Small Group Communications - CMST 230

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1,000+ minors subjugated by sex trafficking in King County alone
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The average age of a sex trafficking victim in the US is 11-14
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73% of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking (DMST) victims reported having experienced physical assault in prostitution
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72% of DMST victims are currently or formerly homeless
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92% of DMST victims stated that they wanted to escape prostitution immediately.
Source: http://www.gpseattle.org/the-problem/

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Collected donations at the NSCC Women's Center for the
Genesis Project, an organization offers hope for a new life to local young women and girls who are victims of sex trafficking https://news.northseattle.edu/node/910
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Posted fliers up on campus and around town, alerting the community about our efforts and collecting additional donations.
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Individually collected donations for the Genesis Project
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Created a blog and facebook page to raise awareness of sexual trafficking in Seattle
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Presented at Springfest to raise awareness of sexual trafficking in Seattle

Shirts 124
Pants 19
Sweaters 14
Sweats
Socks
Shoes
Blankets 8
Vest 3
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Coats
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Body Wash 2
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We solicited funding and supplies from Costco, Fred Meyer, and
Walmart. These companies are now making direct donations to the
Genesis Project.

We collaborated with the Women's
Center, Student Leadership, and the
Arts and Lectures Activity Board at
NSCC to participate in NSCC’s
Springfest.
At the event we ran a table to raise awareness about sexual trafficking and sexual violence. We were proud to spread this message to our peers.

At the table we passed out literature and articles while collecting messages of hope and encouragement to deliver to the Genesis Project for the victims.
We were invited to give a presentation to an ESL and IEP class in the fall about sex trafficking in the Seattle area.

Raised awareness on facebook of a local plight. Proved to be an excellent way to share links and information with friends.
Unity Against-DMST : http://www.facebook.com/people/Unity-Against-dmst/100003759068297

Posts authored by individual group members.
This allowed individual research, insight, and discovery.
The individual perspective helped put personality and emotion behind our project.
Stopping Sex Slavery in WA : http://stoppingsexslaveryinwa.blogspot.com/

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Ayse Isik
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Diana Liem
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Greta Carlson
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Mark Alia
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Molly Stephens
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Monica Vega
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Nisha Shrestha
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Sparky
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Victoria La France