On National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, January 11th, Polaris Project launched a month-long campaign to raise awareness about trafficking through photographs. We asked you to make a sign and tell the world that you want to take a stand against human trafficking. We received pictures from church groups, swim teams, artists and many others who joined together in the common desire to end human trafficking.  There were submissions from as far as Chab Dai, an anti-trafficking group based in Cambodia. [Read more →]

On any given day various supporters contact Polaris Project looking to help us fundraise and raise awareness about the issue of human trafficking. John Lucy is one of those supporters. John finished biking 27 million revolutions for the world’s 27 million slaves.

John set a lofty fundraising goal to accompany his cycling voyage–to raise $5,000 for Polaris Project. Though he didn’t quite reach that sum, all the money he did raise will go towards providing clients with case management and basic necessities, operating the national human trafficking hotline, training law enforcement, and advocating for anti-trafficking policy. Polaris Project is truly grateful for his efforts and we loved following him on his adventure!

In case you missed the journey, you can check out John’s blog posts documenting his trip. As he visited various states in the U.S., John tied his adventures to his activism by reporting on the current status of human trafficking laws and provisions in each state he visited.

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Part I of this blog discussed two of the factors that played a significant role in the passing of anti-human trafficking legislation in the Commonwealth of Virginia: the Change makers and a bi-partisan coalition. In this entry, I will go on to discuss two equally important reasons for these monumental changes.

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Click below to watch a clip from the Pennsylvania Lobby Day to end human trafficking!

Last week, I headed up the I-95 corridor to my hometown just outside of Philadelphia. One reason for my trip was to attend an annual fundraising gala organized by Lower Merion High School student group, S.U.A.V.E (Students United Against Violence Everywhere) who selected Polaris Project as this year’s beneficiary. The timing of this event was perfect because it corresponded with key legislative action in Pennsylvania: the passage of the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline bill and the resolution to establish a human trafficking advisory committee. [Read more →]