Fighting Toxic Relationships with Healthy Ones: Mentoring Youth Who Experience Commercial / Sexual Exploitation
Facilitator:
- Dustianne North, PhD, MSW, Research Director/TA Provider, California Mentoring Partnership
Panelists:
- Carissa Phelps, JD/MBA, Esq., CEO & Founder, Runaway Girl, Inc.
- Skye O’Neal Adrian, LGBTQ Policy Consultant, Youth Collaboratory: Youth Catalyst Team
- Kendan Elliott, Technical Assistant Manager, Youth Collaboratory
Resources:
Mentoring for Youth with Backgrounds of Involvement in Commercial Sex Activity
Human Trafficking Into and Within the United States: A Review of the Literature
Youth Involvement in the Sex Trade: A National Study
From Exploitation to Industry: Definitions, Risks, and Consequences of Domestic Sexual Exploitation and Sex Work Among Women and Girls Shining Light on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children: A Toolkit to Build Understanding (Created by Wichita State University Center for Combating Human Trafficking and Youth Collaboratory, in partnership with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention)