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Now Accepting Applications for the 2021-22 Douglass Fellowship Cohort
Applications for the 2021-22 Douglass Fellowship cohort are now open until 11:59pm EST Sunday, Apr. 11, 2021. Inspired by Frederick Douglass’s...
Douglass Fellows Launch Trafficking Matters Podcast
By: KELLI L. ROSS From the Human Trafficking Institute’s Douglass Fellows comes the Trafficking Matters podcast. In each episode, listeners will...
Douglass Fellow Highlighted by USC Gould School of Law
The USC Gould School of Law News featured Mirelle Raza, USC Gould Class of 2021 and the law school's first Douglass Fellow, in an online article...
Institute Welcomes 4th Class of Douglass Fellows
By: KELLI L. ROSS The Human Trafficking Institute welcomed it’s fourth class of Douglass Fellows with a virtual orientation on August 20-21. Four...
2019-20 Douglass Fellows Celebrate with Virtual Finale
By: KELLI L. ROSS The 2019-20 Douglass Fellows Finale looked slightly different than previous year-end celebrations. Due to COVID-19, this year’s...
Report Reveals Increase in Criminal & Civil Human Trafficking Suits Brought Against Hotel Chains in 2019
By: KELLI L. ROSS The 2019 Federal Human Trafficking Report, which was released on May 26, revealed an increase in both criminal and civil human...
Federal Report Finds U.S. Federal Courts Handled 606 Criminal Human Trafficking Cases in 2019
By: KELLI L. ROSS The 2019 Federal Human Trafficking Report was released today on the Human Trafficking Institute’s website. The Report, a project...
2019 Federal Human Trafficking Report
The 2019 Federal Human Trafficking Report is an annual publication of the Institute that provides comprehensive data from every federal criminal and...
Now Accepting Applications for the 2020-21 Douglass Fellowship Cohort
By: REBECCA JUN Applications for the 2020-21 Douglass Fellowship cohort will be accepted until 11:59pm EST Sunday, May 3, 2020. Inspired by Fredrick...
Douglass Fellow Hosts Advocacy Event “Defending Farmworker Rights in North Carolina” at UNC Law
By: REBECCA JUN As future leaders in the anti-human trafficking movement, the Institute’s Douglass Fellows host an advocacy event at their law...
Douglass Fellows Learn from Experts in D.C.
By: MOLLY WICKER The Institute’s third class of Douglass Fellows joined staff for two days of hands-on orientation and training in Washington, D.C....
