There are many financial goals that survivors of labor trafficking have, such as how to improve/understand credit scores, build savings, acquire assets, and support a sustainable lifestyle for themselves and their family. This webinar will help providers understand the post-trafficking financial planning needs of survivors and how to reframe the field’s current approach to financial […]
Financial Literacy Read More »
By: Anonymous Thirty years of captivity will not define me or diminish my light. It was my faith that gave me strength. Thinking, “God has a purpose for me.” I didn’t know what it was, but I knew my life wouldn’t end that way. People ask me why I waited that long but when you
*My Shiny Cooking Pot: A Transgender Trafficking Survivor’s Story Read More »
By James Dold The 2019 U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child noted that children can become victims of several human rights violations, including being used in hostilities, trafficking, sexual exploitation, child marriage, or being used to transport or sell drugs. The U.S. anti-trafficking apparatus, however, has yet to name what is screaming out to us through the laws and facts of these cases. Those
*The Forgotten Victims of the Anti-Trafficking Movement: Those Who Commit Crimes Read More »
Join us in this interactive one-hour event will prepare supervisors to build the confidence of new staff members. Learn how to set your staff up for success in their work to identify and serve labor trafficking survivors. Topics will include top onboarding practices, labor trafficking training topics, essential and recommended labor trafficking resources to share,
Developing a Labor Trafficking Orientation for New Staff Read More »
Join us in this interactive one-hour event, you will gain insight into provider feedback collected in our 2021-22 Labor Trafficking Needs Assessment survey. Consider the needs in your area and interact directly with your fellow providers and the Framework team as you weigh in on the training topics and resources coming your way in the
What’s Ahead at Framework: Needs Assessment Data and FY22 Training Topics Read More »
Join us in this panel discussion on client needs kicks off and informs a series of training events and resources focused on labor trafficking service delivery. The panelists will discuss experiences, missteps, and opportunities with service providers and provide insight on how professionals can better meet the needs of survivors. Thirty minutes of Q&A will
Survivor Perspectives: Labor Trafficking Service Needs Read More »
By Kate Fintel To be able to live the American dream: that is the opportunity of a lifetime for many around the world. But as the COVID-19 global pandemic intensified, that opportunity became even more of a fantasy than an attainable goal. The number of refugees, asylees, and temporary workers allowed into the country was
By Buki Domingos Juneteenth this year is on Saturday, June 19th and it is a critical time for the United States to take stock of not just Black lives, but also the forms of human oppression that are still encountered in our society. The historical markers that the end of slavery represent in the US
*Juneteenth 2021 and Human Trafficking Read More »
By Kate Fintel Among the side effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic is economic distress. As of June 2020, it was estimated that by the time the pandemic ends, an estimated 195 million full-time jobs will have been eliminated. What does this mean? Well, in the least, according to the World Bank’s recent prediction, some 70 million
By Kate Fintel In an article by Robin Hassler Thompson, JD, MA, Executive Director of the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center, which provides community education programs and direct services to sex and labor trafficking survivors in the Tallahassee area, Ms. Thompson quotes an anonymous trafficking survivor: “Before COVID-19, we were ‘low-wage, low-skilled’ workers, but now,
