Macaylah Mutchler

Dec 11, 2020

Working Against the Industry

Located in Lancaster, PA, non-profit organization North Star Initiative exists to “support women who are survivors of domestic sex trafficking by providing physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual care through a Christ-centered focus.” Ultimately, the goal of North Star is to “restore women from sex trafficking for freedom, for life, forever.” …

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Dec 11, 2020

Sex Trafficking : The Reality

by Macaylah Mutchler Human trafficking is an example of modern-day slavery. In 2019, the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline Report released information revealing the reality of sex trafficking. Since 2018, this report showed a 19% increase in human trafficking. Furthermore, approximately 70% of those enslaved in human trafficking have been…

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Dec 11, 2020

Close to Home: Confronting the Issue

Close to Home: Confronting the Issue by Macaylah Mutchler Exploitation occurs closer to home than we may think. Thankfully, organizations such as Northstar Initiative are passionate about creating a safe space in which local survivors can find rescue and safe haven. Northstar houses several sex trafficking survivors at The Harbor, where they are “achieving educational goals…

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Dec 11, 2020

Sex Trafficking

During my sophomore year of college, I read Francine Rivers’s novel, Redeeming Love. In her novel, Rivers composes a fictional adaptation of the Biblical telling of the relationship between God’s prophet Hosea and the prostitute Gomer. …

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