Attention in Washington this week is keenly focused on federal fiscal year 2024, which begins Sunday, and whether Congress can agree on appropriations bills to keep the government running. ATEST works well ahead of lawmakers and the administration, and this week we've sent our...
Author: Terry FitzPatrick
ATEST Joins Anti-trafficking Movement Call to Oppose Proposed New Requirements for National Hotline
September 8, 2023 Dear Members of Congress: When survivors of violence or crime are deciding whether to reach out for help, they are often scared, unsure who they can trust, and taking a huge leap of faith. Knowing that they can choose when, how, and if they want to report their...
ATEST Joins 1000+ Orgs Asking Congress to Prevent Cutbacks in Grants that Help Trafficking Survivors
A broad coalition of organizations today reached out to key leaders of Senate and House appropriations committees to request that grant funding for the Victims of Crime Act program not be reduced. downloadable .pdf of letter September 7, 2023 Dear Chairwoman Murray, Vice...
ATEST Joins Other Orgs Calling for New Constitutional Amendment to Completely Outlaw Slavery
ATEST has joined a long list of organizations urging Congress to fix a loophole in the U.S. Constitution that allows for slavery and involuntary servitude to be used as punishment for a crime. A bipartisan Constitutional Amendment has been introduced to once and for all end slavery in...
ATEST Joins Allies Pledging Action to Center Survivors in Anti-trafficking Movement
The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) today joined other organizations in pledging action to center survivors in the U.S. anti-trafficking movement. The pledge was presented at the global Freedom from Slavery Forum in the Dominican Republic, where movement leaders have...
ATEST Joins Call on Congress to Protect Trafficking Survivor Confidentiality
May 1, 2023 Dear Members of Congress, As a group of civil society organizations working directly with human trafficking survivors, and leading efforts to dismantle the systems that allow human trafficking to flourish in this country, we write today to share our perspectives on...
Survivors Identify Urgent Reforms Needed to Build a Survivor-Centered Anti-Trafficking Movement
A new report shines a light on ways anti-trafficking organizations in the United States have fallen short, harmed survivors, and need significant reforms to create a survivor-centered movement in the future. The report, We Name It So We Can Repair It, Rethinking Harm, Accountability...
ATEST Requests $1.7 Billion in Anti-trafficking Funding from Congress for FY2024
WASHINGTON – The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) is requesting $1.7 billion in federal funding next fiscal year to combat human trafficking, forced labor and their root causes. The requests include increases for key programs, noting that more people have become...
ATEST Applauds Re-introduction of International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act
WASHINGTON – The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) applauds key members of the Senate Foreign Relaitons Committee for re-introduction of the International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act - TVPRA (S. 920). The bill was part of a package introduced in the...
ATEST Reviews U.S. Accomplishments & Deficiencies for 2023 TIP Report
February 17, 2023 The Honorable Cindy Dyer Ambassador-at-Large U.S. State Department Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (J/TIP) RE: Request for Information for the 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report, United States government input (FR Doc. 2022-26668) Dear...