Author: Leigh Schmidt
04 Oct Freedom Light Trains QAISC on Human Trafficking
The Quantico Area Industrial Security Council (QAISC) provides a forum for educating security professionals safeguarding national security in the Quantico, Virginia area. Last week, Freedom Light Executive Director, Dr. Kimberly Mehlman-Orozco, was invited as a guest speaker to educate these professionals on human trafficking red...
04 Oct Kamala Harris’s Actions on Sex Trafficking Speak Louder Than Words
By Dr. Kimberly Mehlman-Orozco Recently, Kamala Harris became the first mainstream U.S. presidential candidate to publicly state she supports the decriminalization of the commercial sex industry. In an interview with the Root, the career prosecutor and junior senator from California was asked, “Do you think that sex work...
04 Oct Introduction to America’s Sex Traffickers
By Dr. Kimberly Mehlman-Orozco Continuing our effort to take readers behind the headlines, this is the third of a three-part blog series on what every American should know about sex slaves, commercial sex consumers, and sex traffickers— hidden in plain sight, in big cities and small...
04 Oct Introduction to America’s Commercial Sex Consumers
By Dr. Kimberly Mehlman-Orozco Continuing our effort to take readers behind the headlines, this is the second of a three-part blog series on what every American should know about sex slaves, commercial sex consumers, and sex traffickers— hidden in plain sight, in big cities and small...
03 Oct Introduction to America’s Sex Slaves
By Dr. Kimberly Mehlman-Orozco The recent allegations against powerful men like Robert Kraft and Jeffrey Epstein consuming commercial sex services from possible victims have thrust the topic of sex trafficking into the forefront of American discourse. Over the years the public has been exposed to occasional...