And to the Little Ones. (A Poem about documenting the parallel of human trafficking as a ‘Universal’ issue, both ‘foreign’ & ‘domestic’.) Kidnapped from her Cambodian village \\ Sold for a dollar and a hot plate by her poor parents to an affluent, sinister global market \\ Botum’s 10-year-old bones rattle with fear. Her Heart? … More ‘And to the little ones’ a poem on Human Trafficking

I just read this in Vanity Fair. It is an incredible article. Even as celebrity activists such as Emma Thompson, Demi Moore, and Mira Sorvino raise awareness about commercial sex trafficking, survivor Rachel Lloyd publishes her memoir Girls Like Us, and the Senate introduces a new bipartisan bill for victim support, the problem proliferates across continents, in … More The Girls Next Door