***This segment is part of a special this week on the crisis of missing and murdered Black women and girls***

In this episode, we bring our focus on missing and murdered Black women and girls home to Oakland, in conversation with Selena Wilson, the executive director of the East Oakland Youth Development Center, whose mission is to develop the social and leadership capacities of youth and young adults (ages 5-24) so that they achieve excellence in education, career, and service to their communities. We’ll discuss the prevalence of the sex trafficking industry on the youth at EOYDC, including one terrifying recent story of a youth who fought off an attempted kidnapping. Then we’re joined by Jennifer Lyle, Executive Director of MISSSEY, an Oakland-based organization working to prevent girls and gender-expansive youth from entering circumstances of sexual exploitation and violence. They also support young people who are experiencing exploitation to transition into a more self-determined life.

Learn more about the East Oakland Youth Development Center: https://eoydc.org/

Learn more about MISSSEY: https://misssey.org/

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