Be Aware of Human Trafficking Photos and Text by Clarice Jones
atlanta ranks aMong the top in u.s. Cities for human trafficking. During Super Bowl LIII, nearly 200 people were arrested as result of a sting operation held to curtail sex trafficking (often with children) during Super Bowl weekend in Atlanta, earlier this year. As someone whose own 16 year-old great niece was trafficked by her mother (my nephew’s ex girlfriend), who God has blessed me to be able to rescue, I want to become a change agent and collaborate with like-minded individuals who are influencers, to put a stop to this travesty that is enslaving thousands of our women, girls and even our boys and young men around the country and the world. To that end, my theatrical company and Magazine, Oasis Montagé, along with Praise 108 Radio and Visions 105.1, are non-profit organizations coming together to produce the Kickoff concert starring Earth,Wind & Fire review and X-Factor Finalists Lillie McCloud, October 11th, conference October 12 and Angels Palace Stage Play, October 13th 2019. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and we want to maximize awareness of both human trafficking and domestic violence through this conference. We will be working with organizations that work to prevent human trafficking like Georgia Cares or Wellspring Living, to ensure we get in front of middle, high school and even college students. In order to educate and empower people on major issues impacting our community. Sex trafficking is yet another serious issue in our community. We must take a stand to fight what man has done to destroy humanity. 8 OASIS/Montagé • August 2019
