Survivor voices: teaching from lived experience



Survivors provide information that only those with lived experience have. We need their expertise, leadership, and wisdom to inform our practices so that we can meaningfully advance the care and protection of trafficked persons.

Listen and learn.





SURVIVOR ROUNDTABLE:
Why is there less focus on Labor Trafficking when there are more victims of labor trafficking in the United States than sex trafficking?


FRAMEWORK: Tools to Combat Labor trafficking



Survivor Expert, Bella Hounakey, gives an inspiring speech at the Human Trafficking Summit at The White House.


Survivors at the helm of the Anti-trafficking movement



Survivor Expert Megan Lundstrom and her colleagues discuss the deception and false promises in sugaring.


June 2020 World Without Exploitation



Interview with Rebecca Bender


CEO & Founder of Elevate Academy


PODCAST: Bella Hounakey, A Fierce Survivor Advocate. Dr. Sandie Morgan and Bella Hounakey discuss how the trauma that survivors face is often overlooked by law enforcement.



September 2020



Elevate Academy: Helping Survivors Succeed Regardless of the Past



founded by Survivor Rebecca Bender



Ashley Cacho: On the intersection of human trafficking and the foster care system


2018 Interview



Survivor Roundtable: What anti-trafficking advocates need to do to help survivors of human trafficking


UN Human RightS Council (2010)



Child Marriage is a Form of Human Trafficking: Learn Why


CBSN Documentary (2019)



When American Girls are forced into marriages abroad, the U.S. can do little to rescue them


PBS News Hour



Tonni D. Rivera: Former sex trafficker talks about how she targeted teens and what teens need to do to stay safe


2019 Interview



Survivor of family-controlled sex trafficking explains why this form of human trafficking is difficult to detect


Elisabeth Corey, MSW, Founder of Beatingtrauma.com


Donna Hubbard talks about measures to help other victims to return to their normal lives.



United nations human rights council
(2018)



A 30-minute Educational Video on what Human Trafficking looks like in the United States


Documentary by Place of Hope


Learn from the people who know human trafficking the best: Survivors


THe Polaris Project: Centering Survivors



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