{"article":{"id":220717,"heading":" \t "Sands of Silence" Human Trafficking Awareness","author":"WTLC","created":"2008-09-29 13:08:20","modified":"2008-10-01 18:10:40","last_modified":"Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:10:40","article":"

Hello Friends & Supporters,

Thank you for all the outpour of support during these very difficult times for WTLC.

In an effort to continue to provide comprehensive services to our community, WTLC & Senator Lou Correa will be hosting a Human Trafficking Awareness night on Thursday, October 2nd at 6:00 p.m. at the Rose Center Theater located at All American Way, Westminster, CA 92683 .

The night will feature presentations by Senator Correa, WTLC, Survivor Testimonials and the debut of a movie trailer for \"Sands of Silence\" A personal journey into the trafficking of women.

This is a documentary in progress filmed by award winning director Chelo Alvarez Stehle. A mixer and fundraiser will follow at BJ's Restaurant 16060 Beach Blvd. in Huntington Beach.

Please join us and help support us by spreading the word to all your wonderful contacts.

Thank you!

Rocio G. Watson

Executive Director

WTLC

(714) 992-1939 Ext. 106 <\/p>\n","contact":"rwatson@wtlc.org","link":"","address":"All American Way, Westminster, CA 92683","phone":"(714) 992-1939 Ext. 106","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"WTLC & Senator Lou Correa will be hosting a Human Trafficking Awareness night on Thursday, October 2nd","numcomment":2,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2008\/09\/220717.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":220723,"heading":"Sexist Spin","article":"Men are also trafficked. Also, while sex work is a big fraction of trafficking, there are also people who are sold into domestic slavery, as workers in factories, and in debt bondage to gangs.\r\n\r\nThe current over-focus on victimized women sex workers tends to obscure the fact that slavery is used to provide labor for businesses. It's not only a kind of rape - it's exploitation by business interests and organized crime.","author":"gimme shelter","parent_id":220717,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2008-09-29 22:20:37","modified":"2008-09-29 22:20:37","fileurl":""},{"id":220763,"heading":"Thank you for your concern.","article":"As a male working at WTLC, I can say that nobody is trying to over-focus on victimized women, and nobody wants to obscure any kind of slavery. (You are making a big assumption)\r\nBut this event can be a great opportunity to you to meet people from WTLC. Their are going to be more than happy to help you to learn about this agency and provide information about many other agencies in southern California that are working with victims regardless race, gender, religion, age, or national origin.\r\nAt the same time, I will encourage you to, instead to "obscure" the hard work that people are trying to put together, to rise your voice to denounce any kind of abuse and to support others efforts. (Even if they look "over-focused")","author":"IroWood","parent_id":220717,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2008-10-01 18:10:41","modified":"2008-10-01 18:10:41","fileurl":""}]}