Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 8412 GoodLifeFamilyMag.com JULY | AUGUST 2016 goodTO KNOW Sammie Casas and her classmates learned about child sexual exploitation and trafficking via the Nest Foundation Prevention Curriculum facilitated by New Friends New Life and taught by their teachers at the Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School in Dallas. The Nest Foundation, begun in 2004 by filmmaker Libby Spears while she was directing Playground: The Child Sex Trade in America, a documentary film produced by actor George Clooney, is devoted to raising awareness and garnering community engagement to combat the sexual exploitation and trafficking of children. Playground, a poignant exposé on the problem, was the basis of the curriculum taught at the Irma Rangel School. Spears’ first exposure to the issue occurred when she traveled to the Philippines in 2001. Many disturbing revelations emerged as she researched, including that most of the victims were young children, that this is a globally burgeoning industry and that the trafficking of children for commercial sexual exploitation is equally as prevalent in the U.S. “I had no concept of the depth of the problem in America, and it’s exactly this kind of public ignorance that perpetrators count on,” says Spears. America’s Child Sex Trade Problem PLAYGROUND DOCUMENTARY HELPS IRMA RANGEL SCHOOL EDUCATE STUDENTS by Karyn Brodsky Readallof NestFounder LibbySpears'remarksat GoodLifeFamilyMag.com. “Statistics, such as the fact that one in four women will experience domestic violence at some point in her lifetime and that one in four girls and one in six boys have been sexually abused, demand our attention.”