We are pitching at South by Southwest! Collective Liberty joins the elite top 5% of global startups, competing as a finalist at SXSW Pitch 2020, a global competition as part of the South by Southwest Annual Conference and Festival. Over 900 startups from across the world applied to be part of SXSW pitch this year. Fifty finalists (the…
We are proud of our opportunities to support local and national public policy efforts that improve our national approach to fighting human trafficking. This includes local regulations around exploitative business practices, statewide criminal statutes and remedies, and national public policy efforts from task forces to internal policies to national laws. Most recently we had the…
We are excited to kick off this week’s “Advanced human trafficking investigations training” in Austin. This is our 12th national institute and we learn so much together as a group every time. We work through investigative tools and National best practices and case studies. Our favorite part is watching the collaboration and relationship building across…
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…
What 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…
For 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).…
Think 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…
We 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…
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…
Tomorrow 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…