Every crisis makes people more vulnerable to labor and sex trafficking because of the disruptions to daily life – whether it is the loss of a home, job or access to health care or being unable to connect with support networks of friends and co-workers. These disruptions are especially devastating to those who are already vulnerable and hanging on financially. They become desperate for any way to earn money and survive.
As one trafficking survivor said recently, “Before COVID-19, we were ‘low-wage, low-skilled’ workers, but now, we are ‘essential.’”
However, this new label, “essential,” has not resulted in better pay or job security — quite the opposite, and this is where traffickers can enter the picture.
STAC Executive Director Robin Hassler Thompson, along with representatives from the International Rescue Committee, Florida Alliance to End Human Trafficking, and STAC board member Dr. Cicely Brantley, accepted a Human…
DetailsTALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, Department of Children and Families (DCF) Secretary Shevaun Harris hosted a roundtable regarding the prevention of Human Trafficking in the Big Bend Region as part of Human…
DetailsExcerpt: After natural disasters, human traffickers take advantage and lure people into sex and labor trafficking situations, exploiting their need for shelter, food, work, and safety. Factors that make certain…
DetailsDreams2reality reality will be hosting a Christmas drive at the Kearney Center to keep spreading the light in this world on Saturday December 17th Would love for anyone who could…
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