Vednita Carter

Vednita Carter
Vednita Carter
Nationality	American
Citizenship	African American
Years active	1996-present
Organization	Breaking Free
Awards	Women of Distinction, Century College

Vednita Carter is an anti-prostitution activist^[1] who lives in Twin Cities, Minnesota, and was a stripper before becoming an activist.^[2]

Biography

In 1996,^[3] Carter founded Breaking Free, an organization that aids girls and women in exiting prostitution.^[4] She subsequently became this organization's executive director.^[5] In their book Juvenile Justice: Advancing Research, Policy, and Practice, Francine Sherman and Francine Jacobs call Carter "a leading service provider for exploited women and girls".^[6]

Carter has been published in Hastings Women's Law Journal,^[7] the Michigan Journal of Gender and Law, and the Journal of Trauma Practice.^[8] Carter contributed the piece "Prostitution = Slavery" to the 2003 anthology Sisterhood Is Forever: The Women's Anthology for a New Millennium, edited by Robin Morgan.^[9]

Awards

Carter was one of six women granted the Women of Distinction award by Century College in 2012.^[10]

Selected bibliography

Chapters in books

Carter, Vednita (2003), "Prostitution = Slavery", in Morgan, Robin (ed.), Sisterhood is forever: the women's anthology for a new millennium, New York, New York: Washington Square Press, pp. 315–324, ISBN 9780743466271. {{citation}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help) Details.
Carter, Vednita (2004), "Prostitution and the new slavery", in Whisnant, Rebecca; Stark, Christine (eds.), Not for sale: feminists resisting prostitution and pornography, North Melbourne, Victoria: Spinifex Press, pp. 85–88, ISBN 9781876756499. {{citation}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Carter, Vednita; Giobbe, Evelina (2006), "Duet: prostitution, racism and feminist discourse", in Spector, Jessica (ed.), Prostitution and pornography: philosophical debate about the sex industry, Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, pp. 17–39, ISBN 9780804749381. {{citation}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

Journal articles

Carter, Vednita (1993). "Prostitution: where racism & sexism intersect". Michigan Journal of Gender and Law. 1. HeinOnline on behalf of University of Michigan Law School: 81–89. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link) Pdf.
Carter, Vednita; Giobbe, Evelina (1999). "Duet: prostitution, racism and feminist discourse". Hastings Women's Law Journal, symposium issue: Economic Justice for Sex Workers. 10 (1). University of California, Hastings College of the Law: 37–58. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link) Pdf.
Carter, Vednita (January 2004). "Providing services to African American prostituted women". Journal of Trauma Practice. 2 (3–4). Taylor and Francis: 213–222. doi:10.1300/J189v02n03_03. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)

References

^ Williamson, Celia (2008), "Abolitionist approach to prostitution (present-day advocates)", in Renzetti, Claire M.; Edleson, Jeffrey L. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence, vol. 1, Sage Publications, p. 2, ISBN 9781412918008. {{citation}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
^ Sher, Julian, "High-risk victims", in Sher, Julian (ed.), Somebody's daughter: the hidden story of America's prostituted children and the battle to save them, Chicago: Chicago Review Press, p. 36, ISBN 9781569765654, Vednita Carter, an African American stripper turned activist... {{citation}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
^ Coolidge, Sharon (18 August 2006). "Out of 'the life,' they learn to live". USA Today. Gannett Company. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
^ Budig, Susan (27 October 2007). "Prostitution: Should it remain a crime?". Twin Cities Daily Planet. Twin Cities Media Alliance. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
^ Baran, Madeleine (27 October 2009). "Group holding vigil to remember victims of prostitution-related violence". Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
^ Sherman, Francine T.; Goldblatt Grace, Lisa (2011), "The system response to the commercial sexual exploitation of girls", in Sherman, Francine T.; Jacobs, Francine H. (eds.), Juvenile justice: advancing research, policy, and practice, Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, p. 336, ISBN 9780470497043. {{citation}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
^ Belles, Nita (2011), "What's love got to do with it? Absolutely nothing!", in Belles, Nita (ed.), In our backyard: a Christian perspective on human trafficking in the United States, Nashville, Tennessee: Free River Press, p. 117, ISBN 9780615451800. {{citation}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
^ Dismantling Rape Culture Conference. "2013 Keynote Speaker: Vednita Carter founder and executive director of Breaking Free: "Sex trafficking/prostitution, racism and slavery"". University of Vermont. Archived from the original on 2 September 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
^ Carter, Vednita (2003), "Prostitution = Slavery", in Morgan, Robin (ed.), Sisterhood is forever: the women's anthology for a new millennium, New York, New York: Washington Square Press, pp. 315–324, ISBN 9780743466271. {{citation}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help) Details.
^ Livingstone, Nancy (16 November 2012). News release: Century names women of distinction for 2012 (PDF). Minnesota: Century College. Retrieved 9 October 2013.

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[1] Williamson, Celia (2008), "Abolitionist approach to prostitution (present-day advocates)", in Renzetti, Claire M.; Edleson, Jeffrey L. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence, vol. 1, Sage Publications, p. 2, ISBN 9781412918008. {{citation}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

[2] Sher, Julian, "High-risk victims", in Sher, Julian (ed.), Somebody's daughter: the hidden story of America's prostituted children and the battle to save them, Chicago: Chicago Review Press, p. 36, ISBN 9781569765654, Vednita Carter, an African American stripper turned activist... {{citation}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

[3] Coolidge, Sharon (18 August 2006). "Out of 'the life,' they learn to live". USA Today. Gannett Company. Retrieved 10 September 2013.

[4] Budig, Susan (27 October 2007). "Prostitution: Should it remain a crime?". Twin Cities Daily Planet. Twin Cities Media Alliance. Retrieved 10 September 2013.

[5] Baran, Madeleine (27 October 2009). "Group holding vigil to remember victims of prostitution-related violence". Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved 10 September 2013.

[6] Sherman, Francine T.; Goldblatt Grace, Lisa (2011), "The system response to the commercial sexual exploitation of girls", in Sherman, Francine T.; Jacobs, Francine H. (eds.), Juvenile justice: advancing research, policy, and practice, Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, p. 336, ISBN 9780470497043. {{citation}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

[7] Belles, Nita (2011), "What's love got to do with it? Absolutely nothing!", in Belles, Nita (ed.), In our backyard: a Christian perspective on human trafficking in the United States, Nashville, Tennessee: Free River Press, p. 117, ISBN 9780615451800. {{citation}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

[8] Dismantling Rape Culture Conference. "2013 Keynote Speaker: Vednita Carter founder and executive director of Breaking Free: "Sex trafficking/prostitution, racism and slavery"". University of Vermont. Archived from the original on 2 September 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2015.

[illinois1-9] Carter, Vednita (2003), "Prostitution = Slavery", in Morgan, Robin (ed.), Sisterhood is forever: the women's anthology for a new millennium, New York, New York: Washington Square Press, pp. 315–324, ISBN 9780743466271. {{citation}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help) Details.

[10] Livingstone, Nancy (16 November 2012). News release: Century names women of distinction for 2012 (PDF). Minnesota: Century College. Retrieved 9 October 2013.

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