On January 27, five survivors of human trafficking spoke at a Capitol Visitors Center briefing hosted by Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) and Rob Portman (D-Ohio.) In a panel discussion moderated by ATEST Director Melysa Sperber, speakers shared their valuable perspectives on what...

KnowTheChain.org is holding companies accountable to California's supply chain transparency law, SB 657. Stephanie Richard of the Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST) shares the stories of forced labor and trafficking that occur within corporate supply chains across...

Trafficking survivor, Ima Matul, calls on the child welfare system to better protect victims of trafficking. In her op-ed published by Roll Call, Ima shares the stories of child trafficking victims and identifies ways to improve the child welfare response to support these vulnerable...

The Hill's Congress Blog published an inspiring op-ed by trafficking survivor and advocate, Shandra Woworuntu, on January 27, 2014. Shandra advocates for stronger regulations of foreign labor recruiters and for Congress to pass HR 3344. January 27, 2014, 11:00 am I was kidnapped into...

On January 22, 2014, Arizona Republic published a poignant op-ed by Beth Jacobs, founder of Willow Way and trafficking survivor. Beth calls on the Arizona legislature to enact provisions supported by the state’s Human Trafficking Task Force to end criminalization of human trafficking...

The U.S. Department of Education marked National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month with a blog post that explains educators' unique position to prevent and end trafficking. We applaud the Department's efforts to protect students and combat human trafficking in schools and...