We hope as we close out January, National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, the spirit of the month can be a motivator for us all to take small steps in our everyday lives to shift our collective focus onto traffickers and exploitation, so that together we can create a culture that refuses to tolerate…
View detailsWhat do Massachusetts, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and now Arkansas have in common? More and more cases across the country are seeing motels and hotels sued for allegedly knowing about sex trafficking and profiting from it. These venues are at the center of sex trafficking. The owners of these businesses must enforce anti-trafficking policies and…
View detailsFor our NYC area supporters – are you looking to join in on the NYC Holiday Party Joy? If so – please join us next Thursday 12/12 for a FUNraiser for Collective Liberty. The Jacob Fuchsberg law firm is generously hosting in their 37th floor space on Park Ave (near Empire State and Grand Central).…
View detailsThink your makeup is ethical because it is sourced sustainably from all natural ingredients? Don’t forget to pay attention to the labor supply chain for the ingredients – natural ingredients quite often involve labor trafficking and exploitation! Mica is not only used in mineral makeup, and pigment in art paints, it’s also heavily used in…
View detailsWe were grateful to have won the 2019 Innovate4Good tech competition yesterday for our Forging Freedom tech and data driven tools to fight human trafficking. It was an honor to be considered amongst the amazing finalists for the competition. And a huge congratulations to Megan Jacobs from Trust Initiative, who won the 2019 NGEN Leader Award, for…
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Amidst all the trainings and partner support work we did over the summer, our CEO was also part of the MassChallenge Texas (MCTX) accelerator process. We were connected with passionate mentors who helped us refine our strategies and hone our messaging. We worked alongside hundreds of incredible innovators and entrepreneurs who were also part of…
View detailsTomorrow The Council of the District of Columbia is hosting a hearing for testimony from over 150 community members and organizations about their bill decriminalizing portions of the sex trade, including sex buyers and informal brothels. The hearing will be live-streamed for those of you who can’t attend in person. Our CEO Rochelle Keyhan is testifying in the first…
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On 10/17 there is a hearing before DC City Council on a bill that fully decriminalizes buying sex and stash houses, which often involve significant amounts of coercive exploitation. The proposed amendments to the current laws on the sex trade are also contradictory and create confusion around what is and is not enforceable – laws…
View detailsThe Center for Court Innovation is currently working on a project funded by OVC, to create a package of informational materials for child trafficking survivors, to support them during their justice system involvement. As part of the project needs assessment they are conducting a nationwide survey to gather more information from practitioners in the field. Feedback from…
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When survivors come forward, it is difficult and sensitive, and the way media covers, and we talk about, Demi Moore’s experience is important. Familial trafficking is rampant and sometimes the hardest trafficking to detect. At least 41% of people recruited into trafficking are recruited by their family members according to IOM – UN Migration and CTDC. Familial…
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