Survivor Created Resources
This multimedia library offers event recordings, one-pagers, skill-practice case studies, and survivor experience videos. All resources are free for use and can be edited to meet your educational needs.
Survivor Soundbite: Forced Criminality is Labor Trafficking
Date: January 30, 2024
Topic(s): Survivor Experiences
Survivor James Dold speaks on how when people are forced to commit crimes, that is a form of labor trafficking. “Labor” or “services” in the human trafficking context can mean both legal AND illegal work.
Educational Video: Human-Centered Services
Date: January 30, 2024
Topic(s): Case Management, Client Rights, Foreign Nationals, Survivor Experiences
This short video examines the value of centering a person’s humanity as service-providers work to support survivors of labor trafficking. Inspired by conversations with anti-trafficking activist Moninda Maruba, the video explores ways to incorporate love into our practice, focus on building resilience, and establish rapport and trust between survivors and service providers.
Survivor Soundbite: Questioning Biases to Increase Provider Ability to See Survivors of Labor Trafficking
Date: January 29, 2024
Topic(s): Foreign Nationals, Survivor Experiences
Eva Eakins, a survivor of labor trafficking discusses providers’ opportunity to evaluate their biases so they can see more survivors of human trafficking.
Survivor Soundbite: Consent vs. Intent In Labor Trafficking Cases of Forced Crime
Date: January 29, 2024
Topic(s): Survivor Experiences
Survivor leader, Autumn Smith discusses the nuances between consent and intent. For survivors of labor trafficking that are forced to commit crimes, there can be no intention of committing the crime because there is no ability to consent.
Survivor Soundbite: Forced Criminality in U.S. Gangs: Recruitment and Internalized Perceptions
Date: December 27, 2022
Topic(s): Minors, Survivor Experiences
Hear Xavier McElrath-Bey discuss what drew him and kept him in gang life in Chicago.
Guide: Survivor Perspectives on Labor Trafficking Service Needs Takeaways Sheet
Date: October 12, 2022
Topic(s): Case Management, Learning Basics, Survivor Experiences
This takeaways sheet reviews the content from the September 14, 2021 panel event featuring Patty Bennett, Kwami Adoboe-Herrera, and Jaimee Johnson as they share their insights on the ways in which service providers can better meet the needs of survivors. Watch the full event here.
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Guide: Crossover Between Sex and Labor Trafficking: Elevation Without Segregation Takeaways Sheet
Date: September 27, 2022
Topic(s): Case Management, Foreign Nationals, Survivor Experiences
This takeaways sheet highlights main points from the August 16 survivor-led panel discussion focused on the intersections across the labor and sex trafficking industries–including the importance of co-identification, reflections on experiences often overlooked by the anti-trafficking movement, and an analysis of how providers can better impact identification and direct service needs without segregating survivors by […]
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Guide: The Ties That Bind Us: A Survivor-Led Discussion on Trauma Bonding Takeaways Sheet
Date: September 6, 2022
Topic(s): Survivor Experiences
This takeaways sheet highlights main points from the August 1, 2022 event in which James Dold ,Bella Hounakey, Syed Rayhan Ahmed and Julissa Ponce discuss what traumatic bonding is and what it was like for them in the human trafficking context in which they experienced it. Watch the full event here.
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Guide: Trafficking, Incarceration, and Survival: How the Criminal Legal System Harms Survivors Takeaways Sheet
Date: August 31, 2022
Topic(s): Industry Specific, Survivor Experiences
This takaways sheet highlights main ideas from the July 20, 2022 event, “Trafficking, Incarceration, and Survival: How the Criminal Legal System Harms Survivors.” Panelists Autumn Smith, Carolina De Los Rios, James Dold, Shamere McKenzie, and Xavier McElrath-Bey discuss their experiences within the labor trafficking paradigm and what it looks like when an underlying criminal offense […]
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Event Recording: The Crossover Between Sex and Labor Trafficking: Elevation Without Segregation
Date: August 18, 2022
Topic(s): Survivor Experiences
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 […]
