Post by Ravyn Crescent on Apr 14, 2009 19:01:01 GMT -5
While I was doing a small presentation at Anizona about Human Trafficking, in the dealers room, I noticed the 5 people who had run over to talk to me (I did not have a table, I was just there for fun) were losing all interest so I stopped.
These 5 women were of varying ages and were big fans of mine, proven by the screaming and running over to ask for autographs.
... So, I asked why they zoned out and a few denied it, a few others got wide eyed and said "did I!?" I assured them I was not mad, just curious. They loved PTP, they are fans... so why not care about trafficking?
That's when the horrible truth came out.
Prostitution. They have been trained that Human Trafficking is either dealing with illegals, or is prostitution.
And I realized, most of what I cover here, for news articles, is prostitution, too.
I also noticed that, despite how many people we have here who obviously care about the issue, we have very few posts and even fewer people bringing others here.
Why? I am not mad! This forum is to get people interested and we need to know how! I can do that in books easily, as was proven! People are getting interested by reading PTP, Eva learned about it and got her family involved as well as a lot of others... but we need to do more!
Eva's brother, Royce, pointed out one thing. He said he wants to help, but hearing about the victims just makes him sad. That the book is great because he feels for the characters, but doesn't have the nightmares of seeing the real people in his head and not knowing how to stop it.
So that is the new trial! People! What would get you interested in trafficking? What can we do? What if we set up a day once every other week to discuss ideas? What if I start getting interviews and people to attend these podcasts?
I encourage people to write poems about it! If you need ANY aid with that, post here! Once done, post the poem on deviantart, fictionpress, wherever and LINK BACK TO THIS FORUM! (for fictionpress, you put readptp.proboards . com and tell people to remove the spaces between s . and c. These poems are AMAZING for awareness as they are short, sweet and show emotion! I know many of you are writers! Post here, let us edit/spellcheck/etc. for you!
All ideas welcome! All accomplishments glorified!
OH, about the title... I do not consider slavery and prostitution to be the same thing. When a slave is forced into prostitution, I consider it rape, sale and slavery. However, the media and many anti-trafficking groups will call such events prostitution since that is the socially accepted term
These 5 women were of varying ages and were big fans of mine, proven by the screaming and running over to ask for autographs.
... So, I asked why they zoned out and a few denied it, a few others got wide eyed and said "did I!?" I assured them I was not mad, just curious. They loved PTP, they are fans... so why not care about trafficking?
That's when the horrible truth came out.
Prostitution. They have been trained that Human Trafficking is either dealing with illegals, or is prostitution.
And I realized, most of what I cover here, for news articles, is prostitution, too.
I also noticed that, despite how many people we have here who obviously care about the issue, we have very few posts and even fewer people bringing others here.
Why? I am not mad! This forum is to get people interested and we need to know how! I can do that in books easily, as was proven! People are getting interested by reading PTP, Eva learned about it and got her family involved as well as a lot of others... but we need to do more!
Eva's brother, Royce, pointed out one thing. He said he wants to help, but hearing about the victims just makes him sad. That the book is great because he feels for the characters, but doesn't have the nightmares of seeing the real people in his head and not knowing how to stop it.
So that is the new trial! People! What would get you interested in trafficking? What can we do? What if we set up a day once every other week to discuss ideas? What if I start getting interviews and people to attend these podcasts?
I encourage people to write poems about it! If you need ANY aid with that, post here! Once done, post the poem on deviantart, fictionpress, wherever and LINK BACK TO THIS FORUM! (for fictionpress, you put readptp.proboards . com and tell people to remove the spaces between s . and c. These poems are AMAZING for awareness as they are short, sweet and show emotion! I know many of you are writers! Post here, let us edit/spellcheck/etc. for you!
All ideas welcome! All accomplishments glorified!
OH, about the title... I do not consider slavery and prostitution to be the same thing. When a slave is forced into prostitution, I consider it rape, sale and slavery. However, the media and many anti-trafficking groups will call such events prostitution since that is the socially accepted term
