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John Meekins

John Meekins graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and is a member of the International Association of Human Trafficking Investigators and is an Ambassador of Hope for Shared Hope International. Meekins has almost 10 yea

Jessica Munoz

Jessica Munoz is the lead nurse practioner for Emergency Medicine Physicians Inc. at Pali Momi Medical Center on Oahu. She has been a resident of Hawaii for 8 years. During the past 8 years she has been a mentor to high-risk youth and a leading advoc

Allison Joyce

Allison Joyce is a Boston born photojournalist based between Mumbai, India and Dhaka, Bangladesh. At the age of 19 she left school at Pratt Institute and moved to Iowa to cover the 2008 Presidential Race where she worked as a campaign photographer fo

Samantha Searls

Samantha Searls is a program manager at the Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center (IJPC). IJPC educates and advocates for peace, challenges unjust local, national and global systems and promotes the creation of a non-violent society. Samantha's wor

How a Twitter Story Made You Aware of Sex Trafficking

In my recent blog Visual Stereotypes I went over some of the main reasons why sensational images of human trafficking are harmful and ignore other types of labor exploitation. In light of a recent trending topic on social media, I wanted to address s

Human Trafficking, Refugees and Displaced Persons: What Terms to Use

In the last nine months, the press has put some miles on the word “refugee.” They’ve used the word to describe people fleeing the Syrian civil war, people who are internally displaced and the boat people of Myanmar. Many would not hesitate to use th

Trafficker Prevention

In the past few months, there’s been a surge of support in the anti-trafficking field for demand reduction targeting johns and a push for company supply chain transparency. Along with prevention and outreach efforts for at-risk individuals, these ini

Restavek Freedom in Haiti - Rose

“In 2010, you know the earthquake [happened]. And my mom was dead. So, I was in a camp of men and women, and they took care of me. And then I met a woman named Anna. She was with the organization IOM (International Organization for Migration), and sh

The Importance of Working with Locals

The Aruna Project is an organization with a dual purpose: they free women in India's sex industry by providing alternative employment and engage the public with the issue through a series of 5k races. The founder, Ryan Berg, is from the United States

Forced Labor in Fishing Boats

“I was born into poverty. I tried to study and go to school. After that, I tried to receive work and earn an income. So, I applied to a Thai company. I didn’t know I was going to be trafficked. For two years, I worked in the Thai company’s boats in B