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Pictured: Joseph M. Beals, MD, chair of the Wayne County Medical Society Foundation, Laurie Jost, Wayne County Medical Society Foundation Human Trafficking Awareness Committee chair
• During the pandemic, PornHub reported 80,000 views per minute
• Predators & traffickers are grooming children, avg. age online 12.8 yrs. old, & they are forced into pornography
• 1 of 6 underage trafficking victims are sold online
• Reports state that the average age of entry into trafficking is 16 years old
• Most trafficking victims know their trafficker; many times, it is a family member or someone they trust
• Michigan is ranked #7 in the number of voluntary call-in reports to the Polaris Project hotline.
The video was featured at a guest premiere showing on February 23, 2022, at the Royal Oak Emagine Theatre. Hundreds of people, including Law Enforcement, Legislature, Prosecutors, Clergy, Community Activists, Educators, and influencers, were on hand to have a first look at this riveting and vital documentary. Many of the participants who were
in the video participated in a panel discussion afterwards: Amy Allen, Forensic Interview Specialist, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security; Mel Baggett, President, Night Angels, Sterling Heights, MI; Twyla Baggett, COO, Night Angels, Sterling Heights, MI; Michael Turner, Chief of Staff, Wayne
County Sheriff ’s Office; Mike
Jaffar, Undersheriff, Wayne County Sheriff ’s Office; Emily Johnson, Lead Program Coordinator, Michigan Abolitionist Project, Clinton Twp., MI; Curtis Longs, MD, President,
Behavioral Health Associates & Mental Health Director, Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility; Stan Stanczyk, Ph.D., LMSW, Biological Psychiatry Center, PC, Roseville, MI; Rita O’Brien, Human Trafficking Survivor; and Theresa Flores, Human Trafficking Survivor. The video director and producer, Rich & Lisa Jackson, Digital Media Works, were also on the panel.
This exceptionally hard-hitting documentary, The Men Who Buy Sex – Everybody Pays, is open for all to watch by clicking on the following this link: http://www.wcmssm. org/human-trafficking.html, or by visiting our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/Men-Who-Buy-Sex- Documentary-111017274799039
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