ANNOUNCEMENT: Freedom Light Executive Director Dr. Kimberly Mehlman-Orozco will contribute a chapter on Pimping Subculture to a forthcoming Encyclopedia of Human Trafficking.Dr. Mehlman-Orozco is the author of the award-winning book, Hidden in Plain Sight: America’s Slaves of the New Millennium, which was used to train...
On Saturday, December 7th, 2024, Freedom Light Executive Director Dr. Kimberly Mehlman-Orozco will be presenting at the Ambassador for Peace Forum, where she will receive the Ambassadors for Peace certificate for her great work.The event will take place at 3:00 pm, Saturday December 7th at...
Today Freedom Light Executive Director Dr. Kimberly Mehlman-Orozco is presenting to the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) on human trafficking. The Committee is comprised of the Risk Managers of major hotel companies. The presentation session will be moderated by a leader at Aon Hospitality...
Join Freedom Light today at 9:30am PST/ 12:30pm EST to discuss The Real Face of Child Trafficking in the United States. Freedom Light Executive Director Dr. Mehlman-Orozco will be presenting alongside Dr. Lois Lee of Children of the Night and U.S. Congressman Burgess Owens, Author...
Dr. Mehlman-Orozco's latest article in The Crime Report explores the racialization of sex trafficking in America. Sex trafficking was once referred to as “White Slavery” and as the term connotes, the legal application was racialized. American efforts to combat trafficking were initially used to support segregation...
In 2015, Freedom Light Executive Director Dr. Kimberly Mehlman-Orozco facilitated the rescue of a trafficked woman. This week, that woman is now a published author, with her first opinion editorial published in the New York Daily News. In her article, entitled Will sex traffickers now run...
Dr. Kimberly Mehlman-Orozco spoke with CBS correspondent Lana Zack on April 24th about the Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance's decision to stop prosecuting people arrested on charges of prostitution and unlicensed massage—a shift supported by Amnesty International. Watch full video here. ...
At this point, the coronavirus pandemic has affected nearly every aspect of American life, from how we work and educate, to how we socialize and shop. As such, it is no surprise that it has also affected our illicit commercial sex industry, from supply and...
Freedom Light Executive Director Dr. Kimberly Mehlman-Orozco provided insight on human trafficking and the erotic massage industry for Forbes. "According to a 2018 study by the nonprofit Polaris Project, the illicit massage industry in America was estimated to generate about $2.5 billion in revenue a year....