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24 year old Gabrielle Hopkins is the founder of The Wolf Project Inc., who has taken social media by storm by being outspoken on a subject most fear to discuss. 
The Wolf Project is a group that baits pedophiles to bring them to justice. 

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The Wolf Project Inc. is a non-profit (501(c)3) organization that consists of a network of individuals that hold bait accounts posing as minors for the purpose of the entrapment of pedophiles. These accounts interact with each other to make them more realistic and, thus, more effective. Once enough incriminating evidence against an individual is collected, local law enforcement is alerted. 

While the entrapment of pedophiles is the main purpose of The Wolf Project Inc., we also aim to fund community education, safe houses for victim recovery, and other non-profits with similar missions.

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In 2020 The "Troubled" Teen Industry amassed an estimated $23 billion dollars. (NYRA). Year after year these programs have proven to only harm instead of fulfill therapeutic needs that they claim to. The TTI promotes outdated ‘therapies’ such as attack therapy, derived from pseudoscience cult-logic. The term “therapy” is grossly misapplied and gets used as a blanket method with no basis by unqualified adults in power. This is done through breaking the child’s spirit through forced isolation, forced manual labor, food/sleep/education deprivation, public group humiliation rituals, unethical restraint methods, and countless other means of sadistic abuse. 

Present day TTI: These for-profit institutions continue to profit without requiring proper federal /state oversight or licensing that public programs require. Thousands of reports on account of child abuse, medical neglect, child sexual abuse, illegal practices, wrongful deaths, etc. get covered up. These legal “loopholes” have allowed cycles of perpetually-escaped accountability in the TTI. 

Tara, Jon, Bobo and Barb gave birth to the TTI Roundtable Account through a collective effort of communication, information-sharing and community organization. Not only a public tool to provide support to victims of TTI abuse, the Roundtable account believes in educating the public on the systemic oppression of children by first hearing marginalized peoples who have spoken on systemic injustices for decades.

Jon survived Elan from 1990-1993. A few years later he started deprogramming in therapy and committed to using his voice to heal his shame of participating and perpetuating Elan’s abuse while he was there, and accepting that he was never deserving of the abuse he was forced to carry out and endure. From raising awareness, working to bring survivors and allies together, and cultivating legislation changes Jon is leading the way to exposing the bad players involved that have never had to answer for their crimes and behaviors. 

Tara is a social justice activist; a fearless ally and spokesperson for the unjust treatment and perpetual systemic infliction of trauma onto children in this country for private profit. In 2021 Tara decided to take the steps to dissolve the shame instilled in her from her 2004-2008 Elan stay. Telling her story through the eyes of a 12 year old; and discovering that the same abuse STILL happens since she left 15 years ago fueled indignation that demands accountability exposing these unthinkable practices of harming children. 

Nora is a survivor of what is now Outback Therapeutic Expeditions and the now-closed Mission Mountain School, a therapeutic, all-girls boarding school. She attended these programs from 2003 until she left at 18 in 2005. She is responsible for creating the TTI survivor ribbon as well as the Discord server, TTI Survivor Safe Space, a place for survivors and allies to come together, discuss issues, find support and friendship, plan activism events, and discover healing together.

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The "Troubled" Teen Industry is a multi-billion-dollar-a-year industry (it fluctuates between 12-23 billion in 2019 and over 50 in 2020) that is a network of educational consultants, juvenile transport companies, wilderness programs, religious academies, and behavioral modification boarding schools designed to help to “fix bad children” using outdated therapies or therapies that are current but misapplied, isolation, forced labor, severely limited freedoms, and various restraint methods.

Even after tens of thousands of reported accounts of child abuse, medical neglect, illegal practices, and hundreds of deaths, including homicides, these facilities are still in business today.

Our goal with the TTI Roundtable is to bring awareness and provide support to the people who have fallen victim to these forms of abuse.

Jon is an Elan survivor from 1990-93. He has spent the last couple of years telling his story, raising awareness, and working to bring survivors and allies together into a movement that can make a difference for the survivor community and for all traumatized teens.

Tara is an Elan survivor as well from 2004-2008. She has also focused on sharing her story with others over the past couple of years.

Nora is a survivor of what is now Outback Therapeutic Expeditions and the now-closed Mission Mountain School, a therapeutic, all-girls boarding school. She attended these programs from 2003 until she left at 18 in 2005. She is responsible for creating the TTI survivor ribbon as well as the Discord server, TTI Survivor Safe Space, a place for survivors and allies to come together, discuss issues, find support and friendship, plan activism events, and discover healing together.

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Aileen Carol Wuornos  was an American serial killer. In 1989–1990, while engaging in street prostitution along highways in Florida, she shot dead and robbed seven of her male clients. Wuornos claimed that her clients had either raped or attempted to rape her, and that all of the homicides were committed in self-defense. Wuornos was sentenced to death for six of the murders and on October 9, 2002, after 12 years on Florida's death row, was executed by lethal injection.

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Aileen Carol Wuornos  was an American serial killer. In 1989–1990, while engaging in street prostitution along highways in Florida, she shot dead and robbed seven of her male clients. Wuornos claimed that her clients had either raped or attempted to rape her, and that all of the homicides were committed in self-defense. Wuornos was sentenced to death for six of the murders and on October 9, 2002, after 12 years on Florida's death row, was executed by lethal injection.

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Kristin, like so many others has experienced many forms of trauma. But unlike most others, she sought justice and never stopped. Since then, she has been an advocate for mental health and victims. The Will Smith and Chris Rock experience at The Grammys inspired a “reaction” video that now has over 3 Million views.

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Mandie is a fighter and a survivor. Surviving abuse from her husband, affairs, the loss of her son, being homeless and so much more. Listen to her story today! 

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On June 14, 2015, sheriff's deputies in Greene County, Missouri, found the body of Clauddine "Dee Dee" Blanchard face down in the bedroom of her house just outside Springfield, lying on the bed in a pool of blood from stab wounds inflicted several days earlier. There was no sign of her daughter, Gypsy Rose, who, according to Blanchard, had chronic conditions including leukemia, asthma, and muscular dystrophy, and who had the "mental capacity of a 7-year-old due to brain damage" as the result of premature birth.

After reading troubling Facebook posts earlier in the evening, concerned neighbors notified the police, reporting that Dee Dee might have fallen victim to foul play and that Gypsy Rose, whose wheelchair and medications were still in the house, might have been abducted. 

Was the murder justified? 

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This Thanksgiving we are thankful for you! Class Action Park: A doc that focuses on a dangerously legendary water park and its slew of injuries and crimes along with child safety concerns. A Netfilix Original. #netflix #truecrime #documentary #classactionpark #thanksgiving 

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Dave, a male to female transgender, is growing to find himself. But with that comes fears and challenges some may never experience themselves. Dave wants to share his story, but is doing it anonymously. 

Dave discusses how growing up religion he believed and still at times believes that he is bad. Caring for animals and others in need, while facing the daily challenges to just feel safe in his own skin, Dave reached out to us to share his story.

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