After the disappointment of being excluded from receiving support for American youth under the TVPA, activists continued to push for recognition of the US youth sex trade in the 2000s, gaining momentum over the decade. Existing organizations thrived and continued to connect globally, but new ones formed and US youth survivors emerged as important participants in the movement. As in previous decades, many activists mobilized concern by focusing on narratives of innocent and naïve white, middle-class girls exploited by African American men, but some local activists worked to help the girls more often involved in the sex trade—poor girls and girls of color. A groundbreaking campaign in Atlanta, Georgia brought widespread attention to youth involvement in the sex trade, with a particular focus on African American girls. In Chicago, youth in the sex trade organized Young Women’s Empowerment Project (YWEP) to support each other and organize against discrimination and abuse by police and social service providers At the local and national levels, activism led to increased attention to and resources for youth involved in the sex trade in the early 2000s.