“Children who are victimized through sexual abuse often begin to develop deeply held tenets that shape their sense of self: 'My worth is my sexuality. I'm dirty and shameful. I have no right to my own physical boundaries.' That shapes… — Rachel Lloyd Copy Share Image
“Sing me a pretty love song as I start to cry Tell me you love me as you wipe the blood from my eye… — Rachel Lloyd Copy Share Image
“I am both numb and oversensitive, overwhelmed by the need, the raw and desperate need of the girls I am listening to and trying to help. I'm overdosing on the trauma of others, while still barely healing from my own. I cry for hour at home and have fitful nights of little sleep. My nightmares resurface as my own pain… — Rachel Lloyd Copy Share
I think a huge part is how we're socialized growing up to see our value and worth as being tied into a relationship and how our culture teaches us a distorted sense of romantic love - can't live without you, can't breathe without you, I'll die without you. As teenage girls we believe that level of emotional intensity and dramatics… — Rachel Lloyd Copy Share
Even in New York City, we've seen some major improvements from the way the system was 20 years ago. There's still a lot to do - we know that training workers and parents, reducing caseload size, developing therapeutic foster care, strengthening kinship care, and putting more emphasis into preventive care are all solutions. Unfortunately, if a child is in a… — Rachel Lloyd Copy Share
An important documentary that sheds light on one of the most terrifying realities in the U.S. today—the commercial sexual exploitation of young girls. TRICKED… — Rachel Lloyd Copy Share Image
Every age, race, socio-economic background of men are 'johns.' It's a little more complicated who's doing the selling. The truth is that the average street pimp selling American girls is often a man of color, however, Mexican pimps are selling Mexican girls, Russian men are selling Russian girls etc. Those who profit off the sex industry overall are not the… — Rachel Lloyd Copy Share
Girls weren’t drug addicted, they were love addicted, and that, I’ll learn, is far harder to treat. — Rachel Lloyd Copy Share Image
“Every new encounter provides a new mirror for me to view my own experiences through, and there is a level of selfishness during this… — Rachel Lloyd Copy Share Image
If we're going to address trafficking in our country we have to address poverty, racism & gender based violence. — Rachel Lloyd Copy Share Image
“..you may not be able to choose your family or origin but you can choose your family of creation.” — Rachel Lloyd Copy Share Image
“In 1973, Jan Erik Olsson walked into a small bank in Stockholm, Sweden, brandishing a gun, wounding a police officer, and taking three women… — Rachel Lloyd Copy Share Image
Over time I learned that there were a lot of people who would judge you, blame you, and try to make you feel lesser,… — Rachel Lloyd Copy Share Image
