The Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC) recently honored six local changemakers and their teams for helping strengthen the community against sex and labor trafficking. Read the full article at…
This story takes a look at how a new documentary is promoting misinformation about many topics, including child sex trafficking and sextortion. They detail how the filmmaker exaggerates statistics and…
You may have heard the phrase “action beyond awareness.” Spreading the word about human trafficking is important, but if it stops there, not much changes. Action beyond just awareness means…
Human trafficking recruitment through social media has been on the rise and children are especially at risk. In 2018, a startling 90 percent of human trafficking victims met their traffickers…
For the past seven years, calls from Florida to the National Human Trafficking Hotline have increased. That has coincided with the state’s efforts to raise awareness and combat the issue.…
By Jamie Rosseland January is always a significant month in my life. It’s a season of new beginnings and resolutions. A time of reflection and goal setting. It’s also National…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Working together to try and prevent human trafficking. That’s the goal of the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center in Tallahassee. They’re teaming up with other local…
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…
TALLAHASSEE, 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…
Excerpt: 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…