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Human Trafficking Resources
The best way to help combat Human Trafficking is to learn more, raise awareness, and make an impact on demand. There are endless resources available; these are just a few of our favorites.
Nationwide
Sexual Assault in the Workplace - helpingsurvivors.org/workplace-sexual-assault/
Helping Survivors - helpingsurvivors.org/
*National Human Trafficking Resource Center (Polaris) (tips, HELP, resources)
**National Trafficking Sheltered Alliance (placement into qualified programs)
Office on Trafficking in Persons
Disclaimer - as you learn more about this subject and its related activities and consequences, please keep in mind your own limits and as always, keep this type of material away from children.
Watch
All parents NEED to watch. It’s that important!
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Movieguide calls BLIND EYES OPENED "a battle cry", while others consider the film to be one of the most comprehensive documentaries ever produced about the truth of sex trafficking that is happening right here in America.
Another Top Pick - a must watch for every adult! Look Again: Sex Trafficking in your Own Backyard-Elizabeth Melendez Fisher
SELLING GIRLS A well done, 20 minute, investigative film about the sex trafficking of girls in America.
The Girl Next Door, Andrea Pico WATCH How an American teen, Theresa Flores, survived sex trafficking. *This Documentary is also 2 books: The Slave Across The Street and the TEEN version, Slavery in the Land of the Free - A Student's Guide to Modern Day Slavery, both by Theresa Flores.
In Plain Sight, Natalie Grant Includes interviews of survivors, lawmakers, caregivers, and others leading the fight against Human Trafficking.
Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT) Discusses the critical role members of the trucking/travel plaza industry have in the fight against Human Trafficking.
Nefarious: Merchant of Souls, Benjamin Nolot, A hard-hitting documentary that exposes the disturbing trends in modern sex slavery
BOYS seeks to bring validity to the truth that males are victims of sex trafficking here in the United States.
The Abolitionists, fletchet Entertainment, A team from Operation Underground Railroad go undercover to liberate children.
Read
What Happened to Me?!: Healing for Sex Trafficking Survivors, by Toni McKinley *This book is for sex trafficking survivors, advocates, counselors & anyone else who wants to learn more about trafficking and what the healing process looks like for complex trauma. We LOVE this book!
THE INTERNET: ARE CHILDREN IN CHARGE? THEORY OF DIGITAL SUPERVISION, by Charlene E. Doak-Gebauer
Parental Controls keeping-your children safe when watching tv. -Chad West
Sex Trafficking Prevention: A Trauma-Informed Approach For Parents & Professionals, by Savannah J. Sanders
In Our Backyard: Human Trafficking in America and What We Can Do To stop It, by Nita Belles
The White Umbrella: Walking with Survivors of Sex Trafficking, by Mary Frances Bowley
Renting Lacy: A Story of America's Prostituted Children, by Linda Smith with Cindy Coloma
Trauma and Recovery, by Judith Herman, M.D.
The Body Keeps The Score, by Bessel Van Der Kolk *The effects of trauma - we highly recommend this one!
Follow
We encourage you to LIKE/FOLLOW...well, Sparrow Place of course! And any of the following websites.
Websites
STOPSEXTORTION.com talking to kids about sextortion (Yup. It’s a thing.)
sharedhope.org prevent, restore, justice
millionkids.org kids & predators
d2l.org/education/stewards-of-children/ (ADULT TRAINING) prevent, recognize, & react to child sexual abuse
fightthenewdrug.org pornography
protectyoungminds.org pornography (Great blogs & resources!)
protectyoungeyes.com internet safety (Great blogs & resources!)
enough.org internet safety
familysafe.com family values
commonsensemedia.org kids & media
supporting survivors while you shop!
Thistle Farms thistlefarms.org
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