Jacksonville — and Florida in general — is a hotbed of sex trafficking. In fact, Florida is one of the three leading states affected by trafficking, after California and Texas.
January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. So, we wanted to take a closer look at the issue in our area and what’s being done to help prevent it.
Guests:
- Melissa Nelson, state attorney.
- Courtney Harrison, State Attorney's Office, 4th Judicial Circuit, and FBI task force officer assigned to work on the Child Exploitation Squad.
- Stephanie Patton, assistant manager of business development at Rethreaded and a survivor advocate.
- Kristin Keen, founder and CEO of Rethreaded.
Candidate John Phillips
New seats are in play for the upcoming city of Jax March elections, and candidates are rushing to qualify this week.
One of them is prominent local attorney and Folio Weekly publisher John Phillips, who’s running for the new City Council Seat 7. He joined us to explain why.
'The Diary of Anne Frank'
Apex Theatre Studio will present "The Diary of Anne Frank" during the month of January at various venues around town.
Guests:
- Ian Mairs of Apex Theatre.
- Eve Gassert, who plays Anne.
- George Judy, director.
What’s Good Wednesday
The 13th annual St. Augustine Film Festival begins this Thursday and runs through Sunday.
A very well-reviewed new film called "A Stage of Twilight," a love story set in the final chapter of a couple’s lives is one of the films scheduled to be shown there. It stars Karen Allen, of Indiana Jones fame — and she will be a special guest at the festival.
She joined us with a preview, which kicked off a whole bunch of other good news for this week’s What’s Good Wednesday.
