We will be discussing the book Girls Like Us: fighting for a World Where Girls Are Not for Sale, An Activist Finds Her Calling and Heals Herself by Rachel Lloyd. Heidi Mercer, Assistant Professor of Social Work at Bluffton University will lead the discussion. Copies of the book are available on Hoopla and Libby for download and at the reference desk at the library. This program is funded by a grant from the Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation. Register for the discussion by e-mailing mflick@findlaylibrary.org and let her know you'd like an invitation to the discussion.
Girls Like Us by Rachel Lloyd
Resources for Further Exploration
Organizations and Resources for Children, Parents, and Victims
- National Human Trafficking Hotline 1-888-373-7888 OR text “BEFREE” or “HELP” to 233733 OR email help@humantraffickinghotline.org
- Girls Educational & Mentoring Services (GEMS) https://www.gems-girls.org/
- Hancock County Chapter of the Northwest Ohio Rescue and Restore Coalition (NWORRC) https://www.facebook.com/HancockCoNWORRC/
- Open Arms Domestic Violence and Rape Crisis Services https://openarmsfindlay.com/
- Zonta Club of Findlay http://findlayzonta.org/
- Ohio’s Anti-Human Trafficking Coalitions Map https://humantrafficking.ohio.gov/coalitions.html
- Resources for Victims of Human Trafficking (US Department of Health and Human Services) https://www.acf.hhs.gov/trauma-toolkit/victims-of-human-trafficking
- Sex Trafficking Prevention and Intervention Organizations https://bit.ly/3roCPkL
- How to Talk About Human Trafficking with Children and Adolescents (Baylor University) https://bit.ly/37FJdfz
- Human Trafficking Resources for Parents and Caregivers (New York State) https://on.ny.gov/3aDwmMW
Books
- Sold by Patricia McCormick https://bit.ly/3aVSeDC
- A Walk Across the Sun by Corban Addison https://bit.ly/2MoMlEN
- Breaking Free: True Stories of girls Who Escaped Modern Slavery by Abby Sher https://bit.ly/3n7uKOk
- Human Trafficking, Human Misery: The Global Trade in Human Beings by Alexis Aronowitz https://bit.ly/37XSMa6
- Beautiful Justice: Reclaiming My Worth After Human Trafficking and Sexual Abuse by Brooke Axtell https://bit.ly/34VzmRf
- The Slave Across the Street: The True Story of How an American Teen Survived the World of Human Trafficking by Theresa L. Flores https://bit.ly/3n39Srj
- Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao https://bit.ly/2L4W4iH
- The Color of Our Sky by Amita Trasi https://bit.ly/38RusWs
- How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee https://bit.ly/3n4kar4
- Trafficked by Kim Purcell https://bit.ly/2McqrUS
Documentaries, Docuseries, and Videos
- Sex Trafficking in America (2019 DVD) https://bit.ly/34B4Bkt
- Stopping Traffic: The Movement to End Sex-Trafficking (2018 DVD) https://bit.ly/2LYURdh
- Trafficked in America (2018 DVD) https://bit.ly/3axNq6Y
- In Plain Sight: Stories of Hope and Freedom (2014 DVD) https://bit.ly/2LOMNvs
- Chosen: A Documentary by Shared Hope International (2012 DVD)
- Rachel Loyd’s 2012 TED Talk on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ij_6iMi9gA
- Ohio Human Trafficking Youth Awareness Video (2018) on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrlJcYgxt3s
- Ohio Human Trafficking YouTube Video by Mike DeWine (2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JC0y-I0K7o
- Tools That Teach: What is Human Trafficking? (2016 US Department of Homeland Security YouTube video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35uM5VMrZas
Picture Books
- Healing Days: A Guide for Kids who have Experienced Trauma by Susan Farber Straus, PhD, illustrated by Maria Bogade https://bit.ly/37GYCws
- I Said No!: A Kid-To-Kid guide to Keeping Private Parts Private by Zack and Kimberly King, illustrated by Sue Ramá https://bit.ly/37EDMha
- The Right Touch: A Read Aloud Story to Help Prevent Child Sexual Abuse by Sandy Kleven, illustrated by Jody Bergsma https://bit.ly/2WFxK9y
- Your Body Belongs to You by Cornelia Spelman, illustrated by Teri Weidner
- Say No and Go: Stranger Safety by Jill Urban Donahue, illustrated by Bob Masheris https://bit.ly/3rkWfaa
- Not Everyone is Nice: Helping Children Learn Caution with Strangers by Frederick Alimonti and Ann Tedesco, illustrated by Erik DePrince and Jessica Volinski https://bit.ly/3nI88ER
- Dreams for Our Daughters by Ruth Doyle and Ashling Lindsay https://bit.ly/2M0nJ4V
- Say Something by Peter Hamilton Reynolds https://bit.ly/3rfKeTD
- I Am Enough by Grace Byers https://bit.ly/3nVfBAV
- My Body Belongs to Me from My Head to My Toes by proFamilia, illustrated by Dagmar Geisler https://bit.ly/37H1j12
Middle Grade Books
- The International Day of the Girl: Celebrating Girls Around the World by Jessica Dee Humphreys and the Hon. Rona Ambrose, illustrated by Simone Shin https://bit.ly/3nH4hbq
- Consent (for Kids!): Boundaries, Respect, and Being in Charge of You by Rachel Brian https://bit.ly/3haj5Nb
- Given Kachepa: Advocate for Human Trafficking Victims by Q. L. Pearce https://bit.ly/2Jd4Ryt
- Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World by Susan Hood, multiple illustrators https://bit.ly/3nGKF76
- Every Girl Tells a Story: A Celebration of Girls Speaking Their Minds by Carolyn Jones in collaboration with Girl Scouts of the USA https://bit.ly/37F5NF9
- Maybe He Just Likes You by Barbara Dee https://bit.ly/3pef1OM
- Start Now!: You Can Make a Difference by Chelsea Clinton https://bit.ly/3rn9sPO
- Sex is a Funny Word by Cory Silverberg and Fiona Smyth https://bit.ly/3nGLqgs
- Little Dreamers: Visionary Women Around the World by Vashti Harrison https://bit.ly/38qcXwl
Teen Books
- The Big Questions Book of Sex and Consent by Donna Freitas https://bit.ly/37HqAYJ
- Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley https://bit.ly/38nntV6
- Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson https://bit.ly/2KufbTh
- Naondel by Maria Turtschaninoff https://bit.ly/3mOjXII
- What Unbreakable Looks Like by Kate McLaughlin https://bit.ly/3hexmbQ
- Breaking Free: True Stories of Girls Who Escaped Modern Slavery by Abby Sher https://bit.ly/3mHVNiS
- No More Excuses: Dismantling Rape Culture by Amber J. Keyser https://bit.ly/3rp02Ue
- Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow https://bit.ly/37GyMsa
- Trafficked by Kim Purcell https://bit.ly/3aws4ad