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Sarah Kolick, JD Candidate 2022,The George Washington University Law School *All views expressed in this blog are my own and do not necessarily represent those of the Amara Legal Center. While [...]

Two alarming incidents have recently come to the Amara Legal Center’s attention. The first concerns a Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) lieutenant who was found to have alleged ties to a white [...]

~ SB664 prevents minors from being prosecuted for prostitution and directs juvenile sex trafficking victims to non-punitive specialized services in Virginia ~ Click HERE to read the [...]

Click HERE to read the original article By Carole Bernard “Grooming” is a standard practice for many sex traffickers. It is often the main tool in the trafficker’s arsenal to lure individuals [...]

Click HERE to read the original article By Carole Bernard Last week, a New York jury found R&B singer R. Kelly guilty of sex trafficking, along with separate charges of racketeering, [...]

WMATA’s Proposed Policy Rule Changes Could Disproportionately Harm Marginalized Populations in the DMV Area~Survivors of Sex Trafficking, Sex Workers, LGBTQIA+, and Trans Women and Women of [...]

By Theresa Vargas Original Article: [...]

~ Survivors of Human Trafficking Are Not Criminals ~ Click HERE to download the original Press Release (March 22, 2021 – Washington, DC) Sex trafficking survivors should not be criminalized for [...]

#StopAsianHateCentering the AA/PI Community Eight people were killed on March 16th in Atlanta, including 6 Asian-American/Pacific Islander (AA/PI) women. This horrific incident is a glaring [...]