FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 23, 2013 9:00 am MST
Denver Metro Area
Resource for Victims of Sex Trafficking or Sexual Abuse- MILE HIGH WOMEN’S
OUTREACH CENTER
Mile High Women’s Outreach Center, founded by Wendy White,
has their corporate office open since October 1, 2013. The center is opening
the clinical office on January 6, 2013. The sole purpose of this center is to
provide women and young girls, who are victims of sex trafficking and/or sexual
abuse a place to find resources for healing and providing a way out. Mile High
Women's Outreach seeks to heal, educate and empower women and
children victims and survivors of sex trafficking & sexual assault; helping
bring some inner peace into the darkness that surrounds these issues. Mile
High Women's Outreach Center runs on the belief and philosophy that every woman
and child has the right to live a life free from imprisonment, verbal, and
sexual abuse and a life free from sex trafficking.
Sex trafficking is here in Colorado, right in
the Denver Metro Area. It is time to stop turning our heads and ignoring this
problem. MHWOC is making the stance “NO MORE”. MHWOC is a local non-profit;
with full intentions of making a difference to girls and women that are victims
of sex trafficking and sexual abuse. In the Denver Post, on December 19, 2013,
Tom McGhee writes
“The FBI's Rocky Mountain Innocence Lost Task
Force rescued 59 teen prostitutes from flesh peddlers in the state this year,
up from 49 in 2012.
In July, Operation Cross Country, a nationwide
sweep that targeted victims of underage prostitution and their pimps, recovered
105 juveniles and bagged 150 pimps in 76 cities.
Denver ranked fourth in the number of teens
rescued, with nine juveniles, fewer than only San Francisco, Milwaukee and
Detroit.
These are chilling statistics that indicate
modern-day slavers continue to ply their trade in Colorado.”
Read more: Labor and sex
traffickers practice modern slavery in Colorado - The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_24754478/labor-and-sex-traffickers-practice-modern-slavery-colorado#ixzz2o5TulAxv
Sex
trafficking occurs when people are forced or coerced into the commercial sex
trade against their will. Child sex trafficking includes any child
involved in commercial sex. Sex traffickers
frequently target vulnerable
people with histories of abuse and then use violence, threats, lies,
false promises, debt bondage, or other forms of control and manipulation to
keep victims involved in the sex industry. Sex trafficking exists within
the broader commercial sex trade, often at much larger rates than most people
realize or understand. Sex trafficking has been found in a wide variety
of venues of the overall sex industry, including residential
brothels, hostess clubs,
online escort
services, fake massage
businesses, strip clubs,
and street
prostitution. (THE COLORADO PROJECT TO COMPREHENSIVELY COMBAT HUMAN
TRAFFICKING PROJECT TEAM, 2013)
Although many individuals recognize that the
trafficking of minors and Commercial Sexual Exploitation (CSE) is occurring in
several countries, many are unaware that it takes place every day in America,
specifically in Colorado. According to FBI data, every day, American girls as
young as 12 are sexually exploited, and according to a 2001 study examining
Commercial Sexual Exploitation (CSE) in the US, Canada and Mexico, it was
estimated that 33% of all unaccompanied minors over the age of 10 fall victim
to some kind of sexual exploitation. Of these children, 20% are found to be
trafficked through well-established prostitution networks and frequently forced
to repay their trafficking debts through child pornography and prostitution.
A nationwide FBI sting in early 2009 freed 52
underage girls from sex trafficking in 29 cities across the country, including
Denver. The FBI identified a well-known circuit used for movement of children
and communication between traffickers referred to as the Western Circuit,
including cities of Denver, Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Santa Fe.
Sadly, for those rescued and brought out of
the trafficking syndicate, a 2007 study from the Department of Health and Human
Services found that there were only 39 beds in all US shelters that had the
staff capabilities and professional specialization to address young girls who
have experienced CSE.
MHWOC
was founded by Wendy White and is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. The
organization is a non-profit, owned by the public, and held accountable by the
Board of Director members.
MHWOC provides services for healing and
educating! The organization will make a difference and partner with agencies to
change this horrible for profit sex industry with women and young girls! On
January 6, 2014, the center opens its clinical doors and has full clinical
services. MHWOC carries the vision based on the principal of
helping women and children, focusing specifically on helping the victims of sex
trafficking and sexual abuse. In addition, MHWOC has programs and trainings to
educate law enforcement agencies, medical professionals, state and county
caseworkers on topics specific to sex trafficking, and raise community
awareness of the crime, which is prevalent in the Denver Metro area. Self-defense
classes offered to the community and clients of the center and free of charge,
instructors are MMA fighters Team Wildman, and self-defense products offered.
MHWOC will always provide services for
healing! The organization is setting some hefty goals for the next few years. In June 2014 MHWOC will open a thrift store
which 100% of the proceeds will go to the center; August 2014, the organization
will open the first group home in the Denver Metro Area, for girls between the
ages of 12-18, that are victims of sex trafficking or sexual abuse and provide
services specific to bring some healing and inner peace into the darkness
that surrounds these issues. The organization will be providing transitional
services at the beginning of 2015, helping victims and women learn skills in
resume building, job training and community.
CONTACT INFORMATION
To obtain more
information about this topic or to schedule an interview, please contact:
Mile High Women’s Outreach Center
Wendy White
720.880.8891
wendy@mhwoc.org
You may also visit our company
website at www.mhwoc.org
or follow https://twitter.com/mhwoc on
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