About ECASEY
ECASEY is the Education & Awareness Committee of the Lane County CSEC MDT. This committee is focused on reducing child sex trafficking by partnering with local school districts to provide community outreach and promote public awareness of technology-facilitated exploitation of children.
Events
Join us by getting involved in our Workshops!
Know the Facts
Messaging
While most teens participate in texting via phone, 4 in 10 teens are also using messaging apps. One third of American teens use Skype or FaceTime, a quarter use Facebook Messenger, and another quarter use Kik. About a fifth use WhatsApp and fewer teens use GroupMe, Line, or Viber. Teens often have multiple tools at their disposal, with the average teen using two of the platforms listed above.
Sexting
24% of high-school age teens (ages 14 to 17) and 33% of college-age students (ages 18 to 24) have been involved in a form of nude sexting. 17% of sexters share the messages they receive with others, and 55% of those share them with more than one person.
Stranger Danger?
Only 5% of online predators pretend they're kids. Most reveal that they're older – which can be appealing to the 12-to-15-year-olds who are most often targeted. The majority of teenagers don't consider meeting strangers online a taboo, with 6 in 10 saying they have met at least one new friend on the Web. And of those who meet people online, one-third also followed up with an in-person meeting.
Cyberbullying
Close to 43% of teens have been the victims of cyber bullying, yet only 1 in 10 of these teens will tell an adult about their victimization. Girls are about twice as likely as boys to be victims and perpetrators of cyber bullying.
Social Networks Teens Use the Most
- Snapchat
- Musical.ly
- Kik
- Tumblr/LinkedIn
- Whisper
Resources
Parent & Educator Resources
Common Sense Media
- Common Sense is the leading independent nonprofit organization dedicated to helping kids thrive in a world of media and technology.
Gaggle: Top Social Media Networks & Apps Your Kids Use
- For more than two decades, schools have trusted Gaggle to help them create safe learning environments. With student safety as a primary concern, Gaggle identifies suspicious items and allows control and transparency for teachers and administrators.
American Academy of Pediatrics: Media and Children Communication Toolkit
- The American Academy of Pediatrics is an organization of 66,000 pediatricians committed to the optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
Family Online Safety Institute
- The Family Online Safety Institute brings a unique, international perspective to the potential risks, harms as well as the rewards of our online lives.
ThatsNotCool.com
- That’s Not Cool is an award-winning national public education initiative that partners with young people to help raise awareness and bring educational and organizing tools to communities to address dating violence, unhealthy relationships, and digital abuse.
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: Educators
- NetSmartz Workshop is an interactive, educational program of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) that provides age-appropriate resources to help teach children how to be safer on- and offline. The program is designed for children ages 5-17, parents and guardians, educators, and law enforcement.
Love146: Internet Safety
- Love146 is an international human rights organization working to end child trafficking and exploitation through survivor care and prevention.
Smart Social: Learn How to Shine Online
- SmartSocial.com believes that the internet can be a good thing, but there are a lot of misconceptions about how families should approach it. Smart Social's team helps to bring families up to speed on their digital footprint.
Wired Safety
- WiredSafety is the first online safety, education, and help group in the world. Originating in 1995 as a group of volunteers rating websites and helping victims of cyberharassment, it now provides one-to-one help, resources, and extensive information and education to cyberspace users of all ages.
Youth Resources
Smart Social: Learn How to Shine Online
- SmartSocial.com believes that the internet can be a good thing, but there are a lot of misconceptions about how families should approach it. Smart Social's team helps to bring families up to speed on their digital footprint.
ThatsNotCool.com
- That’s Not Cool is an award-winning national public education initiative that partners with young people to help raise awareness and bring educational and organizing tools to communities to address dating violence, unhealthy relationships, and digital abuse.
Love146: Internet Safety
- Love146 is an international human rights organization working to end child trafficking and exploitation through survivor care and prevention.
Other Resources
Polaris: Freedom Happens Now
- Polaris is a leader in the global fight to eradicate modern slavery. Named after the North Star, Polaris systemically disrupts the human trafficking networks that rob human beings of their lives and their freedom.
Thorn: Tech Innovation to Fight Child Sexual Exploitation
- Thorn partners across the tech industry, government and NGOs and leverage technology to combat predatory behavior, accelerate victim identification, and protect vulnerable children.
FUTURES Without Violence
- For more than 30 years, FUTURES has been providing groundbreaking programs, policies, and campaigns that empower individuals and organizations working to end violence against women and children around the world.
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children: MissingKids.com
- If you think you have seen a missing child, contact the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children 24-hours a day, 7 days a week.
Contact Us
Eugene Coalition Against Sexual Exploitation of Youth
2675 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Eugene, OR 97401