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Prevention Through Education



for a future that is safe and free for all





Survivor Informed. Student Inspired. Research Driven.​​



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What is Human Trafficking?


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May 17, 2023



HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN OUR COMMUNITY





VCU MEDICAL STUDENTS, CLASS OF 2023, SARAH BEAVERSON AND LAUREN HANLEY TALK ABOUT THE SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM IN RICHMOND AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO MITIGATE AND PREVENT THE WIDESPREAD EXPLOITATION.


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Watch The 12-minute Video


Learn why disclosure is NOT the goal
Learn why the PEARR Tool is proving more effective than the screening tool
Trauma-Informed Responses
are crucially important. Learn why.



What to Do and Who to Contact when you have Identified a Trafficked Child



These Guidelines were created by the

Virginia Department of Social Services.

Follow your Institution's Protocols.


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Human Trafficking Response:
Resources for Health Care Professionals



60 min webinar by the American Hospital Association


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WATCH AND Learn FROM THE FOLLOWING SURVIVOR LEADERS



If basic needs are not being met, that makes a person vulnerable to being exploited. Human trafficking is all about exploiting a person's vulnerability for profit.



"if someone would have talked to me a little bit more and asked real questions and letting me know I mattered."



"My first trafficker was my mother who started selling me to the landlord; and the landlord was part of a pedophile ring."



"They explained to me that I was doing this for the good of my family."



Survivor Expert Video



"My parents had no clue. I was so fearful of people finding out. I wasn't physically hurt. It was all mental hurt. It took a good friend to tell me it was not my fault."



Survivor Expert Video



"I am a survivor

of child abuse and incest. a Survivor of slavery

and human trafficking.

My

sexual

predators

were my

parents."



Survivor Expert Video



"We need to understand the red flags and that anyone can be trafficked; there are no exceptions. You can't assume anything."



Survivor Expert Video



Your ability to recognize the red flags of human trafficking can save a life. Learn how you can be part of the solution.

Take a free online training course.



By being vigilant, you too, can be a change-maker.
Join these Everyday Heroes.
Watch these video clips



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Airline Agent Saves two teens



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Postal Worker Saves a Life



State trooper saves a life



NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOTLINE



888 - 3737 - 888 or Text "BeFree" 233733



If you are trapped in this form of exploitation, ​

- You are not a criminal. You are a victim of a crime.

- What happened to you was wrong.

- The person who did this to you should be in jail.

- You can receive help to rebuild your life.

- You are entitled to assistance.

- You have a right to live without being abused.

- Please call us today so we can help you.


The hotline number is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,

in more than 200 languages. ***** Anonymous calls are welcome *****




Why we no longer call human trafficking slavery


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