Dear John,

Today, January 11, is Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Human trafficking takes a terrible toll, affecting nearly 25 million people worldwide, including tens of thousands here in the United States. Like domestic violence, trafficking is about power and control and exploitation of people, particularly women and children.

Futures Without Violence works to prevent this appalling violation of human rights by supporting and empowering survivors, and equipping workplaces, healthcare settings, and domestic violence agencies and advocates to respond. We also advocate for more effective support at the national level, including helping secure measures within the Violence Against Women Act to allow Tribes to expand services to stop and prevent trafficking within their own communities.

You can check out the wealth of information and resources we have available for National Human Trafficking Prevention Month here. It includes:

• Collaboration to Increase Access to Employment Opportunities for Survivors of Human Trafficking and Domestic and Sexual Violence

• Ten Action Steps: Building and Sustaining Collaborations to Support Trafficking Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, A Toolkit for Advocacy Programs

• Building Collaborative Responses with Healthcare, for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Task Forces and Multidisciplinary Teams Addressing Human Trafficking

We also will hold several webinars for survivors, advocates, and the communities that support them in the coming weeks. More information on these events can be found here.

And please, share the National Human Trafficking Hotline number with anyone who is, or who knows someone who is experiencing human trafficking: 1-888-373-7888 (TTY: 711; Text 233733).

Together, we can stop the exploitation of adults and children. Thank you, as always, for supporting our work!
 

In solidarity, Esta Soler Founder & President