During National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, The Courier-Journal published a powerful op-ed by artist, survivor and human trafficking advocate, Margeaux Gray. Margeaux calls on Kentucky to strengthen the state's service infrastructure and better protect victims of...
Tag: Survivors
Human Trafficking Survivors Urge U.S. to Take Action
By Bryant Harris Published on January 28, 2014 on Inter Press Service Advocacy groups and some legislators are calling on the U.S. government to mandate an increase in corporate supply chain transparency, with the aim of cutting down on the estimated 14,000 to 17,000...
Survivor Advocates to Strengthen the Regulation of Foreign Labor Recruiters
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...
Trafficking Survivor Challenges Arizona to Protect, Not Punish, Victims
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...
Join Us for a Trafficking Survivor Briefing on January 27!
On January 27, five survivors of human trafficking will join ATEST to share their uniquely valuable perspectives on what the United States must do to prevent and end modern slavery, stop treating trafficking victims as criminals, and provide critical survivor services. This event is...
Human Trafficking Survivors, Advocacy Groups Walk to Raise Awareness
By Yvee Tadeo Guevara Published on January 14, 2014 in Balitang America Various organizations, students, and concerned citizens came together in the streets of Los Angeles and joined the Walk 4 Freedom to kick off National Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Los Angeles is...
As Former Prostitute Speaks Out, Lawmakers Target Human Trafficking
By Maya Rhodan Published on December 9, 2013 in Time Though Shamere McKenzie, 30, was a victim of sex trafficking for two years, she says her experiences as a young woman forced into prostitution in New York do not define her. “I am not my story,” said McKenzie, who now...
Guest Column: Modern Slavery is Brutal Reality in US, and We Must Act to Stop It
By Beth Jacobs Published on February 05, 2013 in To The Arizona Daily Star The horrors of slavery that took place 150 years ago in America were out in the open, even tolerated. All these years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, I want to share the horrors of...
Sign on Letter to Amplify Trafficking Survivor Voices
Almost 14 years after the passage of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000, there is now a substantial group of identified survivors of human trafficking who are willing and capable of informing policy, shaping programmatic and funding decisions, providing...
On Human Trafficking ‘National Freedom Day,’ Survivor Shares Story Of Captivity, Advocacy
By Jessica Prois Published on February 2, 2013 in HuffPost Impact Margaret Howard became a victim of domestic human trafficking at 13 years old, when she ran away from home and was later picked up on a southern Illinois interstate amid passing motorists -- then drugged and held...