.: Voices
A CALL FOR VOICES. If you would ilke to share your story, please email it to admin@empowerteens.com. Share your experience, strength and hope.
About Sara Kruzman
- Sara was only 16 years old when she killed her pimp who had sexually enslaved her since the age of 13.
- When Sara met G.G., the 31-year-old man who would become her pimp, she was 11.
- Sara's mom struggled with drug addiction.
About Teen Dating Abuse Survivors
Human Trafficking in California
Please Note: If you are 18 years of age or under and you post a messsage on this web site talking about physical, emotional or sexual abuse that has happened or is happening to you - or to another person under 18 - we will have to report this abuse to law enforcement and/or DHS - Child Welfare. Several of us are mandatory reporters - teachers, lawyers - and we have no choice. We are not trying to stop you reaching out - we just want to warn you and let you know that we are here to help, but if we listen and hear about on-going child abuse, we will have to report in order to stop it. Of course, we can only report what we know.
In Oregon, "child abuse" inclides any non-accidental physical injury to a child, any mental injury that causes observable & substantial impairment of the child's mental or psychological ability to function, neglect of a child, sexual abuse & exploitation.