San Jose Adult Entertainment: Small sacrifices can fight sex trafficking
But Standiford, who in August stepped down as Santa Ana’s assistant city manager so she could dedicate herself to her Soroptimist presidency, has worked for years to inspire others to let their voices be heard. She remembers that a former Soroptimist president had once said “Silence is a form of acceptance.”
“Part of what propels me to push through the discomfort, to risk making people uncomfortable, is that it’s important for me not to be silent about things that I feel are unjust,” says Standiford.
So part of the message she spreads to anyone who will listen is the connection between poverty and human trafficking.
In Moldova, one of the poorest countries in Europe, parents abandon their children in boarding schools to seek work in neighboring countries. But at 16, when girls often leave the schools, they sometimes are lured by sex traffickers, who often promise non-sex-related work before forcing them into prostitution.
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