January is human trafficking (damage) awareness month. This subject is very important to me. So much so, that I am sometimes drawn into discussions concerning victims who are also perpetrators of other crimes. Victim/Offender I committed petty theft, participated in breaking and entering, and auto theft as...
I weighed less than 90 pounds the first time I was sold for sex. 2020 Trafficking Awareness Looking back, I can see that I was a little girl in many ways. Physically, I was small. I was very immature, socially. I was groomed for prostitution by my...
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Once aware, what should be our human trafficking response? Human Trafficking Human trafficking is an umbrella term for a set of human rights violations. Namely, the crime involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or...
Who is vulnerable to human trafficking? Vulnerability There are a number of factors which make people vulnerable to abuses of all kinds, particularly human trafficking. The most obvious is youth. Young children don't know what they don't know. They can be used and abused and not know...
Human trafficking victims, like child abuse victims, live in a deceptively normalized state. Victims Can Be Anyone If you grew up in a home with one parent with an explosive temper and the other remained submissive, you wouldn't know that the violence you experienced was abnormal. Nightly...
By now, you may have seen the video portions of our program designed for pregnancy centers, learning about human trafficking. Learning The video portions posted are part of the course. Interactive attention helps with learning. There is a library with various printable and shareable infographic, posters, and...
Humans rights are for all humans. We were created unique individuals with countless abilities and talents, emotions, vocabularies, culture and choice. Choice Choice has become a dirty word, but it isn't. It is our unique ability to choose that differentiates us from virtually every other creature. Ok,...
There are many ways to help human trafficking victims. We know, Hindsight is 2020. Looking back to evaluate experience helps us learn. Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers Pro-life pregnancy centers help women and families every day. Some of those clients are human trafficking victims, hidden in plain sight. The...
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month January 11th is international human trafficking awareness day! In honor of victims, with great respect for survivors, and to the equipping of advocates we have decided to post one module of the video portion of the program every day through...
Helping Clients By learning about responding to human trafficking, centers can help those who might be misidentified as "difficult clients."Helping clients is what pregnancy resource centers are all about. I know that. Staff and volunteers at pregnancy resource centers and maternity homes are my heroes. Sidewalk...