IS IT SLAVERY? CULTURAL COMPETENCE VERSUS CULTURAL RELATIVISM
William is a 14-year-old orphan from Uganda. After his parents died, his mother’s relatives took him in to live with them in Kampala. They paid for him to go to...
Cultural Considerations in Identifying Human Trafficking Victims
Police Officer Margaret Shelley responded to a tripped alarm in an affluent suburban neighborhood. She surveyed the house for any broken windows or forced doors and eventually approached the house to find a young woman...
Can Myanmar’s Libraries Help Combat Human Trafficking?
This week's blog is guest authored by Mi Ki Kyaw Myint of The Asia Foundation.
In June, the U.S. State Department Trafficking in Persons Report moved Myanmar up to Tier 2...
Part 3: A Call to Action
When thinking about moving forward in the movement towards atoning slavery, Social Movement Theory lends a helpful hand. The theory describes four stages: emergence, coalescence, bureaucratization, and decline. This movement’s stage...
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Reckoning with History: the Atlantic Slave Trade at American Universities
During the antebellum period, slaves built and were sold to fund some of the United States’ most prestigious universities. It was not until the 2000’s that these institutions began to acknowledge and come...
Part 8: What to Do if you Think your Teen has been Approached by a Pimp or Trafficker
The idea that someone you know or even your own teen could have been contacted by a pimp or trafficker is terrifying. Chances are, this will never happen to your family, but if it does,...