Get a group together and host a Human Trafficking 101 watch party and discussion
Start your journey by watching this Human Trafficking 101 video to learn more about the scope of the problem. This video is the first step in becoming a part of the solution to eradicate this injustice from our communities. Before you take action, we encourage you to stop, listen to survivors, and learn about the work that is already taking place by trained professionals to fight human trafficking. After you watch the HT101 video, we invite you to follow the action steps below to engage in partnership with organizations in the community eager to change the course of history, one person at a time.
*This video does not equip you to work directly with victims or survivors of trafficking. If you or your church are looking into working with direct services, please contact cat@churchesagainsttrafficking.com to be connected to trauma informed training.
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Not in San Diego? Watch the Office for Victim of Crimes' online training for Human Trafficking here under the "Crimes" category.
Choose an area that sparks your interest and invite friends to join you in these action steps:
Deeper learning
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- Join the Justice U Challenge
- 10 Things You Can Do to End Human Trafficking
- Read How You Can Fight Human Trafficking: Over 100 Ways To Make a Difference
- Take one hour to complete the free OnWatch Training to learn to spot, report, and prevent sex trafficking
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Support for vulnerable youth experiencing homelessness and foster care
- Inform yourself and share the Protocol for Safe & Affirming Care Improving the Lives of LGBTQ+ Youth
- Read about the challenges of Aging Out of foster care
- Learn about homeless youth and trafficking: World Without Exploitation webinar - No Shelter in Place: Sexploitation of homeless youth and their increased vulnerabilities during the COVID-19 crisis with: Jayne Bigelson (Covenant House New York)
- Volunteer at North County Lifeline’s LifeSpring drop-in center for former foster youth, at-risk youth, and youth experiencing homelessness. Provide a welcoming and warm environment to show young people around the facility and connect them to basic needs and resources.
- Donate supplies to local drop-in and emergency centers for youth including LifeSpring (contact LifeSpring Program Manager) and San Diego Youth Services. Examples of requested items include Sleeping bags, tents, blankets, clothing, shoes, hygiene bags, gift cards to fast food places and walmart, backpacks and duffle bags.
- Volunteer with San Diego Youth Services foster support program by helping with parent trainings, supervising children, assisting with seasonal events, transportation, and community outreach.
- Contribute meals to San Diego Youth Services “Food Group” for youth experiencing homelessness and volunteer for special projects in the youth emergency shelter
Yadira and Angel share their story of when they called on Safe Families for Children in their moment of need.
- Intervene early in a child’s life by preventing the vulnerabilities that lead to recruitment into human trafficking. Explore becoming a Safe Families Church. Safe Families for Children mobilizes families to provide short term hostings to children whose families are experiencing crises. Designed to positively impact and support at-risk families, Safe Families for Children is a non-coercive alternative to the state child welfare system, allowing parents to work out their problems without having to worry about losing their children. SFFC is a collaborative effort bringing together a network of churches, ministries, and social service providers for a common goal- to reunite children with their biological parent(s) in a home that is more stable and healthy.
- Everyone can do something to serve in Safe Families for Children:
- Host Family- Open your home to provide a safe, loving place for a child to stay while the parents address the issues that have brought instability to their lives.
- Family Friend- Wrap host families with burden bearing love through tangible support (meals, transportation, clothing, etc.) while they are opening their homes.
- Champion- SFFC is possible only through the generous donations of the local community.
- If you are interested in learning more, please email Missy Bell (missy-bell@olivecrest.org).
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Sponsor an organization that works directly with victims
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Develop a relationship with a local victim services organization. Sign up for the CAT newsletter and commit to praying for this organization and meeting the tangible needs that come up. Check out their volunteer pages and commit to serving regularly with a small group of friends. Here are some wonderful organizations in San Diego to look into:
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Connect prevention curriculum to schools or youth groups in your area
- Use this step by step guide to bring prevention curriculum to your school
- Bring kNOw MORE Prevention Curriculum to a school near you
- See resources from San Diego Prevention Collective and share this graphic on how to keep your children safe online during COVID-19
- View the COVID-19 Survival Kit from Project ROOTS
- Schedule a Teen Dating Violence training for your youth group or community. Contact Diane Doherty, DCA, Supervising Deputy City Attorney, Domestic Violence and Sex Crimes Unit, 619-533-5548, ddoherty@sandiego.gov
Preview of kNOw MORE! Curriculum
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Massage Establishment Outreach
- Read about trafficking in massage establishments and how law enforcement is trying to address this problem
- Volunteer with Yusef Miller in massage establishment outreach to ensure these businesses have the required anti-human trafficking poster displayed
- Sign up for volunteer opportunities with the Community Subcommittee of the HT and CSEC Advisory Council
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Address porn and demand
- Explore the tactics and resources on the National Center on Sexual Exploitation Demand Forum
- Share the World Without Exploitation webinar - Man to Man: Promoting healthy masculinity and ending men's violence with: Jimmie Briggs (Man Up Campaign), Peter Qualliotine (Modeling Equality)
- Share the World Without Exploitation webinar - Why We Must Address Demand to End Trafficking with: Valiant Richey (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)
- Explore guides to talk to kids about pornography and what to do after they've seen porn at Defend Young Minds. Purchase the Good Pictures, Bad Pictures book to ease into hard conversations with your kids and find more curriculum for digital safety.
- FightTheNewDrug.org offers lots of ways to stand up, including forming a club, building the “Porn Kills Love” movement and more
- Community Q&A: Men's roles in ending sexual exploitation with Yusef Miller and Todd Forester, hosted by i-5 Freedom Network
- Get connected with “A Bunch of Guys” Group
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Toolkits for parents
Enable parents to talk about porn, media, and screen time with their kids.
- Learn more from the World Without Exploitation webinar - Growing Up in a Porn Culture: Social, emotional, and cognitive impact on youth with: Dr. Gail Dines (Culture Reframed)
- Culture Reframed toolkit
- Understand how to keep youth safe from the dangers of human trafficking online with this North County Lifeline Webinar recording. This list of resources accompanies the presentation. Visit www.nclifeline.org for more information about their Project LIFE program.
- Download an Internet Safety Guide by Shared Hope International
- Check out the online safety resources for parents from PROTECT
- Watch the HT104 Presentation from PROTECT, which is free for parents and community members in San Diego
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Training for your profession
- California Against Slavery has collected trainings for healthcare, hospitality, schools, transportation, the workforce, and faith based organizations
- Free to Thrive offers trainings for lawyers, law enforcement and becoming Trauma-Informed in any field
- Hands that Heal: International Curriculum to Train Caregivers of Trafficking Survivors
- HEAL Trafficking: Healthcare Protocol Toolkit
- JusticeU: Human Trafficking Awareness for Healthcare Professionals
- BEST Alliance offers training for businesses in all industries including aviation, hospitality, legal, and maritime
- SOAR training is available for health care providers, social workers, public health professionals, and behavioral health professionals
- Through God’s Grace has compiled a list of training opportunities and suggestions for a variety of professions.
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Advocate
Take action by contacting your local representatives, starting a petition, advocating for legislation or sending messages to elected officials.
- Go to polarisproject.org/action to get started
- See how you can support the current advocacy efforts of the Freedom Network USA
- Educate yourself about the proposed legislative models and legislation updates from California Against Slavery
- Current legislation: Here are some things you can do to oppose SB 357
- Read The National Center on Sexual Exploitation’s talking points about the bill
- Join the California Family Council’s call-in campaign against SB 357 that directs people to their assembly member.
- Participate in The National Center on Sexual Exploitation’s email campaign against SB 357.
- Customize this draft letter and send it to each member of the Assembly Appropriations Committee with concerns about SB 357.
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Buy Fair Trade, Second Hand and/or Direct
When we only buy cheap goods we can end up supporting traffickers who exploit people for their labor. Learn more about trafficking in our supply chains and how you can be a conscious consumer.
- Use these facts to educate yourself and others about how Fair Trade helps address child labor and human trafficking
- Rate and understand the products you buy with at Free2Work.org and Buycott.com
- Learn how labor trafficking occurs behind our products and services from Polaris, the National Human Trafficking Hotline, and the National Institute of Justice
- Learn how many slaves are impacted by your purchases and how to contact suppliers and businesses at SlaveryFootprint.org
- The Buyerarchy of Needs is a helpful graphic to implement more sustainable practices into your clothing purchases.
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Launch an Anti-Trafficking Ministry at your church
The Faith Community is the answer to preventing Human Trafficking. Hear from Susan Patterson with the National Faith Coalition Against Human Trafficking on how to set up your anti-human trafficking ministry to win. Learn more about creating a dynamic Human Trafficking Ministry at https://throughgodsgrace.com/. You can find training videos, interviews with experts, etc. at the Winning the Fight Against Human Trafficking channel: Winning the Fight Against Human Trafficking - YouTube
- Host a Freedom Sunday, Bible Study or prayer gathering
- Faith Alliance Against Slavery and Trafficking Church toolkits
- Engage Together (an initiative of the Alliance for Freedom, Restoration & Justice, Inc.) Church Toolkits
- Watch this series of Youtube videos by SoCal Faith Coalitions Against Human Trafficking to equip the faith community in the fight against human trafficking
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Host a watch party for STOLEN Documentary series
Introduction from Monica Dean, News Anchor, NBC
Watch all seven episodes for free and see more content at NBC San Diego.
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Provide Emergency Shelter for a victim of human trafficking
- Safe Shelter Collaborative connects domestic violence, human trafficking and sexual assault service and shelter providers with a virtual platform to help those partners quickly and easily secure emergency shelter.
- Safe Shelter Collaborative recently launched in San Diego County- Read the District Attorney’s press release
- Find out more background about Safe Shelter Collaborative and how you can help
- Download the Safe Night app to receive a notification when a victim of sexual violence needs temporary shelter.
- Watch this video to see how Safe Night works
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