Becoming Vulnerable with Myself Was A Blessing
Renee Kae Adams | September 25 | 12:00-12:30 PM
Topic: Experience | Knowledge Level: Beginner
Renee Adams was adopted at the age of 2, to a middle class family. They worked hard, but their expectations of their child were “harder”. By the age of 13, Renee was placed back into the orphanage, The Miami Children's Home. By the age of 14, Renee began to runway, as she felt she didn’t belong; she was broken. Her days of walking the streets became tiring, until a couple of her so-called friends offered her a place to stay. Little did she know, that’s where it would all begin. Since her “friends” had done Renee a favor of finding her a place to stay, they now wanted payment for letting her stay there. She was only 14. Her predator began kicking her, as blood splattered from her head. The next thing she knew, she was taken to a truck stop to perform sexual activities for payment with knives to her throat and guns to her head. Renee decided that she could not live this way. Since the age of 17, she has lived a life as a survivor, until she became vulnerable with herself, by ripping off the band-aid and coming to grips on who she is and how worthy her life means to her. She now identifies as a Thriver! Renee will share her story in hopes that she can bring more awareness to others to end human trafficking.
Presentation Objectives:
· Discuss the survivor's lived experiences and how she entered back into the system
· Explain how and why she endured sex trafficking
· Express how the vulnerability within herself became my blessing in disguise
· Describe her plan to move forward to bring more awareness and help end human trafficking