One million children are exploited by the global commercial sex trade, every year.

The Facts About Child Sex Tourism: 2005 (U.S. State Department)

 

146: A Collection of Love Stories is dedicated to the little girl who wore number 146 pinned to her red dress. What little is known about her story is told at the Love146.org website, an international human rights organization committed to ending child slavery and exploitation.

Three years in the making, the 146 anthology is the soul work of editor/writer Amber Morris, whose father Rob Morris is the president and co-founder of Love146. Inspiring. Evocative. Brilliant. Sensate. Distinct. Words that readily came to mind when I read my copy of this artistic tome. Like a slow dance to a haunting melody, the stories, poems, photographs and illustrations contained in this sensitive text touch and linger.

Truly a labor of love, writers and artists contributed their works, and 90 percent of the 146 a collection of love stories proceeds are being donated to the nonprofit to fund education, prevention and aftercare programs. A contributing writer, I encourage you to buy a book. Visit the Love146.org site today and make a donation. Or raise funds this summer and join Tread on Trafficking by running, jogging, swimming or biking for abolition. Visit http://love146.org/tot/ for more information. Please assist them in their efforts to stop child trafficking.