Changed Lives, Change Lives.
Intervention and Prevention
Our Mission
To identify and reach youth who are directly or indirectly at risk of commercial sexual exploitation (CSEC). Through intervention, awareness and ongoing prevention, we aim to educate, empower and restore lives.
Our Vision
To become a leading community organization in Milwaukee, recognized as a professional resource and trusted service provider for human trafficking prevention and trauma informed care, offering hope and healing to victims.
Rubies Partners with Milwaukee County and Children’s Wisconsin to provide education, resources and support.
We’re Committed to Saying “YES” in 2023.
YES to reaching our community at a deeper level.
YES to publishing curriculum for educators to utilize in the classroom.
YES to opening our doors to parents who have questions about what trafficking is, and is not.
YES to showing up for our fellow advocates, providing support and a shoulder to lean on.
Join Us by Saying “YES” to Learning More about Human Trafficking.
Some statistics about Sex Trafficking in Wisconsin.
Did you Know that:
Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) aka Sex trafficking has been reported in ALL 72 counties in WI.
Approximately 68-89% of adult sex workers were victims of some form of abuse as a child.
Due to poverty, neglect, abandonment, rejection, trauma, homelessness some youth willfully submit themselves to a life of (CSEC).
Every 2 minutes a child is being exploited in this industry.
Sex trafficking is one of the most lucrative industries in the world.
Milwaukee is a well known Hub for Sex Trafficking.