JOURN 2100 Lecture 21: Nannette Ward
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Have i told you about that story before? asked, modern day freedom fighter, nannette. She spoke softly like something more was hidden behind her words. It was one of the worst reported cases of human sex trafficking in missouri of its time, she said. Nannette had just started at the central missouri stop human trafficking coalition during this time. Her first call to action was to support a woman who had been brutally tortured, enslaved, and unloved for six years. For the survivor, her nightmares became a reality when she was just 18. She was unhappy in her foster care home and was welcomed in by her boyfriend"s family. The survivor ran away from her foster home to live with the family likely knowing no one would look for her. In 2014, the national center for missing and exploited children estimated that 1 in. 6 endangered runaways reported to them were possible sex trafficking victims.
