White Umbrella, The by Mary Frances Bowley

White Umbrella, The by Mary Frances Bowley

White, an adjective meaning Free from spot or blemish as (1): free from moral impurity : INOCENT (2): marked by the wearing of white by the woman as a symbol of purity.

Umbrella, a noun meaning: 1. A device for protection from the weather consisting of a collapsible, usually circular canopy mounted on a central rod, or 2. Something that covers or protects.

Every year over 100,000 girls in the United States are forced to do someone's sexual bidding. Most of them are between the ages of 9 and 19.

This is not some faraway, foreign problem. This is in our own neighborhoods, our own towns and cities.

Throughout these pages read the stories of these girls and the people who have come alongside them to hold the white umbrella of protection and purity over them on the road to restoration. See the need for these protecting, caring partners. Learn what it means to love and care for these survivors in action, prayer, and support.

MARY FRANCIS BOWLEY is the founder of Wellspring Life, a non-profit organization that has been fighting child sexual exploitation and abuse since 2001. She is a founding member of the Georgia Statewide Human Trafficking Task Force and has been a trailblazer in bringing the battle against child sex-trafficking to Atlanta. Mary Frances is the author of A League of Dangerous Women and The White Umbrella. She and her husband, Dick, live in Peachtree City. JENNIFER BRADLEY FRANKLIN is a multi-platform journalist whose work has been published in a variety of outlets, including USA Today. Make it Zero is a dynamic cooperation in the fight against childhood vulnerability that represents more than just a relationship.