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Justice for Ava: A Trafficking Conviction in Texas

by Human Trafficking Institute | Sep 23, 2026 | Our Stories, Texas, Uncategorized

Ava*, a fourteen-year-old middle school student in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, carried the same hopes and dreams as most kids her age. But life at home wasn’t easy, and one day she decided she would be better off if she ran away. It didn’t take long until a trafficker...

John Richmond Featured on Starfish Project Blog

by Molly Wicker | Nov 20, 2017 | In the News, Uncategorized

Co-founder John Cotton Richmond was recently featured on the Starfish Project blog, talking about his role in the fight against human trafficking. “Hope springs from the fact that human trafficking can be stopped,” he said. “We are not powerless to confront this surge...

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by Abigail Powell | Sep 7, 2017 | Uncategorized

#InContext: Ronald Reagan

by Takim Williams | Mar 8, 2017 | #InContext, Uncategorized

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction,” said Ronald Reagan in a speech to the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce in 1961. “We didn’t pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. The only way they can inherit the freedom we have known, is if we...

#InContext: Maya Angelou

by Takim Williams | Feb 16, 2017 | #InContext, Uncategorized

Over the course of her 86-year life, Maya Angelou was an accomplished singer, actor, dancer, poet, playwright, author, historian, and civil rights activist. President Barack Obama honored her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2010 in celebration of each area...