The Importance of Awareness Education
We talk a lot about Awareness and we talk a lot about Education, but what is the connection between them, and why is that connection valuable in combating issues like Human Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation? Well for one thing, it is my personal belief that you cannot combat something, or for that matter, protect yourself from something you know nothing about. If we are to apply this belief contextually, you cannot protect yourself or others from trafficking situations, if you choose to believe that trafficking does not happen, and could not happen in your community. Once you know about something, you can begin to see it and recognize it. Psychologists put it this way , "How can we process something, if we didn't consciously, and accurately perceive the situation or stimulus in the first place?" Awareness Education is a tactic used by organizations all around the world in order to address wide spread public health crises. If we are to think of an obvio