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The Human Slavery-Ecocide Connection
By Mitzi Perdue Has it ever occurred to you that there’s a direct and appalling connection between human slavery and environment destruction? Kevin Bales, a Professor of Contemporary Slavery at the University of Nottingham, studies this connection. His research...
Want a novel and useful way of participating in National Human Trafficking Awareness Month?
By Mitzi Perdue Anti-trafficking organizations can always use more funding and more awareness. Here’s a project than can provide both! The Rosie the Liberator Project! Seventy-five years ago, the original Rosie came out of her home and changed history. By working in...
Helping Trafficking Survivors During COVID-19
By Mitzi Perdue COVID-19 has impacted the survivors of human trafficking in particularly harsh ways. By some estimates, even under normal circumstances as many as 80% of individuals who have been rescued end up being re-trafficked. COVID-19 has made the odds of this...
Sex Trafficking and the Young People in Your Life
By Mitzi Perdue In the past, it made sense to worry about your child being kidnapped and then sex trafficked. Today, while human trafficking is still one of the top threats to our children, it’s only rarely that this threat takes the form of a kidnapping. Instead,...
Helping Trafficking Victims Be All They Can Be
By Vanessa Russell Human trafficking is unthinkably evil in countless ways. Here’s one more, as expressed by Dan Silberberg, founder of ENTELECHY.AI : “Enslaved people cannot become all they could be. Trafficking snuffs out their light, their genius, their gift to the...
COVID-19 and Child Trafficking
By Mitzi Perdue “In times of crisis, the sexual exploitation and trafficking of children skyrockets,” says Lori Cohen, Executive Director of the anti-human trafficking organization ECPAT-USA. “Being safe in a time of COVID-19 means more than just washing your hands.”...
How Music Led to an Extraordinary Global Anti-Trafficking Effort
By Mitzi Perdue Wincey Terry-Bryant is a musician with a fabulous career. She’s worked with Sting, Tina Turner, Garrison Keillor, and a whole host of other famous people. She’s talented, charismatic, funny, and has a warmth that can light up a room. However (and as...
Preventing Trafficking by Changing Hearts and Minds
By Mitzi Perdue Everyone has his or her own story for why they want to combat human trafficking. In the case of Jennifer Keltner, Founder of Rescue Party Give, it began when she was a terrified little girl. A Child’s Sense of Security is Ripped Away As you hear...
Atlas Rescue – Sean Williamson
ATLAS RESCUE Sean Williamson, a Former Green Beret and Founder of Atlas Rescue, has an important story. However, before we get to it, he has what may be surprising yet reassuring information for you. Although the information may not apply to you, if you’re reading...
Rescued Children Aren’t Rescued, When There’s “No Room at the Inn”
Are you up for some seriously disconcerting statistics? Kristi Wells from the Safe House Project can deliver. Read her answers to some important questions: How many children are trafficked for sex in the United States each year? “According to the FBI,” says Wells,...