Missing From: FLORENCE, OR. Missing Date: Mar 7, 2019 12:00:00 AM. Both photos shown are of Alexis. She may still be in the local area or she may travel to Eugene or Springfield, Oregon. ... See more

Two teens joined a woman to testify against Nghia Nguyen, who was convicted of charges including rape, unlawful imprisonment, promoting sexual abuse of a minor and promoting prostitution. The case is notable because sexual assaults in homeless camps are often... ... See more

On Thursday, Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle, Clark County Councilors Julie Olson and Temple Lentz, and board members of the National Women’s Coalition Against Violence and Exploitation, among others, caught a glimpse of the Vancouver crime lab’s future. ... See more

The Washington State Patrol arrested 22 people who targeted children for sexual abuse in Thurston County. ... See more

Traffickers prey on vulnerabilities, including poverty and gender bias. They also use racial, ethnic and religious prejudices and stereotypes to target and even market victims. ... See more

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Over the past century, thousands of Native women and girls have gone missing in the United States and Canada, yet due to a lack of comprehensive records of crimes against them, their stories rarely make it to the nightly news. Despite other women’s voices being amplified in the era of #MeToo, indigenous women are quietly going missing in life, in the media and in the data. ... See more

Halloween speaker Joel Shapiro was informative and some folks came dressed up. Have a safe day.

Meet our October Speaker: Join us on Halloween for Treats & Sweets along with Speaker - Joel Shapiro is an attorney, victims’ advocate, and policy advisor in Portland, OR. He has extensive sex trafficking policy experience, including serving as Chief Counsel to U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, where he crafted the first federal legislation focused on child sex trafficking, as a policy advisor to Multnomah County Commissioner Diane McKeel, and as the lobbyist for the “Kids Are Not For Sale in Oregon Coalition.” Joel serves on the Oregon Department of Justice’s Trafficking Intervention Advisory Committee, and continues to advocate on behalf of sex trafficking victims at the Oregon Legislature.

Joel presently represents victims of sex trafficking and other crimes in civil litigation. Recently Joel, along with Maloney Lauersdorf Reiner, PC, represented two girls who were trafficked at Stars strip club when they were 13 years old and 15 years old respectively.

Joel currently represents the estate of a sex trafficking victim who was murdered by a john in a lawsuit against Backpage.com and Hilton Hotels, and represents victims for restitution claims against Backpage. Joel holds a B.A. in Political Science from Grinnell College, and a J.D. from Lewis & Clark Law School.

Meeting will be held at the YWCA Clark County from 8:30-9:45am in #VanWA. ... See more