Unchained Generation has partnered with local police departments to educate junior high and high school students about the ever-present dangers of child kidnapping and trafficking. Sunday’s presentation featured guest speaker Jennifer Spry, a survivor of human trafficking who shares an incredible story. A trafficker lured her and her cousin, Chris, at age 8, into child pornography. She escaped and, after surviving a brutal gang rape, has become a successful entrepreneur, inventor and speaker, who credits her success in rebuilding her life to her faith in Jesus Christ. Her story offers hope to other severely traumatized survivors. Spry, an advisor to Unchained Generation, uses her story to help prevent children from becoming prey for traffickers and pedophiles and to inspire hope in other survivors. She gives young people valuable information on how to recognize a possible trafficker and how to guard against becoming a victim. To request a presentation in your school or church, contact Amber at amber@unchainedgeneration.com or 520-840-2190. Unchained Generation organized in 2009 to help end the crime of human trafficking. Its goal is to do this one step at a time by first raising awareness of the existence of human trafficking. An educational curriculum is available for schools, the population most at risk for trafficking—children and teens. Unchained Generation partners with local police departments, inviting officers to be present during each presentation. Knowledge is power; if young people are made aware of how traffickers pick up their victims, this will help reduce the chance of youth becoming victims. Unchained Generation believes that this generation of young people, united, can accomplish the end of this dehumanizing crime. Unchained Generation is also working to obtain its first safe house for victims this year. Over one million children enter the global sex trade each year, and approximately 300,000 of those children are recruited here in the United States, with age 13 being the average age of entry. Human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal activity in the world, predicted to surpass illegal gun and drug trade. Billions of dollars are made through the capture and sale of human beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation each year. There are victims here in Arizona with nowhere to go, and Unchained Generation’s safe house will be staffed with nurses and counselors to aid children rescued from the sex trade. To make a donation for this cause, visit www.unchainedgeneration.com. Photo (left to right) Guest speaker Jennifer Spry, Courtney Jones, Sumer Fisher, Amber Dolson and Rob Dolson. Submitted photo |