This summer I spent my time working for a non-profit anti-human trafficking charity, “The Redlight Children Campaign”. Based in New York City, the Redlight Children Campaign aims to end the practice of child sexual exploitation through child sex trafficking. In conjunction with the Somaly Mam Foundation, an internationally renowned anti-trafficking organization specializing in survivor reintegration, the RLCC utilizes mass media as a vehicle for social change through their production company, Priority Films, creating the K-11 Project, a series of documentaries highlighting the operations of the illegal sex trade and the experiences of child trafficking victims.
As an intern, I helped oversee the day to day operations of the Redlight Children Campaign, ranging from grant research and petition writing to telecommunications and charity outreach for several of our summer events. Before I left, I also helped began the preliminary work that will aid the RLCC in creating both an international case law database for trafficking and a trafficking offenders database to assist lawmakers and prosecutors. Although I did not get the chance to commit to hands on work with trafficking survivors, I found my time spent there was very rewarding, learning key skills that will help me develop the plans necessary to start my own multinational non-profit organization to aid victims of trafficking in West Africa and the Nordic Countries.
