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Protect yourself from sex trafficking CLACKAMAS PRINT BY SUMMER B A R R A ZA Editorial -MULTIMEDIA EDITOR The Portland Metro area is infamous for as we should b e ,” said Keeler;^; human trafficking, most notably because After visiting the booth, she said she of the Shanghai Tunnels, in Chinatown. feels very grateful and moré comfortable To add, there are approximately 27,000 with the information she has acquired. It documented homeless youth in the area will also be put into a personal resource that could potentially be exposed to sex book that human services students make trafficking and abuse. for personal use when they graduate to ' On Ja n . 25, Clackam as Com m unity x help others. C o lle g e te a m e d up w ith o th e r V illa g e tor One is a n o n -p r o fit organizations to set up a booth in the organization that serves both Clackamas B ill Brod Com m unity Center to raise and M a rio n c o u n tie s , and th e y aw aren ess, share exp érien ces and participated at the booth. offer resources and advice. The booth A sh le e Z e ll, an in te rn for the was covered in pam phlets, flyers and organization , discussed how a lot of candy, which was inviting to students. homeless youth are the victim s of sex Tall cardboard silhouettes o f a male trafficking and how they’re manipulated and a fem ale w ith life -s a v in g and into doing such work. life -th re a te n in g facts and statistics How is that done? Homeless youth, surrounded the booth. usually from ages 12 to 14, are easy to Am anda Keeler, mother of five and take advantage o f because of their living student at CCC, expressed her concern and financial situations, making them about her 9-year-old daughter who goes prime targets for pimps and traffickers. to school in the Beaverton school district. They are offered com panionship, food, A man had recently dtiven hy the girl’s water^ shelter and clothes and from being' school in a white van, attempting to lure given all o f these hum an necessities, children and had done so previously at victim s feel indebted to thèse people. other schools. No other'schools in the This is also very common for one third district were warned, said Keeler, who of young runaways, as after 48 hours majors in human services of being away from home, they will be “ It was devastating ‘ cause th e y ’re pursued by a pim p. Because o f th is, starting to hear about it » their age and Village for One is open to meeting with they need to be more educated, because boys and girls in public places such as some of us aren’t very educated as much M cDonald’ s to discuss their situation and the best way to get out of it. Mary Vest, the advocate in charge on campus who works, through Clackamas W om en’ s Services and in Barlow Hall 202A, is on campus to make sure that all survivors of assault or abuse receive care and are able to discuss their situations in peace and privacy. “ I ’ ll share w ith th em d iffe re n t protections and rights they have on cam pus through Title IX, w hich is a federal law that prohibits discrimination based on sex or gender and encompasses sexual a ssa u lt, dom estic v io le n c e , J stalkin g,” said Vest. On her door, she lists her office hours and her cell phone number, which she sais she always answers. For more inform ation avillagefororte.org go to; Scan the QR code to watch our video online. https://youtu.be/X0UsRGE_X18 photo by Jonathan Sanchez I Editors-in-Chief Autum n Berend chiefed@clackamas.edu Managing Editor Merari Calderon Ruiz chiefed@clackamas.edu Copy Editor Doug Fry Associate Copy Editor Victoria Burling. copyed@clackamas.edu News & Opinion Editor Ian Van Orden newsed@clackamas.edu Arts & Culture Editor Luis Correa aced@clackamas.edu Sports Editor Jacob Thompson sportsed@clackamas.edu Photo Editor I Sam Weston photoed@clackamas.edu Design f r Web Editor Alexis Wagar webeditor@clackamas.edu M ultimedia Editor Summer Barraza photoed@clackamas.edu Ad Manager Liam Anderson admgr@clackamas.edu Distribution Coordinator Ali Miller oped@clackamas.edu Contributors Kristie Date William Farris Jared Preble Jeanette W right Jonathan Sanchez Michael Daniel Jeffrey D’Auvergne Adviser ' Crystal Kang crystal.kang@clackamas.edu The Clackamas Print aims to report the news in an honest, unbiased and pro fessional manner. Content published in. The Print is not screened or subject to censorship. Amanda Keeler aquired information about sex trafficking on Jan. 25 in the Bill Brod Community Center. ON THE COVER: Cover and graphic design by Alexis Wagar. CORRECTION: The Clackamas Print is free, but please take only one copy. Any person remov ing oui-papers in bulk will be prosecuted to the full extent of theTaw? On page 7 of issue 9 we misidentified Alia Parsons as Nicole Hermosillo-Wright. January 31 2018
