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:
Learn from lived-experience experts on how to better meet the needs of survivors of labor 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



Beyond Silos: Amplifying Marginal Voices and Underexplored Methods in Human Trafficking Research


Minh Dang, MSW, PhD, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Survivor Alliance


This Survivor-led webinar focuses on trafficking of women and girls of color. Guidance for clinicians will be discussed.



featuring presentations from Rev. Dr. Que English (HHS Partnerships Center), Dr. Brook Bello, Dr. Coralanne Griffith-Hunte and Sandra Maria Anderson.



John Oliver compared prostitution to making sandwiches at Subway. Survivors listened to John Oliver. Now it’s time for John Oliver to listen to Survivors


March 2022 World Without Exploitation



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


June 2020 World Without Exploitation



Survivor Expert Bella Hounakey guides a panel discussion on why the anti-trafficking movement needs to elevate the voices of black survivors.


FRAMEWORK (2022)



Webinar: There is a trauma-informed approach to substance use disorder. Learn how this framework can help you empower your clients through the stages of healing and recovery with greater empathy and compassion.


December 2021



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)



How to expand the continuum of care for LGBTQIA+ communities



San diego County regional Human Trafficking council (2022)



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


THe Polaris Project: Centering Survivors



Unseen: The Boy Victims of the Sex Trade


Jose Alfaro shares his story (2021)



Webinar: Why do we need to acknowledge the importance of men and boys as educators and participants in sexual assault prevention programs?


Braden Bayne-Allison (2021)



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