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With Human Trafficking, Words Make a Difference
By Mitzi Perdue It’s almost impossible to state the importance of the language we use. Language establishes the way we look at things and it deeply influences the decisions we make and the images we have of ourselves. In a moment we’ll get into how this relates to...
KEEPING TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS FROM BEING RE-TRAFFICKED
According to Kristi Wells of the Safe House Project, 80% of trafficking victims return to being trafficked after they’re rescued. Why? Given that being trafficked is about as horrendous an experience as can happen to a human being, and given that a trafficked person...
Right to Be Free
When you look at this photograph, you might have two reactions: What is going on? Why is an anti-human trafficking blog featuring it? What’s Going On To answer the first question first, you’re looking at a landfill in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Geographically, it’s...
HELPING THOSE MOST IN NEED CAN BE THE MOST FULLFILLING
By Mitzi Perdue Dr. Kristie Knights’ professional world includes two of the darkest areas of human behavior. As a psychotherapist, her clients include people who are suicidal and who have been trafficked. Why is she willing to take on clients whom many others might...
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.”...