BE THE ONE TO END HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Take Action. Here are ways if you have:
ONE MINUTE
Pray for victims of human trafficking, and for a generation to be mobilized to stand against injustice.
Be a billboard by wearing anti-slavery t-shirts.
ONE HOUR
Research trafficking on the web and arm yourself with knowledge.
Talk to a friend about trafficking and challenge them to action.
Watch a documentary on trafficking or if you have a bit more time, rent movies such as Human Trafficking, Taken, Amazing Grace, or Slumdog Millionaire.
ONE DAY
Volunteer your day at a local organization that works to stop human trafficking.
Donate a days wages to an anti-trafficking organization.
Attend a public awareness event that focuses on human trafficking.
ONE MONTH
Organize a fundraiser to benefit victims of trafficking. For ideas check out www.stopthetraffik.org.
Take a short-term trip overseas to actively prevent human trafficking or to assist victims.
Plan a rally to raise awareness in your school, community, or work place.
Challenge lawmakers to prosecute traffickers and protect victims.
ONE YEAR
Work full-time with an anti-trafficking organization.
Become an activist against trafficking in your city.
Educate yourself by taking a class on injustice.
Creatively use your gifts and talents to be a voice for trafficking victims.
ONE LIFETIME
Help stop
poverty
poor education
disease
starvation
economic hopelessness
political corruption
oppression
all of which contribute to the global pandemic of human trafficking.
BE THE ONE
Tips For Identifying Victims
You may be asking 'how can I look out for human trafficking in my everyday life'? Victims of human trafficking may look like many of the people you come in contact with everyday.
Look for the following clues:
-Evidence of being controlled
-Evidence of inability to move or leave job
-Bruises or other signs of physical abuse
-Fear or depression
-Not speaking on own behalf and/or non-English speaking
-No passport or other forms of identification or documentation
-Locks on door/windows on the outside (can't get out from inside)
-Accompanied by a controlling person or boss; not speaking on own behalf
-Lack of control over personal schedule, money, I.D.,travel documents
-Transported to or from work; lives and works in the same place
-Debt owed to employer/crew leader; inability to leave job
-Overly submissive
-Under 18 years of age and providing commercial sex acts
Key questions to ask:
-What type of work do you do?
-Are you being paid?
-Can you leave your job if you want to?
-Can you come and go as you please?
-Have you or your family been threatened?
-What are your working and living conditions like?
-Where do you sleep and eat?
-Do you have to ask permission to eat/sleep/go to the bathroom?
-Has your identification or documentation been taken from you?
Call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center, 1-888-3737-888, if you think you have encountered a victim of trafficking
Take Action. Here are ways if you have:
ONE MINUTE
Pray for victims of human trafficking, and for a generation to be mobilized to stand against injustice.
Be a billboard by wearing anti-slavery t-shirts.
ONE HOUR
Research trafficking on the web and arm yourself with knowledge.
Talk to a friend about trafficking and challenge them to action.
Watch a documentary on trafficking or if you have a bit more time, rent movies such as Human Trafficking, Taken, Amazing Grace, or Slumdog Millionaire.
ONE DAY
Volunteer your day at a local organization that works to stop human trafficking.
Donate a days wages to an anti-trafficking organization.
Attend a public awareness event that focuses on human trafficking.
ONE MONTH
Organize a fundraiser to benefit victims of trafficking. For ideas check out www.stopthetraffik.org.
Take a short-term trip overseas to actively prevent human trafficking or to assist victims.
Plan a rally to raise awareness in your school, community, or work place.
Challenge lawmakers to prosecute traffickers and protect victims.
ONE YEAR
Work full-time with an anti-trafficking organization.
Become an activist against trafficking in your city.
Educate yourself by taking a class on injustice.
Creatively use your gifts and talents to be a voice for trafficking victims.
ONE LIFETIME
Help stop
poverty
poor education
disease
starvation
economic hopelessness
political corruption
oppression
all of which contribute to the global pandemic of human trafficking.
BE THE ONE
Tips For Identifying Victims
You may be asking 'how can I look out for human trafficking in my everyday life'? Victims of human trafficking may look like many of the people you come in contact with everyday.
Look for the following clues:
-Evidence of being controlled
-Evidence of inability to move or leave job
-Bruises or other signs of physical abuse
-Fear or depression
-Not speaking on own behalf and/or non-English speaking
-No passport or other forms of identification or documentation
-Locks on door/windows on the outside (can't get out from inside)
-Accompanied by a controlling person or boss; not speaking on own behalf
-Lack of control over personal schedule, money, I.D.,travel documents
-Transported to or from work; lives and works in the same place
-Debt owed to employer/crew leader; inability to leave job
-Overly submissive
-Under 18 years of age and providing commercial sex acts
Key questions to ask:
-What type of work do you do?
-Are you being paid?
-Can you leave your job if you want to?
-Can you come and go as you please?
-Have you or your family been threatened?
-What are your working and living conditions like?
-Where do you sleep and eat?
-Do you have to ask permission to eat/sleep/go to the bathroom?
-Has your identification or documentation been taken from you?
Call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center, 1-888-3737-888, if you think you have encountered a victim of trafficking
Definition Of Human Trafficking
The United Nations defines human trafficking as “The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation".