The final episode of CNN’s 6-episode series, “Lincoln: Divided We Stand” aired on Sunday. As a labor rights advocate for over fifteen years, what...
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Supporting Trafficking Survivors through Pro-Bono Work & Collectives
In Episode 4, Alicen and Samantha speak with Sarah Byrne, an attorney with Moore & Van Allen, as she describes the various ways lawyers can use...
Building a Career as an Anti-Trafficking Advocate
In the third episode of the Trafficking Matters podcast, Alicen Rodolph and Samantha Franks interview University of Michigan professor Bridgette...
Renewing Our Resolve to End Human Trafficking: Lessons from the Past Two Decades
We commemorated two notable anniversaries in our collective fight against human trafficking in 2020: The 20th anniversary of the U.S. Trafficking...
Trauma-Informed Care
Welcome to Trafficking Matters: A Douglass Fellowship Podcast. In Episode 2, Alicen Rodolph and Samantha Franks speak with Marie Martinez Israelite,...
Human Trafficking Myths & Legends
Welcome to Trafficking Matters: A Douglass Fellowship Podcast. In Episode 1, you'll hear from Douglass Fellows* Alicen Rodolph and Samantha Franks...
A Conversation Between a Human Trafficking Survivor and Her Lawyer
Taushia Chacon is an empowered woman and devoted mother. She is also a sex trafficking survivor. In August 2020, her trafficker was sentenced to...
Decimating Human Trafficking Through Corporate Governance: How the TVPA is Following in the FCPA’s Footsteps
By: RACHEL UNGER Vannak’s Story Vannak Prum spent three years on a Thai fishing boat forced to work 20-hour days against his will.1 While catching...
Criminal Record Relief for Trafficking Survivors: A Michigan Case Study
By: ASHLEIGH PELTO Michigan’s criminal record relief law for human trafficking survivors received a failing grade in 2019. This article explains...
Human Trafficking Courts: Diversion To Or From Justice?
By: EMMYLOU MANWILL As public awareness of human trafficking has increased over the past few decades, human trafficking diversion courts have...
Report Reveals Statelessness Trends in the United States: Implications for the Anti-Trafficking Space
By: ALYSSA CURRIER An estimated 218,000 people in the United States are potentially stateless or at risk of becoming stateless, says a new report by...
