09/07/2022
City Council votes tonight on the Safe Outdoor Spaces legislations! Please help make others aware that Albuquerque has never had housing or transitional living devoted or prioritizing those who experience s*x trafficking or exploitation! We are not a city with a lot of money, and we need to be pulling together to find solutions. People who experienced s*x trafficking have PTSD rates of 68%, similar to combat veterans (Ramsey et al., 1993), yet those who are unhoused are treated the same as any other unhoused person in Albuquerque. We as a community need to show leadership in creating solutions, rather than always thinking it is someone else's problem to solve, even if we must do so on a much smaller budget than other large cities.
We also suggest people take a look at this document, written by our friends at Community Access Solutions, which highlights challenges of housing and shelter challenges in Albuquerque:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P56qhQe1rFE_3c3ISB6IF_4MGs4uTdFB/view?usp=sharing
Ramsay, R., Gorst-Unsworth, C., & Turner, S. (1993). Psychiatric Morbidity in Survivors of Organised State Violence Including Torture: A Retrospective Series. British Journal of Psychiatry, 162(1), 55-59. doi:10.1192/bjp.162.1.55
