WestCoast’s Transition Age Youth Program Director Yvette MacDonald is quoted in this story about identifying and supporting sexually exploited youth in healthcare settings. Read more of the story “Sex-trafficking victims get specialized care at Mercy clinic; doctors watch for telltale signs” at The Sacramento Bee.
Monthly Archives: February 2017
Episode 3: No Right to Resist
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Action Alert: Call your Senators Today to Vote No on Rep. Tom Price
New Podcast Series
Check out WestCoast’s new podcast series!
On November 29th, 2016, WestCoast Children’s Clinic hosted a panel to discuss how racism and misogyny drive child sex trafficking in the United States. As women and their allies across the country voice opposition to policies that explicitly endanger women and girls, the need to address the impact of the child sex trade on girls of color is greater than ever. Today we’re releasing the first two of five podcasts from a recording of the evening. Please click through to listen to this important conversation with five national experts in the anti-trafficking movement.
Child Sex Trafficking: Who is for sale and what cost?
Episode 2 – Five Vantage Points
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We Urge You to Support SB31
Support SB 31, The California Religious Freedom Act! The bill
Directs California state and local governments to refrain from initiating, participating in, or assisting with any program to create a religious list, registry, or database, or using information about people’s national origin or ethnicity to achieve the same basic purpose.
Check to see if your CA Senator is on the Appropriations committee, where the bill will next be heard. If they’re on the committee, give them a call!