Combating human trafficking and raising awareness with the help of people across the globe.
ABOUT
Our Inspiration
Tackling Trafficking is solely centered around making people aware that human trafficking exists everywhere while also opening them up to opportunities that allow them to join the ongoing fight against trafficking.
Our founder was a freshman in high school when she learned about the power of the media as it relates to certain issues in her AP U.S. Government & Politics class. Given the opportunity the following year as a sophomore to create a project with no limitations, she decided to develop a social media presence to raise more awareness to combat human trafficking because in her mind, the media's coverage of the issue was and still currently is limited.
WHAT IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING?
Know and Recognize It.
Tackling Trafficking is dedicated to ensuring that people become aware of that trafficking is real and happening everywhere.
To find out about volunteer opportunities, please visit the National Human Trafficking Referral Directory for organizations in your area and across the country.
NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOTLINE: 1-888-373-7888
SMS: 233733 (Text "HELP" or "INFO")
Hours: 24 hours, 7 days a week
Languages: English, Spanish and 200 more languages
Website: humantraffickinghotline.org
WHO
Department of Homeland Security:
Victims of human trafficking can be any age, gender, race, or immigration status; they live in cities, suburbs, and rural areas. Human traffickers relentlessly canvass ways to take advantage of people who find themselves in circumstances of extreme adversity or violence, experience discrimination, economic vulnerability, or dependence. Communities that experience some of these hardships may be particularly vulnerable to human trafficking.
WHAT
Department of Homeland Security:
Human trafficking is modern-day slavery and involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act.
Traffickers use force, fraud, or coercion to lure their victims and force them into labor or commercial sexual exploitation. They look for people who are susceptible for a variety of reasons, including psychological or emotional vulnerability, economic hardship, lack of a social safety net, natural disasters, or political instability. The trauma caused by the traffickers can be so great that many may not identify themselves as victims or ask for help, even in highly public settings.
WHERE
Department of Homeland Security:
Every year, millions of men, women, and children are trafficked in countries around the world, including the United States. It is estimated that human trafficking generates many billions of dollars of profit per year, second only to drug trafficking as the most profitable form of transnational crime.
Human trafficking is a hidden crime as victims rarely come forward to seek help because of language barriers, fear of the traffickers, and/or fear of law enforcement.
Combating Human Trafficking
Tools That Teach: What is Human Trafficking?
One Minute Facts: Human Trafficking
Ashton Kutcher Speech on Human Trafficking Before Congress | ABC News
"You may choose to look the other way, but you can never say again that you did not know."