End Human Trafficking

End Human Trafficking Human trafficking is modern-day slavery. Ending slavery begins when we become aware of its existence.

Human Trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons by threat or use of force, coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power or vulnerability, or giving payments or benefits to a person in control of the victim for the purpose of exploitation, which includes exploiting the prostitution of others, s*xual exploitation, forced labor, slavery or similar practices and the removal of organs (UNODC, 2015).

Co-Creating Liberated Futures: What could a world of liberated systems look like if we built it together?The Cost of Fre...
10/01/2025

Co-Creating Liberated Futures: What could a world of liberated systems look like if we built it together?

The Cost of Freedom (TCOF) Campaign is welcoming proposals for 2026 partnerships with local creatives, educators, youth leaders, Indigenous organizers, and community-based nonprofits. We believe liberation is a collective practice, and together we can design spaces that nurture imagination, and reformation.

Through workshops, art exhibits, and community gatherings, we will reimagine what collective freedom means in practice and begin sketching the blueprints for liberated systems in education and community life. This is an invitation to co-create new ways of learning, creating, socializing, and living—rooted in equity, care, and liberation.

Learn more: https://www.almaxmodeling.com/tcofcampaign

Support TCOF: https://www.bonfire.com/the-cost-of-freedom-campaign/

I want to talk about slavery.I want people to ask more questions about this issue. I want us to be unafraid of challengi...
01/04/2025

I want to talk about slavery.

I want people to ask more questions about this issue. I want us to be unafraid of challenging what we’ve come to understand about freedom — what is the real cost of freedom? Who truly deserves it, and why?

January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. This annual observance offers an opportunity to raise awareness and reflect on the growing issue of slavery.

Slavery is one of the most persistent, increasingly complex, fastest growing and ever-evolving crimes in human history.

Slavery relies on systems that reward the practice of commodification—the process of transforming inalienable, free, or gifted things (objects, services, ideas, nature, personal information, people or animals) into commodities to be bought, sold, and consumed for profit.

Enslaved people exist in systems that benefit from cheap, forced, or unpaid labor. They are present in spaces where labor practices go unchecked or where actors lack accountability for abuse, intimidation, manipulation and exploitation.

Enslaved people are often the most vulnerable—marginalized by race, age,
gender, socioeconomic status, immigration status, disability, and s*xual orientation,
ethnicity and or religion.

Enslaved people are often the unacknowledged workers behind the fashion we wear, the electronics we use, and the food we consume.

Enslaved people are human beings.

As consumers and citizens, we must ask ourselves these questions: What does freedom truly mean? Who gets to be free? What is the value of a human life? How much is a person’s time and energy worth? How are we unknowingly supporting systems that keep people trapped in cycles of oppression? And, perhaps most importantly, what cultural norms, ideologies, and systems do we perpetuate every day that sustain the practice of slavery?

This month encourages us to examine the underlying cultural behaviors that perpetuate such exploitation.

The solution to slavery will demand our collective courage and creativity to imagine and create a society where the value of ALL human life is not measured by the profits it can generate, but by the dignity and freedom that every person deserves.

Learn more about Juneteenth, it’s meaning and significance in the historical and modern-day context of slavery through H...
06/19/2023

Learn more about Juneteenth, it’s meaning and significance in the historical and modern-day context of slavery through Harvard’s “In Focus” Juneteenth issue: https://lnkd.in/eqv2Qi8n

“It’s not only a chance to look back at history…but we should also reflect on how that history connects with the moment we’re in now.” Jeraul Mackey

Happy Juneteenth!
06/19/2023

Happy Juneteenth!

Celebrating International Women’s Day Today March 8, 2023!International Women’s Day focuses on celebrating the achieveme...
03/08/2023

Celebrating International Women’s Day Today March 8, 2023!

International Women’s Day focuses on celebrating the achievements of women, highlighting gender inequality, and bringing awareness to the injustice women and girls face, including human rights violations that prevent them from achieving successful futures. Did you know that in 2016, women and girls accounted for 71 percent of modern slavery victims? These are human rights violations experienced in countries around the world, disproportionally affecting women and girls.

The theme for International Women’s Day 2023 is DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality.

Digital health and information platforms can improve health outcomes for women and girls and enhance their autonomy and privacy – they enable informed health decision-making, improve access to health services, therapies and medicines, and increase awareness about women’s rights, including s*xual and reproductive health and rights.

Today, a persistent gender gap in digital access keeps women from unlocking technology’s full potential. Their underrepresentation in STEM education and careers remains a major barrier to their participation in tech design and governance. And the pervasive threat of online gender-based violence—coupled with a lack of legal recourse—too often forces them out of the digital spaces they do occupy.

Sources:
United Nations Women (unwomen.org)
World Health Organization (who.int)
International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Today, we remember and honour the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a pioneer in the fight for freedom, jus...
01/16/2023

Today, we remember and honour the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a pioneer in the fight for freedom, justice and peace!

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

Exploring 20 Common Myths About Human Trafficking!Myth #19 SLAVERY ENDED A LONG TIME AGOThere are more people in slaver...
01/16/2023

Exploring 20 Common Myths About Human Trafficking!

Myth #19 SLAVERY ENDED A LONG TIME AGO

There are more people in slavery today than at any other time in history. More than 40 million people around the world were victims of modern slavery in 2016, including about 25 million in forced labour, and 15 million in forced marriages. If they all lived together in a single city, it would be one of the biggest cities in the world.

Sources:
2017 Global Estimate of Forced Labour
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs: World Cities in 2016

MYTH #20: ONE PERSON CAN’T HAVE AN IMPACT ON MODERN SLAVERY

Everybody has the power to make a difference by turning awareness into action. We can hold businesses and governments accountable and push them to change. When we call for progress with our collective voice, we have the potential to have a big impact.

Sources:
www.tacfs.org
www.stopht.com
www.bridgenorth.org
www.polarisproject.org
www.bridgehopenow.org
www.canadianwomen.org
www.humantraffickinghotline.org

Exploring 20 Common Myths About Human Trafficking!MYTH #17: People choose to be trafficked Choosing commercial s*x is a...
01/14/2023

Exploring 20 Common Myths About Human Trafficking!

MYTH #17: People choose to be trafficked

Choosing commercial s*x is a choiceless choice. Most prostituted individuals “choose” to enter prostitution because of poverty, homelessness, drug addiction, domestic or childhood abuse and other traumatic hardships that remove safe choices.

MYTH #18: Rescue brings immediate relief for survivors

For survivors, the process of police intervention is often traumatic. Many have a deep fear of law enforcement and have extreme panic and confusion during an operation. Survivors then are asked to give testimony to police regarding their abuse, which can be further traumatizing and can sometimes compromise their safety.

Sources:
www.tacfs.org
www.stopht.com
www.bridgenorth.org
www.polarisproject.org
www.bridgehopenow.org
www.canadianwomen.org
www.humantraffickinghotline.org

Exploring 20 Common Myths About Human Trafficking!MYTH #15: Victims of trafficking cannot rescue themselves. . Every st...
01/13/2023

Exploring 20 Common Myths About Human Trafficking!

MYTH #15: Victims of trafficking cannot rescue themselves. .

Every story is different but what survivors have in common is resilience. They come to the understanding that they want to leave the situation, and then fight to get out. Sometimes they get help from service providers, or anti trafficking organizations, but the concept of “rescuing” adult s*x trafficking victims is misleading and dangerous. Survivors rescue themselves.

MYTH #16: Prosecuting traffickers is the only way to stop human trafficking.

While prosecuting traffickers is an important step in combating human trafficking, we have to understand that human trafficking is the result of other inequities in our society and our economic system that make people vulnerable to the enticements of traffickers.

So While prosecuting traffickers and seeking justice for survivors is vital, it is not enough by itself to end trafficking. To reduce trafficking, we need to work collectively and holistically as a society to increase awareness, support, and services for vulnerable people and change socioeconomic disparities like homelessness, family violence, poverty, discrimination and etc. that make people vulnerable to the lure of traffickers.

Sources:
www.tacfs.org
www.stopht.com
www.bridgenorth.org
www.polarisproject.org
www.bridgehopenow.org
www.canadianwomen.org
www.humantraffickinghotline.org

Exploring 20 Common Myths About Human Trafficking!Myth 13: ALL TRAFFICKERS ARE WILLING PARTICIPANTS IN THE CRIME.Human t...
01/12/2023

Exploring 20 Common Myths About Human Trafficking!

Myth 13: ALL TRAFFICKERS ARE WILLING PARTICIPANTS IN THE CRIME.

Human trafficking is a complex issue deeply rooted in many systematic issues, and it’s not uncommon for traffickers to participate purely to escape their own victimization. The traffickers may have been trafficked themselves and seized the opportunity to ‘move up’ and avoid being trafficked further. They may also be so desperate that illegal activity seems like the only option.

Myth #14: IT’S EASY TO EXIT, OR GET OUT OF S*X TRAFFICKING

Most individuals who are trafficked are controlled and monitored constantly and do not have the opportunity to ask for help. Others may not realize or acknowledge what is happening to them or that it’s a crime. In addition, most victims of abuse, s*xual exploitation, and s*x trafficking do not identify with these terms or crimes.

In most cases, victims may fear their trafficker or even law enforcement too much to risk seeking help. Traffickers may also threaten their victims with further abuse, humiliation, or involving friends or family members should they try to tell anyone what is going on. Victims may also be manipulated into believing that their trafficker is the only person who cares about them.

Sources:
www.tacfs.org
www.stopht.com
www.bridgenorth.org
www.polarisproject.org
www.bridgehopenow.org
www.canadianwomen.org
www.humantraffickinghotline.org

Exploring 20 Common Myths About Human Trafficking!Myth 11: VICTIMS WILL BE DESPERATE TO ESCAPE THEIR TRAFFICKER AND ASK ...
01/11/2023

Exploring 20 Common Myths About Human Trafficking!

Myth 11: VICTIMS WILL BE DESPERATE TO ESCAPE THEIR TRAFFICKER AND ASK FOR HELP WHEN THEY NEED IT.

Individuals who experience trafficking may not readily seek help due to a number of factors, including shame, self-blame, fear, or even specific instructions from their traffickers regarding how to behave when interacting with others.

In many cases, people in s*x trafficking situations do not see themselves as victims while they are being trafficked. They have been so expertly manipulated or “groomed” that they believe they are making their own choice to engage in commercial s*x.

Some may not realize that they have rights. People in s*x trafficking situations are often dependent on their traffickers for physical needs like money or shelter and may face threats against them or their families or violence if they complain or try to leave.

Myth 12: HUMAN TRAFFICKING ONLY HAPPENS IN ILLEGAL OR UNDERGROUND INDUSTRIES.

Human labor trafficking cases have been reported and prosecuted in various industries including restaurants, cleaning services, construction, factories and more.

Sources:
www.tacfs.org
www.stopht.com
www.bridgenorth.org
www.polarisproject.org
www.bridgehopenow.org
www.canadianwomen.org
www.humantraffickinghotline.org

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Human Trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons by threat or use of force, coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power or vulnerability, or giving payments or benefits to a person in control of the victim for the purpose of exploitation, which includes exploiting the prostitution of others, s*xual exploitation, forced labor, slavery or similar practices and the removal of organs (UNODC, 20015). Human trafficking is modern-day slavery. Ending slavery begins when we become aware of its existence.