Is Your Student a Victim of Trafficking? (6 Signs for Educators)

Teachers are on the front lines of the fight against human trafficking because they are one of the most important influences in their students’ lives. You have the opportunity to inspire, empower, and ultimately, look out for your students’ best interest. You may know to look out for signs of bullying on the [...]

Celebrating our Champions for Change

Behind every great movement there are champions. Champions combat injustice with ideas, dedication, and passion. Although many of the individual sacrifices made by champions tend to drift below our radar, each of these sacrifices is paramount to the grand scheme of progress.

Last week, the Department of State released the 2012 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) [...]

Answering 19,427 Calls

Earlier this month, Polaris Project released an analysis of call data from the national human trafficking hotline with its 2011 Annual Report.

Here are a few stats:

19,427 = the number of calls answered 2,945 = the number of potential victims who were connected to services and support 64% = the percentage the call volume increased [...]

Framing the Issue: The visceral response to human trafficking

As part of the Fellowship Program, the Spring 2012 fellows came together for a joint project with the US Fund for UNICEF. In early April, we hosted a screening of Not My Life at American University. The documentary highlights the horrors of human trafficking globally.

Prior to the screening we encouraged attendees to sum [...]