Human Trafficking Awareness Online Training

The Department of Homeland Security's Blue Campaign is now offering online training about how to spot the signs of and report suspected human trafficking. The training is aimed at the general public, the Federal workforce, first responders, and airline employees and focuses on:
    •    Defining human trafficking
    •    Differentiating between human trafficking and human smuggling
    •    Recognizing populations vulnerable to human trafficking
    •    Recognizing indicators of human trafficking   
A glossary and additional resources also are provided. View the Human Trafficking Awareness Training on the Department of Homeland Security's website:
http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/training/dhs_awareness_training_fy12/launchPage.htm

The Department of Homeland Security's Blue Campaign is now offering online training about how to spot the signs of and report suspected human trafficking. The training is aimed at the general public, the Federal workforce, first responders, and airline employees and focuses on:

Defining human trafficking
Differentiating between human trafficking and human smuggling
Recognizing populations vulnerable to human trafficking
Recognizing indicators of human trafficking   
A glossary and additional resources also are provided. View the Human Trafficking Awareness Training on the Department of Homeland Security's website:

http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/training/dhs_awareness_training_fy12/launchPage.htm

Welcome to my Blog!

Hello everyone and welcome to my blog! First let me introduce myself. My name is Jerome Elam and I write a child advocacy column for the Communities@WashingtonTimes. As a child I was molested form the age of five until the age of fourteen and my life has been about the struggle to heal from the trauma I suffered as a young boy. I have blindly wandered down many paths in my life searching for a way to heal the wounded child that lived inside me. I have faced alcohol and depression but found the strength and inspiration to turn my life around. My life changed at seventeen when I joined the United States Marine Corps and began to believe in myself for the first time in my life. I completed my enlistment and entered college graduating to work in the Biotechnology field. I am an advocate for children without a voice who suffer in silence and I work with various organizations to bring an end to child abuse, child sex trafficking and bullying. I am married with two beautiful children and I am thankful everyday to have them have in my life. I love the outdoors including hiking, camping, sailing,surfing, horseback riding, rock climbing, scuba diving, sky diving and mountain biking. I also love to read and I am a musician as well as an artist and my tastes encompass a wide range. Writing is the passion that dominates my life and I have been writing stories since I could hold a pencil in my hand. When I am not writing articles for the Communities@WashingtonTimes I am working on a book about my life as a survivor. I also write science fiction and fantasy and I am also writing a novel entitled "Young Athena Rising." Below I have listed links for my column for the Communities@WashingtonTimes entitled "A Heart Without Compromise" and an article about ending child abuse entitled "An End To Silence." I have also included links to my various interviews on both radio and television. I hope you enjoy my work and I will be updating my blog on a regular basis. I look forward to hearing from you and working together we can all end child abuse. My e-mail address is anendtosilence@gmail.com and I am on Twitter @JeromeElam and on Facebook I can be found by searching with the e-mail aheartwithoutcompromise@gmail.com.


A Heart Without Compromise; For the Children(An Column by Jerome Elam a Columnist at the Communities @WashingtonTimes.com)
http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/heart-without-compromise-children-and-children-wit/

An End To Silence (An Article About Ending Child Sex Abuse)
(An Article by Jerome Elam a Columnist at the Communities @WashingtonTimes.com)
http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/life-lines-where-readers-write/2011/nov/27/end-silence/


The CrimeLine is a Video podcast hosted by @reporterjon and @marifagel advocating for crime victims and covering crime and legal breaking news.
http://www.spreecast.com/events/the-crimeline-with-jon-leiberman-17


Dream Catchers For Abused Children Radio Show

 Stop Child Abuse Now Radio Show
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bill-murray/2012/05/22/stop-child-abuse-now-scan