The Podcast
Hello and welcome to Invading the Darkness: stories from the fight against child sex trafficking. Seasons 1 and 2 have taken you on a powerful journey with Linda Smith, founder of Shared Hope International, as she shared her wisdom and insights from nearly a quarter-century battling domestic minor sex trafficking. You've heard gripping stories of survivors and learned about the harsh realities faced by exploited children.
Season 5 shifts the conversation from exposing the criminalization of survivors in Season 3 and examining professional response and training in Season 4 to restoration and long-term healing. This season focuses on what happens after survival.
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Read The Book
Shared Hope International Founder and President, Linda Smith, takes you inside the historic fight against child sex trafficking in the United States. You’ll hear the cries from the shadows … come face-to-face with some of the victims … meet the unsung heroes in the fight against this evil … see justice at work … and learn how we’re raising the voice of the voiceless across America.
Hear from movement leaders within the book’s 296 pages of compelling insight, information and inspiration:
When I met with Linda and the subject of missing kids came up, I told her, ‘I know where the kids are. I’ve been saying it for years.’ We’d been waking up the nation about missing kids. Now it was time to wake them up about children and sex trafficking in the United States.” – Ernie Allen, Founding Chairman and Former President, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Not knowing what to do is an excuse that just doesn’t fly…what we need to remember is that there is hope. I always want to return to that message. We can make changes. We can reshape this conversation and educate people on what is really happening.” Judge Robert Lung, member of U.S. Presidential Advisory Council on Human Trafficking
