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From Domination to Creativity

This is my new favorite title for my presentations. I've been changing them up of course...adapting with feedback and changes in my style. In summary, Slavery = Domination, Freedom = Creativity.

I had a great presentation at NDNU tonight! Though it took a little while to get there with all that traffick - sheesh! I had no idea! It was back to back from the Bay Bridge until SFO. But once I arrived I was greeted very warmly. Thanks to all the attendees and to Audrey for arranging my visit!

new journeys

as you can see, I've been neglecting this blog quite a bit. i'm a bit unsure of how I want to go about it. so...i'll keep on it for now as i have been...I'll post when I can post.

i have a few events coming up...

Notre Dame de Namur in Belmont, CA on September 22

Not Here Conference/Bates College in Lewiston, Maine on September 30 and October 1

UC Berkeley Free Speech Movement Cafe on October 25

i'm also going to see Julia Sher at this event on Friday:

Julian Sher, investigative journalist and author of Somebody's Daughter: The Hidden Story of America's Prostituted Children and the Battle to Save Them. The discussion will focus on his book and findings after intense research into the epidemic of teenage prostitution - Commercially and Sexually Exploited Minors (CSEC). Sher will be joined at the event by Alameda County Chief Probation Officer David Muhammad, with a special performance by youth from With Our Words, Inc.

• About 1.7 million youth run away from home every year in America; one in three children who run are lured into prostitution within 48 hours of leaving home.
• The average age at which girls first become victims of prostitution is 12 to 14 years old.
• In 2003, the Oakland Police Department identified 293 minors being prostituted by at least 155 pimps over a 1.5 year time period.
• Since January 2011, the Alameda County District Attorney's Office has identified over 123 cases of minors involved in CSEC activity.