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SEPTEMBER 2019

IN THIS ISSUE: Give Yourselves a Hand, You Can Still Register for the JuST Conference and the Ambassador Reception! Warnings on Photos/Hashtags/Predators, Social Media & You, Q&A: You Asked-We Answered RE: Ambassador products and discounts, and Just For Guys: We All Have a Part

Dear John,

GIVE YOURSELVES A BIG HAND!

I just tallied up all of the Ambassador reports you've sent in for the first half of 2019, and it's crazy how much you have accomplished Jan - Jun!

Events reported in 19 states

12,527 people in audiences

137 event reports submitted

59 Chosen showings

27 hosted booths or info tables

26 general presentations, including DMST

25 Other types of presentations

Ohio and Georgia tied with the most events reported: 25; and California and Wisconsin both had 13, while Pennsylvania, showed up in a close third place with 12 events reported. Way to get on the map everyone!

If you are an active Ambassador, but not reporting your events, we need your numbers too! Even if you only meet with two or three community leaders, or host a table at an event, we want to hear from you!

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and fill out the form to tell us the date/location/event type and host, how many were in your audience, any funds raised, and the names and contact info of new leads. All of that information is entered into your file's Activity History, and it helps us report to our donors where prevention education is being distributed. Because we'll never know how many kids were kept from traffickers, we are able to give donor's the measurables of how many students and adults heard the prevention presentation, or picked up our materials. We know kids are safer because of your hard work, and we want to be sure we have a record of it.

Please use the electronic reporting tools, as it helps our awareness team keep up with your many events, and also decreases human error in reading sign-up sheets and deciphering handwriting. Often you are familiar with who signed up because you spoke to them, and you know more about them, making it easier to decipher what they wrote. Sometimes it takes a volunteer 2 hours to enter a single event report by trying to read scanned, often fuzzy reports. Thank you for helping expedite the process by reporting your new contacts online. NOTE: When entering the contact information, at the end of each entry click the + sign, not the Submit button. That button ends your entry and will send your report without all of your contacts entered. I'm sure you can guess how I learned that valuable lesson! Yep,hit Submit with just 1 of 23 contact names entered and had to start all over again. I know you can feel my pain, so I'm sparing yours. Hit the + sign at the end of the first entry to "Add another line" and you'll be just fine!

WE WANT TO SAY "THANK YOU" AND ASK YOU TO KEEP SENDING IN YOUR EVENT REPORTS.

Jo Lembo and the Growth Strategies Team

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WE WANT TO STAY CONNECTED...



HOW WE COMMUNICATE WITH AMBASSADORS:

Communicating through the Ambassadors Only Facebook page

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with more than 600 members in the network.

This newsletter gives Ambassadors the news first! You may click on an article link, and cut and paste it to share with your social networks. (Just don't share discount codes and info for AoH only)

Occasionally we send individual emails specifically for your state. It may be based on your location (State advocacy), or based on your interests (want to help with research?) and sometimes there's breaking news we want to send to all Ambassadors in the USA.

PLEASE DON'T GO - if you hit "unsubscribe" on any Shared Hope email, you will be removed from ALL Shared Hope emails. You are able to manage your preferences and select which SHI emails you'd like to receive!

To customize your email account with us, go to the box at the bottom of the email page and click on update subscription preferences underneath the box. It gives you options for how often, and what type of emails you prefer to receive. We don't want you to miss out on receiving the monthly Ambassadors-Only newsletter because you unsubscribed.

Jo & Kelly

and the Growth Strategies Team

YOU CAN STILL REGISTER TO ATTEND THE JuST CONFERENCE...BUT HURRY!!



AND RSVP FOR THE AOH ONLY GET TOGETHER

You may be the person who is in one of the few seats left to attend the annual Juvenile Sex Trafficking (JuST) conference in Cincinnati in October. Ambassadors receive a discount by entering the discount code for Ambassadors-Only J19SHIAOH making a general admission ticket $350. This conference will fill up quickly, so don't wait. Register here!

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P.S. We do verify that only certified Ambassadors of Hope use the code, so please don't share the code with non-AOH.

And don't forget - there's also an Ambassadors of Hope get together, with food and drinks, door prizes, new resources, breaking news, and you will meet key staff. It's Wednesday October 16 at 6 pm. Location to be determined by RSVPs.

To help me accurately reserve space and order catering, I need your RSVP by October 1st. You are allowed to bring a PLUS ONE and there's no charge to attend this Thank You reception.

RSVP by email to Jo Lembo

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with your name and your guest's name and their email. We will communicate event details to that email list.

We want to see you in Cincinnati,

The Shared Hope Team

Guidelines for Posting Kids Photos with Safer Hashtags

What Online Predators Look For...

Who doesn’t love to scroll through their social media, see images of those sweet kiddos, and giggle at the witty hashtags? It’s inherent of those with children to want to show everyone how cute they are and brag about their accomplishments. In an article posted on For Every Mom

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, parents post an average of 1,500 photos of their children before they are 5 years old. Unfortunately, while social media platforms provide a way for us to share photos with friends and family from afar, there are those that are using these platforms, specifically via seemingly innocent hashtags for their own immoral, and often deviant behaviors.



Hashtags are words and phrases proceeded by the # symbol. They serve as a way to tag photos and follow along with certain topics. While seemingly harmless, recent studies have found that pedophiles are using hashtags to prey on children. The use of hashtags makes an innocent post searchable and perpetrators are then able to distribute images of our children and compromise their privacy. According to the Child Rescue Coalition

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, there are more than 100 hashtags that should be avoided by parents which include things like: #bathtimefun, #toddlerbikini, and #skinnybabybooty. The organization suggests that parents ask yourself the following before posting:

Why am I sharing this?

Would I want someone else to share an image like this of me?

Would I want this image of my child viewed and downloaded by predators on the Dark Web?

Is this something I want to be part of my child’s digital life?

As Ambassadors in this age of technology, we are inundated with questions from parents and those working closely with children about the risks that exist in cyber space. While we may not be able to stop predators directly, we can provide education and information about and to our children so that they are not mistakenly put at risk. Shared Hope International has recently released the Internet Safety Series

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(ISS) with the primary goal being to protect our children online. One of the best things we can do for parents and those working closely with children is equip them with the tools they need to help keep our children safe.

Guest writer and Ambassador, Lindsey Jarvie



We are here to help you educate your communities,

The Growth Strategies Team



SOCIAL MEDIA & YOU

MEET SHARED HOPE'S NEW DIGITAL ADVOCACY MANAGER

Who is behind the scenes providing ways to communicate that help make a difference?

Please let me introduce you to the the dynamic Ms. Camryn Peterson! You'll be hearing more from her in the very near future with emails to support your goals to elevate awareness and prevention tools to your social networks! Camryn isn’t new to Shared Hope, but she’s been working somewhat behind the scenes supporting nearly every department. She’s the one who makes sure you know how to participate in Phone2Action

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campaigns, and gives you the tools to be effective. Camryn is also the one who posts to the SHI Facebook

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page and keeps it lively with news and updates from Shared Hope regarding the JuST conference

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, resources, tools and more! You'll find her posting, tweeting, linking in, Instagram-ing and visible on all the other sites where Shared Hope shows up!

So now you know that you have probably read something from Camryn, but didn’t know that’s who was talking to you! We love working with her, love her #DADjokes, and her creativity.

Her new position will enable you to be even more effective online as she supports what you are aready doing to reach your audiences and personal networks, and to help you reach out with even more effective messaging.

All of the content that is posted on Shared Hope’s social media is intended to inform our followers and to encourage them in their efforts. As an Ambassador, you inform your community both in person and online! Your digital community you’ve grown and loved on your social media pages are also in need of being educated on sex trafficking and encouraged to join the movement. The content Camryn creates is meant to be shared so you can invite your online friends and family to contact their legislators, learn more about how they can take action against sex trafficking, and learn more about what Shared Hope is doing to #endit!



And if you aren’t already, follow us on Twitter

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, Facebook

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, and Instagram!

Our team are standing behind our Ambassadors!



AMBASSADORS ASK QUESTIONS

We Answer.

Q: I understand there is a way for a school district to purchase the Chosen Plus kit for $100 to upload on their school server in both English and Spanish. How do we share that with schools?

A: I'm so glad you asked about this amazing offer! Yes, any school district can purchase the Extended School License and be given all the files of Chosen Plus to upload to their server, no matter how many schools they have in the district! And they get both the Spanish and the English versions.

To access this great product, go to the Ambassador resource page.

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Log in with the red button at the top using your email, and the password changemesoon. That gets you into the Active Ambassador portal

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, and the red Resource button in the bar opens the door for you so see the Chosen Section with the Extended School License and so many more resources and tools. And note the yellow bar right next to the log in button where you can easily report your events! We want to make it simple for you.

Q: Do Ambassadors get a discount on their toolkits or other products? I was told our Ambassador toolkit was $89 but when went to the store it was $111...confused!

A: The answer is YES, Ambassadors get a 20% discount in the Shared Hope store

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on all products.

FIRST you must log in to the Ambassadors only page at [link removed]

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At the bottom is a YELLOW bar "Visit Your Store Page." When you click there, you will find all the products available to you at discounted Ambassador prices.

You'll find products like:

a box of 21 books for just $6 each

Printed SHI brochures with our history, lists of training tools, and a donation device in the back

The Faith in Action kit at a great price

And the Ambassador of Hope toolkit

The Ambassador of Hope toolkit is an incredible tool that will help you be more successful:

An official AoH nametag

A logo T-shirt in grey or red. (Note: the red shirts are cut for ladies.

Renting Lacy book

Chosen Plus USB with all the tools for presenting both films: Chosen and Chosen Gang

USB of the Ambassadors training files so you can refresh and educate others about DMST. Remember, certification only comes from taking the Ambassador training online.

We price it at our costs so you have what you need.

Hope these answers are helpful. Please email us your questions for future newsletters.

Email: Jo Lembo

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JUST FOR GUYS

GUEST BLOG: We All Have a Part

by Butch Yarnell, SHI board member, Ambassador and Defender

I retired May 1st and May 3rd I was on an airplane with Linda Smith for meetings in Orlando, Tampa, and Jamaica. I could keep up with her only because she was still recovering from a broken leg! The non-stop itinerary goes something like this: We attended a regional Soroptimist conference where Linda spoke. We went to an impromptu meeting with some influential people in Tampa who wanted advice about how to put protections in place and train people for the 2021 Super Bowl. We went to dinner with another board member and a survivor whose story was heartrending to me, but I was impressed with her resilience. We went to breakfast with another lady who was active as an Ambassador in the Tampa area. Then we got on an airplane to Jamaica and stayed at a home with ten girls with babies who had no support. My favorite part was holding babies that really seemed to like me and didn’t want to get down from my lap. Then to another home sponsored by Shared Hope where we toured the school they had created to give freed girls job training for cosmetology, computer skills for the hospitality industry, and even bartending training.

Are you out of breath yet? And I hadn’t even been to India, Nepal or Washington D.C., or the myriad of other places where Shared Hope is active, but I was aware there was a lot of work being done! Everywhere I went women were doing the heavy lifting. Men, the ladies have done an amazing and awesome work in bringing juvenile sex trafficking to the visibility where it is today. The children they have protected, survivors they have empowered, and the laws they are changing to finally bring justice for these abused boys and girls, is phenomenal. The women of Shared Hope are at the forefront of this battle, and Men, it is time we step up. It’s past time really. We need to be the Defenders we were created to be as warriors and protectors. So what part of the solution are you going to be? By not being an active part of the solution, our silence becomes part of the problem. Here are some ideas:

Sign the Defenders pledge

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and help other men be aware how our culture views others, in particular, women, to be objects. Change your choice of hamburgers to the one who doesn’t us girls in bikinis selling their product. Don’t buy deodorant that shows ladies flocking to touch you, and instead just buy a deodorant that works. Don’t watch a movie if others describe it as, “It wasn’t that bad.”

Go out with our lady ambassadors when they do presentations. Support them by (literally) manning their resource table.

Encourage others to take the free online Ambassador training and help them learn how to do presentations with you.

Respond to the call when Defenders are asked to attend a forum on how we can make the Defenders more effective. Defenders needs to hear from men who have already pledged so we are able to continue to uphold the legacy Vern Smith started, until it comes to fruition.

Respond to the call when we ask for people to pray because we need that shield of protection when we are poking the devil in the nose and “invading the darkness.”

There are many opportunities to Defend. Call us, email us

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, write to us. We will find something for you to do.

Jo Lembo, Outreach Manager

Questions? Email me

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anytime, and be sure to join our Ambassador Facebook Group Page

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THANK YOU FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE

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