Monday Feb 25 2013
The Response: A Global Sex-trafficking Summit
By: Krissi Khokhobashvili, Placer Herald and Press Tribune editor
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Rapper Transparent performs the song “You are Beautiful”
Rapper Transparent performs the song “You are Beautiful”
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Artist Shane Grammer created a painting during the closing speakers and musical performance of “The Response.” Grammer said he was inspired to take action against sex trafficking after a trip to Cambodia with Agape International, where he created murals with girls being exploited for sex trafficking.
Artist Shane Grammer created a painting during the closing speakers and musical performance of “The Response.” Grammer said he was inspired to take action against sex trafficking after a trip to Cambodia with Agape International, where he created murals with girls being exploited for sex trafficking.
Krissi Khokhobashvili • Placer Herald
Artist Shane Grammer created a painting during the closing speakers and musical performance of “The Response.” Grammer said he was inspired to take action against sex trafficking after a trip to Cambodia with Agape International, where he created murals with girls being exploited for sex trafficking.
Artist Shane Grammer created a painting during the closing speakers and musical performance of “The Response.” Grammer said he was inspired to take action against sex trafficking after a trip to Cambodia with Agape International, where he created murals with girls being exploited for sex trafficking.
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Rapper Transparent performs with Cameron Stymeist from Christian band The Reel.
Rapper Transparent performs with Cameron Stymeist from Christian band The Reel.
Krissi Khokhobashvili • Placer Herald
Rapper Transparent performs with Cameron Stymeist from Christian band The Reel.
Rapper Transparent performs with Cameron Stymeist from Christian band The Reel.
Krissi Khokhobashvili • Placer Herald
Artist Shane Grammer created a painting during the closing speakers and musical performance of “The Response.” Grammer said he was inspired to take action against sex trafficking after a trip to Cambodia with Agape International, where he created murals with girls being exploited for sex trafficking.
Artist Shane Grammer created a painting during the closing speakers and musical performance of “The Response.” Grammer said he was inspired to take action against sex trafficking after a trip to Cambodia with Agape International, where he created murals with girls being exploited for sex trafficking.
Krissi Khokhobashvili • Placer Herald
Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of The National Hispanic Christian Leadership COnference, speaks out against sex trafficking.
Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of The National Hispanic Christian Leadership COnference, speaks out against sex trafficking.
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Lt. Karen Hughes of the Las Vegas Metro Police Department was one of many speakers at “The Response.” One of the topics she covered was what she calls the “three-headed beast” of sex trafficking: the commodity, the demand and the client. “Without all three of those components, she said, “it doesn’t thrive.”
Lt. Karen Hughes of the Las Vegas Metro Police Department was one of many speakers at “The Response.” One of the topics she covered was what she calls the “three-headed beast” of sex trafficking: the commodity, the demand and the client. “Without all three of those components, she said, “it doesn’t thrive.”