Summary of Amara Honors Event
If you were not able to attend the September 8th Amara Honors Event, there is an opportunity to view the recording, donate, and purchase a signed copy of Barbara Amaya’s Book, Nobody’s Girl! We [...]
Trafficking in the News
By: Olivia Mania, Legal Intern at Amara Legal Center “The story of Pieper Lewis, an Iowa teenager, is all too familiar . . . Lewis is not the first trafficking survivor to be penalized by the [...]
Abortion Bans Do NOT Free Anyone: Stop the Tokenization of Trafficking and Domestic Violence Survivors to Justify Abortion Bans
Sarah Kolick, Former Amara Legal Intern, George Washington University of Law Graduate, Smith College Graduate *All views expressed in this blog are my own and do not necessarily represent those [...]
Intersectionality of race, gender, disability, LGBTQ+, etc. for Vulnerable Populations & Sex Trafficking
The problems creating a toll to the experiences of survivors of sex trafficking is already alarming. But an issue with how [...]
Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking: The Crisis Women Pay for
Human trafficking is a major concern of world governments and communities. Hundreds upon hundreds of humans are trafficked widely. In the 1990s, the definition of human smuggling and trafficking [...]
Distorting White Suburbia’s Reality: How QAnon’s Campaign Targeting White Suburban Moms Undermines Anti-Trafficking Efforts
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 [...]
Law Enforcement and Community Mistrust
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 [...]
End the Criminalization of Child Sex Trafficking Victims in Virginia
~ 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 [...]
Ghislaine Maxwell’s Conviction: From the Bottom to the Top
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 [...]
Op-ed: Survivors’ voices were heard & justice was served
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, [...]
