Amber LyonJournalist and filmmaker Amber Lyon said at the start of her 20-minute speech to a fundraising luncheon Wednesday that by the time she was finished speaking, 10 children would have been trafficked for sexual exploitation in this country.
That usually involves a pimp putting a child in a roadside hotel room and selling her to whomever walks through the door, Lyon said.
“We need to do a lot more to protect them,” she told the crowd of about 400 people at the inaugural luncheon benefit for the Women’s Fund of Greater Chattanooga.
Human sex trafficking exists, it is intense, and it needs to be stopped, the three-time Emmy Award winner said.
Wednesday’s sold-out event, called Voices, was organized to encourage corporate participation in the effort to stop trafficking, to celebrate the accomplishments of the Women’s Fund and to make people more aware of the organization.