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    Letter to the Editor: Help Fight Sex Trafficking!

    May 12, 20233 Comments
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    By Andrea Kadar —

    Sedona, AZ — Why are we engaged in politics? One BIG reason is that we must not leave our children and grandchildren a “mess”! 

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    Caring for our kids does include supporting good legislation and Godly candidates: it also includes caring deeply for them everyday where they LIVE: social media, peer interactions, cultural “norms” and, their community involvement. 
     
    Join us next Monday night, May 15, 7 PM, for our monthly ZOOM call wherein we interview a mom who is SUING Snapchat for her child’s overdose from a fentanyl-laced “pain pill”.  We will hear her didactic story, discuss the Communications Decency Act, Section 230, and learn how to protect our own children and grandchildren from the dangers of social media’s “siren song”.
    Your participation (come in your PJ’s if you like!) may save a child’s life.
    Join Zoom Meeting
    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83806753767?pwd=VmJkaHYxRW5nREUwQWJwWndGeHA3dz09

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    3 Comments

    1. Andrea Kadar on May 12, 2023 9:11 am

      Tommy, thanks so much! This ZOOM call on Monday night, May 15, 7 PM, will allow us to meet Amy Neville whose son, Alexander (age 14!) died of a “pain pill” overdose (fentanyl-laced) after he bought that pill on a social media site. We will hear what Amy and her team are doing to try to stop the sales of fentanyl-laced pills on social media sites. Join us and help saves our communities’ kids’ lives.
      In September and October, 2023, we will host Jo Lembo and Nick Lembo, respectively. Jo is the Team Leader for the Shared Hope International Ambassadors of Hope program and Nick is the Team Leader for JUST MEN, a group of honorable guys who pose as young girls on social media in order to help law enforcement catch buyers of sex. Jo will talk about “sextortion” and how it is the real pandemic. Join us via the ZOOM link; SAVE OUR KIDS!

    2. JB on May 12, 2023 10:12 am

      Caring for kids also requires good parenting and not allowing children to get ahold of narcotic pills they can overdose off of. Drug laws rarely if ever achieve the desired affect unless the affect desired is to imprison minorities for drug offenses while letting privileged individuals to get off or pay their way out of legal trouble.
      The decades old war on drugs was a Yuge failure!

    3. Sistem Informasi on May 15, 2023 8:57 pm

      The letter to the editor on Sedona.biz brings forth a wise perspective on the issue of sex trafficking. It reminds us that combating this pervasive problem requires a collective effort, transcending individual interests or agendas. The author’s call for unity and collaboration underscores the wisdom of recognizing that our shared humanity necessitates a compassionate response to protect the vulnerable and eradicate this deplorable crime. It serves as a powerful reminder that by coming together, raising awareness, and supporting organizations fighting against sex trafficking, we can create a brighter and safer future for all.


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    Throughout the years, we have been trained. Part of the training is to see others as trained, but not ourselves. Even though we are the others that others are trained to see as trained, we tend to miss that little nuance. The training says we must know what’s right and speak out when we see something that runs contrary to our understanding of rightness. We don’t stop to realize that what we see as right isn’t exactly right or it would be the right version that everyone in their right mind knew as right. There are billions of versions of right but ours is the only real right one. Seems fishy, doesn’t it? We spend our days, our lives, catching others — the wrong ones — doing and saying things in support of their versions of right and our training has us jumping on the critical bandwagon lest we be painted in support of the wrong right. What in this crazy world moves us with such amazing force to crave rightness, to need to be seen as right? Read more→
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