๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ย Washington Postย ๐๐๐ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ค! ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.โCreated in 2018, Collective Liberty is already getting noticed for its 21st-century approach to an age-old problem. โClick through to read the full profile! When possible, we leverage our platforms to elevate our partners and their work, and are happy that Delaware partners were highlighted in this story for their pioneering work at the AG and financial crimes level.
This Washington Post Magazine Feature was supposed to fall on 2020 SXSW Pitch as part of our SXSW publicity โ and we are grateful they still ran the piece despite SXSW being canceled as a precaution around #COVID.
Excerpt below. Click through to read the full piece!
Recognizing that local governments didnโt yet have the resources or knowledge to fight the problem, Keyhan shifted to the nonprofit world to take a more direct approach, first as director of โdisruption strategiesโ at Polaris, a D.C.-based nonprofit that operates the National Human Trafficking Hotline. โBut there was a huge gap when it came to tech-related solutions,โ Keyhan told me. โAfter a few years, we realized [something like Collective Liberty] didnโt exist but was necessary. So we said, โI guess weโre the ones who have to do it.โโโ
Keyhan pulled together a team with backgrounds in law enforcement, technology and data for her new project. She wanted to find a less whack-a-mole approach to ending human trafficking by โstopping criminal behavior altogether.โ
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