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Presentation
Are you aware that every child is susceptible of grooming?
It's a brutal truth that can't be ignored.
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Presentation offered online or in person covers:
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1. What is grooming and how does it happen from a survivor's experience.
2. Signs of grooming and actions to take if suspected.
3. How easily grooming can be missed.
4. How I was groomed and signs missed.
5. Laws and how are children protected in Arizona.
6. Levels of pedophilia and their accountability
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Presentation is approximately one hour before Q/A
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The 2025 Legislative Session has begun in Arizona, and we are working on more legislation to protect children, and survivors.
1. update the dangerous crimes against children' act.
These are the current Arizona base penalties for buying sex with a minor:
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Under 15 years of age - class 2 felony, which can include on average up to 12 years in prison and/or a monetary fine.
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Ages 15- up to the child's 18th birthday - class 6 felony, which can include on average 2 years in prison and/or a monetary fine.
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2. the Arizona sex offender registry
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More to come
In 2025 updating the Human Trafficking Survivor Vacatur was signed into law, and effective as of October 2024. If you are a survivor and charged with crime and would like to petition the court to have those charges vacated, please click the form below.
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CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE ARIZONA VACATUR FORM
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Onto the Federal Level we go!
H. R. 7137 - To provide for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking.
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This proposed legislation aims to provide survivors of human trafficking in the United States with the opportunity to seek relief from any criminal charges they may have faced while being trafficked. It recognizes the immense effort and determination survivors put into rebuilding their lives after such a traumatic experience and acknowledges that any charges brought against them due to the use of force, fraud, or coercion should not continue to haunt them. By allowing survivors to petition the courts in all states for the removal of such charges, this bill seeks to alleviate the burden and constant reminder of their past suffering.
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Here are other Federal Bills we are supporting:
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Stopping the Abuse, Victimization, and Exploitation of Girls (SAVE Girls) Act:
National Human Trafficking Database Act
H.R. 7891 - Kids Online Safety Act
S. 4990 - To comprehensively Combat Child Marriage in the United States
S. 4569 - The Take it Down Act.
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Thoughts
No child is immune to being groomed or trafficked.
'Stop the Game'
Here's the reality: Groomers will use any tool at their disposal, including social media & apps to manipulate a child/teen into thinking they are a friend or love interest with the end goal of trafficking.
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It is important to have the uncomfortable and awkward conversation of grooming to keep your children safe because children are now being trafficked right from the security of their own home via pictures, videos and live streaming.
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Sheri shares how she was groomed at the age of 15:
After many years of deep consideration, Sheri has chosen to share her journey through the grooming process that led up to being trafficked in her newly released memoir. Her goal is to show the reader how a groomer operates & signs to look for. There is no graphic content in the book and is appropriate for all ages.
Also available on Audible.
Thank you for your support!
"Sheri Lopez is one of the most courageous women I know. She has written a book about her experiences as a trafficked child. It can be read cover-to-cover in 3 hours. It should be required reading for ALL parents. It is a riveting account which lays bare the satanic epidemic that is afoot throughout the world right under our noses, while remaining undetected. I had no clue that this evil operation is thriving in our neighborhoods and the book is wonderfully written to give the reader a clear idea of how it is able to function in plain sight, and the difficulties of being able to be detected. Anyone who reads this book will be impacted beyond their imagination. I strongly urge people to read this book after hearing her brave presentation.
Thanks for all that you do."
Standing for Liberty,
Ray Sweeney
