Applications for the 2019-20 Douglass Fellowship cohort will be accepted until 5 PM EST on Thursday, April 18, 2019. Inspired by Fredrick Douglass’s...
Molly Wicker
Institute Files Amicus Curiae Brief in Favor of Lower Court’s Restitution Award
The Human Trafficking Institute recently filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in a case against an...
Institute Director Speaks on Mechanisms to Navigate Criminal Justice Systems at Human Trafficking Conference
The Human Trafficking Institute’s Director of Law Enforcement Operations, Dave Rogers, recently spoke on a panel entitled “Maximizing Global...
Douglass Fellow Hosts Advocacy Event with Annick Febrey
On January 28th, Pepperdine University’s Sudreau Global Justice Program and the Palmer Center, in partnership with The Human Trafficking Institute,...
On This Day in History: The Woolworth Sit-In in Greensboro North Carolina
By: MOLLY WICKER On February 1, 1960, four black college students sat down at a “whites-only” lunch counter at Woolworth’s in Greensboro, N.C. and...
#InContext: Coretta Scott King
Although best known for being the wife of famed civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King created her own legacy in the...
#InContext: Grace Hopper
The daughter of Walter Fletcher Murray and Mary Campbell Van Horne, Grace Brewster Murray was born in 1906 in New York City, where her father owned...
#InContext: Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall’s unprecedented journey with the constitution began outside the classroom—a few feet outside the classroom, to be exact, where a...
Memphis Business Owner Partners with Institute
When Amy Howard was young, she realized that someone’s environment can truly inspire their life. After developing easy-to-use, professional DIY...
John Richmond Sworn-in as Ambassador-at-Large for Trafficking in Persons
By: MOLLY WICKER On Wednesday, November 14, John Cotton Richmond, Institute Co-Founding Director, was formally sworn-in by Secretary of State...
Institute Celebrates 2018 Global Human Trafficking Academy with Finale Dinner
The Human Trafficking Institute marked the conclusion of its inaugural Global Human Trafficking Academy on October 26 with a finale dinner at the...
Academy Attendees Learn About Systems-Based Victim Advocacy
For victims of human trafficking, there is no shortage of services that need to be provided to account for all aspects of recovery. In many cases,...