Women have cast ballots and contributed to the greater American vision as voters for a century. On August 25, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S....
Rebecca Jun
Rebecca served as the Communications Fellow for the Human Trafficking Institute during her year as a Falls Church Fellow, a leadership program for recent college graduates with a special emphasis on faith and vocation. She graduated with honors and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Upon graduating from Michigan, she worked for Young Life, building community among college students. Rebecca is originally from Baltimore, Maryland and currently lives in Northern Virginia.
Institute’s Special Counsel in Uganda Featured in The Dallas Morning News
The Dallas Morning News featured Tyler Dunman, the Institute’s Special Counsel in Uganda, in a news story on March 11, 2020, entitled, “A...
Institute’s Associate Legal Counsel Featured in Northwestern College’s Magazine
Alyssa Currier, the Institute’s Associate Legal Counsel, was featured in a news story entitled, “Modern Slavery Fighter,” published by Northwestern...
Now Accepting Applications for the 2020-21 Douglass Fellowship Cohort
Applications for the 2020-21 Douglass Fellowship cohort will be accepted until 11:59pm EST Sunday, May 3, 2020. Inspired by Fredrick Douglass’s...
Uganda’s National Police Human Trafficking Department Trained to Conduct TIP Investigations
The Human Trafficking Institute recently partnered with Uganda’s National Police Human Trafficking Department to train 32 members of its Trafficking...
#InContext: Scott Harrison
Today, Americans are fueled by checking off to-do lists and chasing an inbox count to zero. While busy schedules are marked by distinct start and...
Institute CEO Speaks At Dallas Morning News and University of Dallas Event
Victor Boutros, the Institute’s CEO, spoke at a “Confronting Human Trafficking” event hosted by The Dallas Morning News in collaboration with the...
Douglass Fellow Hosts Advocacy Event “Defending Farmworker Rights in North Carolina” at UNC Law
As future leaders in the anti-human trafficking movement, the Institute’s Douglass Fellows host an advocacy event at their law school...
Institute Featured in Uganda News Media Story
The Institute was featured in a news story entitled “U.S. Trains CID Detectives in Anti Human Trafficking,” published by Chimp Reports on February...
#InContext: Carol Moseley Braun
As the first African American female U.S. senator elected in 1993, Carol Moseley Braun worked to define herself as “a symbol of hope and change”...
#InContext: Barack Obama
On January 4, 2010, President Barack Obama made a Presidential Proclamation, declaring January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Awareness...
#InContext: King George VI
“It’ll all be over by Christmas.” In 1939, the British Empire held onto this mantra until Christmas day actually came. In September, the...