Jade Brooks Explained

Birth Name:Jade Helena Brooks
Birth Place:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Notable Works:The Teen Sex Trade: My Story
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Jade Helena Brooks is an author and advocate known for her autobiography The Teen Sex Trade: My Story. Her activism work centres around helping sexually exploited youth and raising awareness.

Career

Following her exit from the sex industry in 2011, Brooks began working with an agency in Toronto to help other victims of the sexual exploitation. She helped to create The Stages of Sexual Exploitation, a tool to help identify if someone is being sexually exploited.[1]

Her first book, The Teen Sex Trade: My Story, was published in September 2017. She self-published a follow-up book, Renegade: Teen Sex Trade Part Two.[2]

In 2019, Brooks was featured at Pictou County's symposium on human trafficking.[3] Brooks helped to develop a module of online program, Supporting Survivors of Sexual Violence: A Nova Scotia Resource, focussed on the exploitation of children and youth in 2021.[4]

Books

Personal life

Brooks has four siblings.[5] She was born in Toronto[6] and grew up in the Uniacke Square area of Halifax, Nova Scotia. At age 11, she was placed into the Nova Scotia foster care system.[7] Brooks met the man who would become her boyfriend and, later, trafficker, at age 15. She was trafficked in both Toronto and Montreal. Brooks was able to exit trafficking and the sex trade at age 19.[8]

Notes and References

  1. News: Brown. Kristen. 2016-05-12. Human trafficking victim brings her story back to Halifax. CBC. 2021-09-02.
  2. Web site: Brooks . Jade Helena . 2021-03-31 . Teen Sex Trade Part Two (PRESS RELEASE) . 2022-06-06 . Jade Brooks . en.
  3. Web site: MacInnis. Adam. 2019-05-09. Pictou County Silent Witness hosting conference on human trafficking Saltwire. 2021-09-02. www.saltwire.com. en.
  4. Web site: Byard. Matthew. 2021-06-02. Online course educates Nova Scotians on how to recognize and prevent sexual exploitation. 2021-09-02. Global News. en-US.
  5. Web site: Rutgers. Julia-Simone. 2017-08-31. Jade Brooks turns her trauma into teaching. 2021-09-02. The Coast Halifax. en.
  6. Web site: 2017. Conversation with Jade Brooks. 2021-09-02. Understorey Magazine. en-US.
  7. News: McIntosh. Jeff. 2017-08-31. Jade Brooks seeks healing and hope with memoir on sex trafficking. The Globe and Mail. 2021-09-02.
  8. News: 2018-03-19. 'They don't know they're victims': She was trafficked at 17, but didn't recognize the signs. CBC. 2021-09-02.