The Polaris Project’s
definition of sex trafficking is the use of violence, threats, lies,
debt, bondage and other forms of coercion to compel adults and children
to engage in commercial sex acts against their will.
In Lincoln, the
nonprofit I've Got a Name works to increase awareness of the problem and
will host its year-end public celebration Dec. 1 at Berean Church,
featuring music and a speech by the mother of a Lincoln girl who was
trafficked.
“My goal
is to say that this really is (also) a men's issue and we’ve got to
change people’s mindset so that this is not acceptable,” said I’ve Got A
Name founder Robert Burton. “Johns need to be prosecuted and girls need
to be treated like victims.”
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