vimeo.com/84125940) which exposes the scope and impact of sex trafficking and the commercial sexual exploitation of children in Portland, Oregon.