Survivor Created Resources

Hear Xavier McElrath-Bey discuss what drew him and kept him in gang life in Chicago.

  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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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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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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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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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 […]

Hear survivors of labor trafficking discuss what traumatic bonding is and what it was like for them in the human trafficking context in which they experienced it. A central part of the discussion will focus on why trauma bonds are such a powerful tool for traffickers and why victims often feel they have no choice […]

This takeaways sheet highlights main points from the May 18, 2022 event featuring Survivor leader, Eva Eakins (they/them) and trauma expert, Charlee Borg (she/hers) as they provide an overview of the abuse experienced by labor trafficking survivors and the trauma symptoms they cause.  Watch the full event here.
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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 […]

This takeaways sheet summarizes main points from the February 28, 2022 panel event in honor of Black History Month. Facilitator and speaker Bella Hounakey leads a discussion with Evelyn Chumbow, James Dold, Kwami Adoboe-Herrera, and Moninda Marube on why the voices of Black survivors of trafficking are needed, the barriers they continue to face as […]
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