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Aisha’s Story – Identifying Forced Criminality Skill Practice

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This case study explores the experience of Aisha, a 13-year-old American girl who became involved with a local gang and experienced labor trafficking through forced criminality. Initially, she felt protected and valued, but her situation changed as she was pressured to engage in sex trafficking recruitment and criminal activities under threats of violence and exposure. […]

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August Brunch & Brainstorm: Increasing Identification of Labor Trafficking Survivors via Outreach

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Did you miss Framework’s August Brunch and Brainstorm office hours session? Brunch and Brainstorm is a new series that will be focusing on OVC’s new labor trafficking expectations. During the August session, we heard from Vanessa Velarde of Church World Services Northern California (CWS NorCal) during the Agency Spotlight, and discussed increasing identification of labor

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Client Facing Resource For Children and Youth – Am I in a Dangerous Working Situation?

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This client-facing resource aims to help children and youth be able to identify if they are potentially in a labor trafficking situation. It is available in English, Spanish, Ukrainian, French, Russian, Creole, Chinese (Traditional), Dari, Pashto, Hindi, Tagalog, and Congolese Swahili. Accompanying provider-facing resources, such as our “Train the Trainer” style “Labor Trafficking 101: Know

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Train the Trainer – Labor Trafficking 101 with a Focus on Minors

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This is a recording of a “Train the Trainer” style webinar presented by Framework, in partnership with the IRC Center for Adjustment, Resilience, and Recovery (CARRE), about understanding and responding to labor trafficking among children and youth who have experienced forced displacement. This webinar should be viewed before using the customizable ‘Labor Trafficking 101: Know

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Facilitator Guide – Labor Trafficking 101 with a Focus on Minors

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This ‘Labor Trafficking 101: Know the Essentials’ Facilitator Guide serves as an instructional companion to the customizable ‘Labor Trafficking 101: Know the Essentials’ Trainer Slide Deck and is meant to enhance audience members’ awareness of labor trafficking of minors and provide special attention to immigrant communities, forcibly displaced youth, and unaccompanied children. The goal of

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The Crossover Between Sex and Labor Trafficking: Elevation Without Segregation

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This 2-hour survivor-led panel focuses on the intersections across the labor and sex trafficking industries. It included audience interactions, and a live Q&A. Hear the perspective and insights from lived experience experts as they discuss the importance of co-identification and reflect on experiences often overlooked by the anti-trafficking movement. This conversation will analyze how providers

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Trafficking, Incarceration, & Survival: How the Criminal Legal System Harms Victims

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  Hear survivors of forced criminality discuss their experiences within the labor trafficking paradigm. This webinar will increase your understanding of why victims stay and what it looks like when an underlying criminal offense is a part of a victim’s exploitation. Listen to survivor experiences of the consequences of wrongful prosecution and play your part

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“Better, Deeper Listening” – Labor Trafficking Survivors Discuss the Power of Community

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Video Currently Unavailable In this short video, Cari Herthel and Kwami Adoboe-Herrera discuss their communities and the role they play on their journey toward healing. Watch the second video in this two-part series where survivors share that they are “Unstoppable” and talk about what gives them strength. 

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“Unstoppable” – Labor Trafficking Survivors Discuss What Gave Them Strength on Their Journey

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In this short video, survivors discuss what gave them strength on their journey and what they hope you will take away in your work. Click here to view the first video in this series where survivors share the power of community and the need for “Better, Deeper Listening.”

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Survivor Perspectives: Labor Trafficking Service Needs

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In this 90 minute video, you will hear from labor trafficking survivor panelists on experiences, missteps, and opportunities with service providers and provide insight on how professionals can better meet the needs of survivors. This event featured Patty Bennett, Kwami Adoboe-Herrera, and Jaimee Johnson. Patty is an empowerment coach, award-winning entrepreneur, international motivational speaker, and

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