Dec. 30, 2025
Neighborhood Guardians: Stephanie Mann's Mission to Combat Violence and Empower Communities
Send us a text In this impactful episode of Living the Dream with Curveball, we welcome crime prevention specialist Stephanie Mann, who brings over 40 years of experience in violence prevention. Stephanie shares her personal story of resilience, having been abandoned in Mexico City at the age of 15, and how this experience shaped her mission to foster safer neighborhoods. With alarming statistics showing that one in five high school students experience neighborhood violence, Stephanie emphasi...
In this impactful episode of Living the Dream with Curveball, we welcome crime prevention specialist Stephanie Mann, who brings over 40 years of experience in violence prevention. Stephanie shares her personal story of resilience, having been abandoned in Mexico City at the age of 15, and how this experience shaped her mission to foster safer neighborhoods. With alarming statistics showing that one in five high school students experience neighborhood violence, Stephanie emphasizes the importance of community engagement and parental involvement in creating a safer environment for children. She discusses common mistakes parents make regarding safety and provides actionable tips for recognizing danger and resisting peer pressure. Listeners will be inspired by stories of community-driven initiatives that have successfully reduced crime rates and learn how to take back their neighborhoods. Stephanie also highlights her work in combating child sex trafficking, urging everyone to get involved in their communities. Tune in for a conversation that empowers you to make a difference, one neighborhood at a time. Discover more about Stephanie and her initiatives at www.safekidsnow.com.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>Welcome to the Living the Dream podcast with Curveball. if you believe you can achieve. Welcome to the Living the Dream with Curveball podcast, a show where I interview guests that teach, motivate and inspire. Today we're going to be talking about neighborhood violence and how we can keep our neighborhood safe, as I am joined by crime prevention specialist Stephanie Mann. Statistics show that one in five of high school kids experience neighborhood violence, and Stephanie wants to prevent that. You know, she has a neighborhood safer approach. So we're going to be talking to her. We know we have a lot of violence going on in the country and throughout the world, so we're going to be talking to her about how to prevent it and anything else that she's up to. So, Stephanie, thank you so much for joining me.
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> Stephanie Mann>Well, thank you so much, Curtis, for inviting me to be here.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>Why don't you start off by telling everybody a little bit about yourself.
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> Stephanie Mann>Well, I've been a crime and violence prevention consultant for 40 years. And I started out, gosh, it goes back a while, but I, was abandoned in, when I was 15 years old in Mexico City. And I didn't speak the language, so I had to learn how to survive. And when I became a crime and violence prevention consultant, I learned how other people survive and a lot of them did it the same way I did. And, it's been an amazing journey and, happy, to share anything I've learned with your audience.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>Well, the first thing I would like you to share is what are the common safety mistakes that parents make without even realizing it?
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> Stephanie Mann>Well, I think today, the most common mistake is, Well, I think there are two. Number one, I don't think they teach their kids. Now this certainly doesn't apply to everybody, but there are some people that don't teach their children how to live by their own conscience. So when they start to make mistakes or do bad behavior or make very bad decisions for themselves, and they going against their conscience, this can end up to be a very sad situation for the whole family. And, working in, higher crime neighborhoods, I found out that, ah, a lot of parents, are not only their kids are taking drugs, but some of the parents are taking drugs. And we really need to have a support system, go back to the neighborhood. years ago, people used to take care of each other, and rely on each other to, know, help their children. I want, I, ah, want to be the first to know if there's a problem with my child in the neighborhood, if they're doing something that they shouldn't be doing. years ago, people used to call a mother or father and say, you know, Jamiah is out doing bad stuff. He's, you know, GR. Graffiti and he's been stealing out of stores and so forth.
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> Stephanie Mann>And, some of the parents didn't even know it. But today, a lot of the neighbors don't even pay attention anymore. So I think that has to change, because, we have less police in our communities than we used to have, and we've got more crime than we used to have. And I think if everybody's tired of it, get together with your neighbors and, talk about, you know, what are we going to do? And I can give you a few stories about that, because neighbors are powerful, but they're not powerful if they're not engaged. And they have to be engaged in their neighborhood. does that make sense?
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>Absolutely, yeah. And go ahead and share some stories, about that.
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> Stephanie Mann>Well, I got started in my own community of 17,000 people. And we were unincorporated, which means we didn't have a mayor, we didn't have a city council. we had a supervisor that was 18 miles away, and he was our law and order. And we had one and a half police officers for the whole community of 17,000. Well, the problem became a real problem when we had a crime wave going on. And, so some of us. And this is how I basically got started, some of us got together and started talking about, okay, this is crazy. We've got a crime wave.
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> Stephanie Mann>People are not safe. What are we going to do? So 10, of us got together, we sat down and talked about it, and, we decided to get the neighbors together. And as a result of working with the neighbors, to calling on our friends and saying, let's get these neighborhoods working together. We reduced our own crime problem 48% within two and a half years. And that was without a local police department. So, neighbors are very powerful when it comes to wanting a safe community because most of our crime is committed by juveniles. And I guess a lot of us don't know that, that the average age, for violence, is between 15 and 17 years old. Now, those are young people, and as the time goes by and they turn to be 22, 23, crime all of a sudden goes way down by the time they're 24 years old, and it tapers off to. And as they get older, they don't commit crimes anymore. So it's really up to neighbors. If you're Going to stop the crime problem. Now we've got 400,000 children in gangs today, so we've made it much more difficult for us to stop crime. And so I'll give you another example. I was working for Oakland Police Department in California. And oh my, we had so many problems. But one of the problems was that Earl called up our office which was in community services and said, and demanded, actually demanded that the police do something about the crime in his neighborhood. He said, we've got a drug dealer on one corner and prostitutes on the other corner.
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> Stephanie Mann>And this is crazy. I have a 10 year old daughter, she doesn't feel safe walking to school and you guys have got to do something. Well, they sent me to go over and talk to Earl. Well, I sat down with Earl and I said, you know, police do not have the resources to make your neighborhood safe right now. And I said, if you get your neighbors together and have them walk the dog, play checkers, you know, water the grass or play, you know, get out into the neighborhood and start taking down descriptions, time of day, what is the license numbers, descriptions? Well within, I think it was about three months. Three, something like that. Three and a half months. It, it we, they had enough information that they gave to the police department to arrest the people in that neighborhood and they cleaned up the neighborhood.
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> Stephanie Mann>The drug course if every neighborhood did that, then you would not have the, the drug dealer move to another neighborhood or the prostitutes move to another neighborhood. So we really need to have paid staff go in and help these neighborhoods get organized. If that happens, you will see a big difference in how safe you are, your community is, your children are. So that's just two stories.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>Absolutely.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>Well give some best practice tips on how we can help our kids, prevent violence and instead of just avoiding it.
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> Stephanie Mann>Well, you know, one of the things that is happening that I think is alarming is the fact that we are not teaching our children to live by their own conscience. You know, I think we've all heard let your conscience be your guide. Well, that's basically your spiritual ability to protect yourself. So when your conscience, if you go against your conscience and you go out and rob and steal and your, your conscience bothers you, but the easier it gets, the more you do it. So then your child or your teenager is going down the wrong road and as they go down this road, then they become much more of a dangerous threat to the community. And then once they get into a gang, then the gang reinforces bad behavior, and then you've got a real problem going on. So it's going to take a lot of community effort in order to stop, that kind of interaction for children. And it's basically, I call it a spiritual problem. we have to teach our children how to live by their own spirit so that they don't do bad stuff.
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> Stephanie Mann>Because when kids do bad stuff, it makes them feel bad, whether they want to feel bad about it or not. And that's a lot of the reason it drives them toward drugs. I want to forget who, what I'm becoming. I mean, this is all a spiritual problem.
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> Stephanie Mann>So, you know, it's critical for parents to talk to their kids about it.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>Well, another thing parents, should be talking to their kids about is, how to recognize danger without fearing the world around them. So what are some ways that we can do that with our kids?
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> Stephanie Mann>Well, you know, that's another spiritual thing.
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> Stephanie Mann>You also have instincts. You have instincts that will alert you to danger. when I was at the police department, it was too common to have somebody say, I knew I shouldn't have let that guy in my house and he came in and he raped her. Or I knew I shouldn't get in that elevator with that man. And she, he grabbed her purse and when the door opened, he was gone. I mean, we want to teach our children how to live from within ourselves so that they have the tools to help them not become a victim. And, we have all of these tools, but somehow we aren't talking to our kids about it.
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> Stephanie Mann>And they're not learning from their parents or their peers how to protect themselves. I was abandoned in Mexico City, as I mentioned, when I was 15. And I learned that the hard way. I mean, when you don't have anybody to rely on and you're living in a place you don't know any, anyone, what would you do? Well, I'll tell you. You learn.
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> Stephanie Mann>Either that or you get in a very bad situation.
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> Stephanie Mann>Fortunately, I remembered something that my grandmother told me when I was probably 8 years old, because I didn't see her very often. But, it went right into my head. And she said, if you ever have a problem, you can always turn to God. And that is what I did. I. In Mexico City, they have little churches on the, in the block, on the block. And I mean, really little churches. They're like little chapels and, maybe holds 40 people.
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> Stephanie Mann>And you. I. I just went in there and I just.
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> Stephanie Mann>Great. I. I need help here. And, I got the Help I needed. It was amazing. So teach your kids that if they've got a problem, ask the good Lord for some help, because they're not alone. And that's another thing we need to talk to our kids about.
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> Stephanie Mann>You're not alone. You have that wonderful ability within yourself. You have a, you know, surrounded by people that get to know them. Don't be isolated. And if you're shy, you don't want to be a bully or a victim. You want to strengthen your kids so that they are not victims. And, that's a very important part of growing up.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>Well, speaking of strengthening our kids, let's talk about the role that peer pressure plays in neighborhood violence. And how can our kids be taught to resist it?
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> Stephanie Mann>You know, peer pressure is a very strong, emotion because everybody wants to belong. They want to have friends. they want to feel like they are part of the community. So if somebody comes along and says, I want you to join our group. This is such an important time to talk to adults. And encourage your kids to talk to a teacher if they're confused about, you know, what's going on. What should I do? make sure your kids have people in their lives that will advise them. A grandmother, a grandfather, hopefully some male role models for boys. Because, there are. There are an awful lot of children that live in a community, and maybe they don't have that parent or, or the two parents that really kids really do need. So, I'll tell you a little story about A.J. and, A.J. he, he moved into a neighborhood that was fairly new to him and his wife, and he had two girls. And, he noticed that there were a lot of kids in the neighborhood, but there weren't many fathers. He only saw one or two. And he thought, wow, there are about 25 kids in this neighborhood. Well, he decided to start Christmas on the streets. So, Christmas on the streets for them when he got started was just to have a get together at Christmas time. And he dressed up as Santa Claus. He invited all the kids to come, and he engaged some of the neighbors.
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> Stephanie Mann>And, they went out and got some candies and just small things for the children. And, they had a Christmas party, basically for the children. Now, that's something any of us could do, but will we do it? Anyway, AJ went on and did that for 20 years in his neighborhood with 25 kids. And then pretty soon he had kids from all over coming. And then he had a jumpy house. He got donations, they had presents. A couple of people worked Together and made a sleigh for Santa Claus, and he dressed up as Santa Claus, and. And, they had their pictures taken by people, in the neighborhood.
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> Stephanie Mann>And, you know, you can make Christmas a wonderful occasion for the children, but you're going to have to do something. Go out and look and see who's in your neighborhood. If you don't know, I'll give you, I'll, If you go to my website, safe kids now.com, i have a free download, and anybody can download it. And it teaches you how to, in 10 steps, how to make your neighborhood safe. So I'll, give you some tips right here. one thing.
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> Stephanie Mann>You need to ask three questions. You're going to go door to door and say, I am your neighbor. I live right there. And, can I ask you three questions? And most people, some people might slam the door in your face. Okay, go to the next house.
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> Stephanie Mann>But if they're willing to answer your question.
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> Stephanie Mann>Okay, my question is, have you been a victim of crime in our neighborhood? Because if you don't know what's going on in your own neighborhood, you could very well be a victim and not know that that's happened before right next door or down the street. And, what is your biggest concern in our neighborhood? Now, that could be anything from maybe it's a pothole or maybe it's a drug dealer in the neighborhood. Maybe it's a, well, who knows? That's what you're supposed to find out and find out and then say, you know, after you've had this discussion, will you help? And the person that you're talking to, oh, no, no, I don't have time for that. Well, okay, go to the next house or the next house. They say, you know, I've been wondering if somebody would help this neighborhood. Sure, I'll help you. Then you go to the next house and you find maybe you have just two or three people that, say, I will help. And then you have a coffee with just those two or three people and say, okay, what are we going to do? Let's do something together. Okay, maybe it's a coffee. It could be a, you know, get, together.
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> Stephanie Mann>It could be a block party. Could be a Christmas on the street party. I mean, let's bring these neighborhoods back into action. I know there's a lot of fear out there, but you. But you are not powerless. None of us are powerless. We all have the power to create change. And that's what I would hope any of us and all of us will do for the sake of the children. Because it's the kids that are paying the big price here for, neighborhoods that are disconnected, neighborhoods that have allowed the gangs to take over. Take back your power. Because if you don't have any, if you don't take back your power, believe me, somebody else will take your power.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>Well, I know you founded 27 citywide prevention committees, so talk about some of the experiences and the lessons from those. Ah, 27 citywide, prevention committees that families can apply today.
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> Stephanie Mann>You know, if people have support, they will engage. If they feel isolated and alone, they won't, because they don't want to be the only one.
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> Stephanie Mann>We need community. That was probably the biggest thing I learned, Curtis, is that people need relationships to inspire each other. That's one of the big things I learned. people need to feel that they are part of something. You know, if you're sitting home and watching television all day, how depressing. Oh, my goodness. You know, we have to get away from the television, the negative stuff that's going on, because our neighborhoods are much, much more safer than you think they are. one incident happens in a neighborhood, and I learned this from every single. I worked in all these different cities, and there was more fear than there was actual a problem in the neighborhood.
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> Stephanie Mann>You don't know what's going on. If you don't ask and buckle up, get out there and find out what's going on. If you don't know, and you want to do a little research, go to your police department and say, you know, how can I help make my neighborhood safe? A lot of times police departments do have information. they've also got, all kinds of pamphlets on how to keep your kids safe. And you can just go and pass that information out into the neighborhood. You know, just make a small step, whatever step anybody feels comfortable with. Take that step and, you'll be surprised what you learn.
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> Stephanie Mann>it's much more gratifying to make a difference in your own neighborhood than listening to, ah, what people are doing that don't even live in your neighborhood. you can hear a lot of information about what's not happening and how bad things are, because that's what the media does. If it bleeds, it leads. And I can't tell you or encourage you enough to go and do something, about the problems, that are in the community. Maybe you have child sex trafficking. I've worked with child sex trafficking groups. We have an incredible amount of children that are missing still missing 85,000 kids came into the United States and they don't know what happened to them. They have found several hundred here and there, but they got spread out all over the country and they don't know who these people are. They didn't even register them. What I mean, do we care about the kids? Either we care about them or we don't. If we're sitting there thinking, ain't it awful?
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> Stephanie Mann>Believe me, it's not going to get better. If you're waiting for somebody else to take the bull by the horns, it's not going to happen. We can sit here and talk and talk and talk, but basically what we really need is action. And action starts with you. So. Okay. I hope that helps.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>Oh, it absolutely does.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>Well, we'll talk about how, educational leaders and community leaders can work together to enforce safety habits outside of the home.
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> Stephanie Mann>Well, you know, there are an awful lot of people that are involved. You know, we have Boys and Girls Clubs, we have different organizations. We have dance groups, we have YMCAs. get your children involved because, when they're involved, they make connections with other kids. And do you know that 62% of Americans are socially isolated?
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> Stephanie Mann>Which is a killer recipe. It is not healthy to be, socially isolated. Your kids are not healthy if they're socially isolated. We have to bring back community, and it's going to be up to you and me and all of the people in our cities to understand that. If you don't get involved, you know, you're allowing bad things to happen. You know, we can't just sit back and hope for the best. So, find out what's going on in your community besides the YMCA and the Boys and Girls Clubs and see if there's a, ah, art classes for kids for the summer, swimming programs in the summer. there should be a lot of Christmas parties going on now, and maybe you're involved in some of them. Ask a neighbor to join you. find out if the kid across the street who doesn't have a father in the home can go with you.
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> Stephanie Mann>just, just help one or two people. And then once you get started or you volunteer in a group, you're going to find your life much richer. It's, you know, it's exciting to help other people because it makes you feel good and it makes them feel good. So it's time for all of us to reach out and help each other.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>We'll talk about the difference between raising kids that are street smart versus community awareness.
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> Stephanie Mann>The difference, I think they're very similar. When you raise kids, they have to be community oriented, too, because the community, is your support system. You know, teachers in school. And go to your. Please, please go to your school, board meetings. Find out what they're teaching your children. I think hopefully you've heard that there's some really weird things going on in some of our schools, and you need to know what they are teaching your child. And I know people are busy, but if you care about your kids, they come first.
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> Stephanie Mann>I have three children, and I was down there at the school. And, as a matter of fact, one of my daughter's teachers, M. Was coming to school with alcohol and on her breath and also, acting very strange, which my daughter reported to me. And I was down there in a flash and finding out, you know, what's going on here. Are you aware of this?
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> Stephanie Mann>And, they corrected the teacher and said, if this continues to happen, you know, we have to put you on report. They can't seem to fire teachers today, but, they can get corrected. So, there are a lot of things we, as citizens can do to help our kids stay strong and safe. And, you know, your child might rebel and say, oh, mom or dad, don't go. I don't want you to do that. I can take care of myself. yes, maybe. But there's no harm in checking on everything your child is doing. It's up to you to keep them safe and give them the tools they need in order to stay safe. So, I don't know. Did that answer your question, Curtis?
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>Yep, it absolutely did.
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> Stephanie Mann>Good.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>And another question I have for you, as I was going through your bio, and I see that, in Mexico City, you were put in a Texas hospital for a week.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>So talk about that situation.
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> Stephanie Mann>Oh, my goodness. Well, my visit to Mexico City.
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> Stephanie Mann>Visit, my abandonment in Mexico City was, horrendous. and when you're 15 and you have no one to talk to, my mother and her boyfriend left me there. And as a matter of fact, he was a Washington, D.C. politician, if you can believe that. And, he said he needed her in Washington to help with entertaining. And they do a lot of entertaining in Washington. And, so they set me up at Mexico City College to take. I should have been a sophomore in high school, but they set me up to take Spanish and art. I was good at art and that.
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> Stephanie Mann>Those are the only two classes I took. Well, when they didn't return, they gave me enough, money for a month because they said they'd be back in two or three weeks. Well, the money ran out after a month. I began to panic. And, I got so sick in very short period of time. When children are isolated and they have no one, it affects their health almost immediately. And the landlady wanted to toss me out on the street because I couldn't pay my rent. I was renting a room in a home. And so, I went to the. The, dean of women at the college where I was taking art and Spanish. And, I told her my story. And she said, oh, well, gave me a bunch of books and says, you can be an interpreter. And I said, my Spanish is terrible. I can't be an interpreter. And anyway, that whole thing fell apart and I got so stressed and so sick that, they finally decided they better look up my mother and find her somewhere and get her to come back because they didn't know what to do with me.
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> Stephanie Mann>They gave me penicillin and I got all kinds of, hives. I was reacting to medication they were giving me. So anyway, my mother finally had to return. They found her because I told her about the boyfriend and where. What he did. And so they tracked him down. And, she flew in. And we were told that. That, they probably wouldn't let me back into the United States because they didn't know what kind of disease I had. And, as a result of that, I took nothing from Mexico. We just got on a plane and went straight through. And I, ended up in the hospital in San Antonio, Texas. And I was there for a week, so to recuperate. So that's my story about getting out of Mexico. It was.
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> Stephanie Mann>Wasn't fun.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>Well, tell us about any upcoming projects that you're working on that listeners need to be aware of.
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> Stephanie Mann>Well, I'm glad you asked. I'm very concerned. I'm here in Las Vegas, Nevada, and we, you know, this is called Sin City for a reason. And, we have as many as. Oh, my goodness, I. I've heard the number as high as 31,000 prostitutes and pimps coming into, Las Vegas on a huge holiday or when we have a lot of traffic coming in here, which we do often. You, know, we have big events in Las Vegas.
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> Stephanie Mann>And, So, one of the things that I'm working on, which I mentioned was child sex trafficking, which is a horrible, happening for children. And the youngest child I've seen, is probably about 13, maybe 14. And this is a very difficult. And it's hard to get them out once they're in it. So I'm working on the prevention side because I see what happens to these kids once they're into prostitution or once they're into sex trafficking.
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> Stephanie Mann>You know, all of these, and, and they use drugs on these children. and matter of fact, I have a website called Safe Kids now dot com. And if you go to the. Our videos, I have a video. I have videos with people that have been, I interview on, prostitution. They were pimps. Ah. one was a pimp, and he was pimping out high school girls when he was 16 years old. And now he works with children and, and hap. And. And helping them. another lady was pros, was a prostitute for, oh my goodness, I can't remember how many years, but she was in it.
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> Stephanie Mann>And finally, she told somebody she was underage and, and, that was the trick that got her out. She told a police officer she was underage and so they got her out of it. But kids are taught not to speak up. They're taught to do what they're told.
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> Stephanie Mann>That's why I want to empower parents within themselves. You've got to let them know they have power, that other people, you know, don't know about. They can get out of these situations. I got out of it in Mexico City, and for a very good reason, because it almost killed me. It's almost killing a lot of these kids. So it's important for all of us to be aware of what is going on in our own community. Go down to the police station or find out what's going on in your community. Do you have a problem with child sex trafficking? Because every community that I've run into has a problem with it. And, you know, what are they doing about it? Most of them are begging for volunteers. You know, you need. They'll tr. They even offer training in some of our communities. So I, I encourage you to go and talk to the people around you, and in the community and not just police departments, but also people that are involved in child, sex trafficking or, volunteering for court.
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> Stephanie Mann>I mean, there are a lot of things they're looking for volunteers for. So, if you can and you're fine, there are some paid jobs out there. if you don't know where they are, start asking. So we need your help and we need your help to save our kids.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>And you said that website was safekidsnow.com. i'm sorry, what was your website again?
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> Stephanie Mann>Oh, safekidsnow1word.com all right, ladies and gentlemen.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>So you guys make sure you go to that site and as Stephanie said, get out there in the community and, volunteer, check things out, Share this episode to as many people as, you know, we have a lot of violence and stuff going on in the community and, there could be somebody that could get their lives saved by hearing this show. So please share it and also visit www.craveball337.com for more information on the show and share that site also. To everybody that you know, thank you for listening and supporting the show. And Stephanie, thank you for all that you do to try to make, our world a, safer place, one neighborhood at a time. And thank you for joining me.
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> Stephanie Mann>Well, thank you, Curtis. I enjoyed the opportunity. Thank you.
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> Curtis Jackson (also known as DJ Curveball)>For more information on the Living the Dream with Curveball Podcast, visit www.craveballballball337.com until next time, keep Living the dream.
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