This book is the primer on human trafficking in North
America.
In recent years, Americans have woken up to the reality that human
trafficking is not just something that happens in other countries.
But what most still do not understand is that neither is it
something that just happens to "other people" such as runaways or
the disenfranchised. The human trafficker is no respecter of faith,
education, or socioeconomic status, and even kids who are raised in
solid families in middle and upper class suburbs can fall victim.
Likewise, labor trafficking happens in our cities, neighborhoods,
and rural areas.
Through true stories and years of boots-on-the-ground experience,
including at the Super Bowl, anti-trafficking expert Nita Belles
teaches readers everything they need to know about human
trafficking in the United States and what they can do to join the
fight against it. She helps concerned parents, friends, teachers,
law enforcement, government officials, and other leaders understand
all forms of trafficking, identify risk factors, and take practical
steps to keep their loved ones and neighbors safe from
predators.
Modern slavery is happening all around you--and you can be
part of the solution
Human trafficking is not just something that happens in other
countries. Neither is it something that just happens to "other
people" such as runaways or the disenfranchised. Even kids in your
own neighborhood can fall victim. But they don't have to.
Through true stories and expertise from her many years of
boots-on-the-ground experience, anti-trafficking expert Nita Belles
teaches you everything you need to know about human trafficking in
the United States, helping you identify risk factors, take
practical steps to keep your loved ones and neighbors safe from
predators, and recognize trafficking around you in order to help
fight it.
"The aptly titled In Our Backyard is superb. Belles
compellingly calls for action based on
the truth that every human life is of
equal, enormous value."--Mark Lagon, former US ambassador
and director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in
Persons (TIP)
"A vital resource and tool that should be required reading for
every concerned citizen."--Francine Rivers, author of
Redeeming Love
"Information is power. In this well-written, arresting book, we
have the information we need to defend those we love
most."--Frank Schaeffer, author of Why I Am an Atheist
Who Believes in God
"Nita Belles's book detailing the shocking reality of forced labor
and sex trafficking in the United States is a must read."--Lynne
Hybels, author, cofounder of Willow Creek Community
Church
"Every one of us can make a difference to end one of the greatest
evils of our times, and in In Our Backyard, Nita Belles
shows us how to do just that."--Anna Bastian, Bastian Center
for the Study of Human Trafficking
"Not to be missed, this book can and will change lives only when
individuals open their eyes (and hearts) to the trafficking going
on around them in their own communities (and then do something
about it)."--CBA Retailers + Resources
Nita Belles is an author, a compelling keynote speaker, and
a leading national expert in the anti-human trafficking movement.
Her work has been featured by CNN, Fox Files, BBC, NPR,
Focus on the Family, USA Today, the Huffington Post,
and many others. She is known for her compassionate heart, for
being a friend to survivors, and for working with other to find
solutions when there is seemingly no hope. She is the founder and
executive director of a nonprofit which shares the name In Our
Backyard. You may contact her at www.inourbackyard.org.
Nita Belles is an author, a compelling keynote speaker, and a leading national expert in the anti-human trafficking movement. Her work has been featured by CNN, Fox Files, BBC, NPR, Focus on the Family, USA Today, the Huffington Post, and many others. She is known for her compassionate heart, for being a friend to survivors, and for working with other to find solutions when there is seemingly no hope. She is the founder and executive director of a nonprofit which shares the name In Our Backyard. You may contact her at www.inourbackyard.org.