Young girls are torn from their families by otherwise unbeknownst criminals who would draw them into human trafficking. But one rock band is working to "Fight the Silence" on trafficking with their newest song and music video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaDSvzFZqoI. Their music video features the stories of three young girls and their experience in human trafficking. The songs' lyrics are below.
Legal scholarship can be accessed for a freedownload on SSRN at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2451238, where Professor Tessa Dysart has argued for protection from prostitution prosecution for minors forced into trafficking. She has also drafted policy principles and proposed legislation which states can use to effect the trafficking industry at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2264439.
Furthermore, Professor Kathleen McKee teaches a course at Regent Law on human trafficking. She understands the critical interplay between families and human trafficking, and has written about international child abduction, also available for a free download at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2397868.
Fight the Silence
Eye to eye, face to face
Still we don't see them; we look away
Still we cry; but no one is listening
When will we open our eyes
OPEN OUR EYES
This song we sing to silence the suffering
When will we hear their cries (WHEN WILL WE HEAR THEIR CRIES)
This song we sing to silence the suffering
When will we open our eyes (WHEN WILL WE OPEN OUR EYES)
SO LET THE WORLD LISTEN CLOSELY
AS I SCREAM TO SEE THE FREEDOM THEY DESERVE
LET THE WORLD LISTEN CLOSELY
I SAY, "ITS TIME TO CROSS THE LINES OF CULTURE"
BIRTH BRINGING ON POVERTY…
THEY KEEP US UNINFORMED AND DISTRACTED
IF THEY CAN'T FIGHT FOR THEMSELVES, WE'LL FIGHT FOR THEM
ITS TIME… TO FIGHT THE SILENCE
GO
BROKEN, ABUSED, AND EXPLOITED
FOR THE SICK SATISFACTION OF SELFISH MEN
ONLY A COWARD WOULD TRY TO IGNORE IT
BUT WE CAN RAISE OUR VOICE AND BRING IT TO AN END
FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT THE SILENCE
SET THE CAPTIVES FREE
FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT THE SILENCE
THEY'RE A SLAVE TO A SYSTEM OF APATHY
BOUGHT AND SOLD…
THEY'RE RIGHT TO LIFE HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY
BOUGHT AND SOLD…
BRING AN END TO SLAVERY
OPEN OUR EYES
This song we sing to silence the suffering
When will we hear their cries (WHEN WILL WE HEAR THEIR CRIES)
This song we sing to silence the suffering
When will we open our eyes (WHEN WILL WE OPEN OUR EYES)
This song we sing to silence the suffering
When will we hear their cries (WHEN WILL WE HEAR THEIR CRIES)
This song we sing to silence the suffering
WHEN WILL WE OPEN OUR EYES
THEIR FATE IS IN OUR HANDS
WILL THEY BE LEFT THERE TO SUFFER
WILL SOMEBODY TAKE A STAND
AGAINST A SYSTEM… THAT'S BEEN DESIGNED TO DENY
ITS VICTIMS… THEIR RIGHT TO LIFE
LET'S SET THE CAPTIVES FREE
When all is said and done, WE'LL SEE JUSTICE COME
ITS TIME TO FIGHT THE SILENCE
GO
THE VOICE OF THE VOICELESS
FIGHT THE SILENCE
WE ARE THE HOPE FOR THE HOPELESS
FIGHT THE SILENCE
FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT THE SILENCE
ITS TIME TO…
FIGHT
Professors and students at Regent University School of Law are working to fight human trafficking, and to work toward family restoration for trafficking victims.
This post was created in part thanks to the efforts of 1L law student, Joe Kohm, III.
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