Ark of Hope for Children and founder Blair Corbett are nominating Jerome Elam for the #Journalist Shorty Award.  Jerome is a journalist for the Washington Times through his column “A Heart Without Compromise, Advocating For Children”.

As a past victim of childhood sexual abuse, Jerome Elam now combines his passion for writing with his own past to bring awareness to child abuse and child sex trafficking. Jerome’s efforts encourage his readers to mobilize to bring help to child abuse and child trafficking victims nationally. Jerome has written many articles on child abuse, brought insight to male child abuse in light of the Penn state scandal, as well as writing articles about the horrors of child sex trafficking.

Recently many articles have been written about the huge numbers of human trafficking victims at the Super Bowl. Written by well spoken individuals like Ark of Hope for Children's great friend Jerome Elam with the Washington Times these articles bring attention to a tragic practice. And some of us pay attention for perhaps the first time to the horrors of Human, especially child sex trafficking in the United Sates. Sadly others are saying the numbers of victims is inflated, which can stand to make people think the problem is not such a real problem after all.

An End To Silence; Post 5 of 6 by Jerome Elam

"The process of giving testimony reopens deep wounds and throws victims into a tailspin when they are forced to relive such a traumatic event. In playing the “Devil’s Advocate” I am sure there are accusations that can be unfounded but that is why we need a credible and unbiased investigation of abuse claims by an organization with no ties to the alleged perpetrator that has credibility with survivor networks, Mental Health Professionals and Law Enforcement."

"Another important issue is that of the abused becoming the abuser. It is the typical defense strategy of any pedophile who faces imminent prosecution. Jerry Sandusky’s lawyers probably already have this story in place for use at trial."

I went to this awesome meeting last night at the University of Florida. I was glad to see 4 panelists on fire for victims of human trafficking and a few hundred in attendance. I am so proud of F.I.G.H.T. and Gators for Free the Slaves for hosting this event and all of the events for Human Trafficking Week in Gainesville, Florida. It is so widespread and devastating for the young victims. As Ark of Hope for Children transitions towards openly providing care for young trafficking victims, I hope many will help join us and the many others around the U.S. and the world trying to make a difference.

We have had the honor of helping these young people that have been hurt so badly I can’t begin to explain. Let your imagination take you to the darkest place and it’s probably not dark enough to touch the abuse these young people have faced. The home is filled with hurting teens

Working with abused kids as I do, one victim that I have coached for years, showed me just how the bad guys use the internet. One huge thing they do is look for images of kids on our profile pics,