Dear WestCoast Community,
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and Sexual Assault Awareness Month. For commercially sexually exploited youth, these issues are combined. The WestCoast approach to raising awareness is to combine knowledge with action and advocacy. This week we’ll be in Sacramento to urge legislators to pass a bill that WestCoast and other advocates have crafted: SB 738: Sexually Exploited and Trafficked Minors. Continue reading
Dear WestCoast Community,
As part of our ongoing efforts to improve the services, systems and public policies that impact the lives of commercially sexually exploited children (CSEC), WestCoast has been participating as a member of the California Child Welfare Council’s Commercially Sexually Exploited Children Workgroup. The workgroup’s final product, the report described below, will be presented to the full Council next Wednesday, March 6th. Continue reading
Dear WestCoast Community:
These past few days our thoughts have been with the children, families, and staff of Sandy Hook Elementary School, as well as the residents of Newtown, as they face the enormity of Friday’s aftermath. Continue reading
We are pleased to announce the release of WestCoast’s first research brief, “Research to Action: Sexually Exploited Minors Needs and Strengths.”
The disturbing underground industry that thrives on selling children for sex is an alarming and complex problem that has no simple solution. But we’re dedicated to doing what it takes to end child sexual exploitation. Continue reading