As Ambassadors of Hope, you and I can likely relate in that we can’t help but get on a soapbox when the topic of vulnerable children is raised. We’re passionate about protecting kids and simply want to equip others with tools to keep their kids safe from predators. Admittedly, as a mom of three little […]
Toward Dignity, Respect, Equality and Equity: A Black History Month Reflection on the Trafficking and Criminalization of Black Women and Girls
Dr. Marian Hatcher ALIVE | Co-Founder Alliance of Leadership & Innovation for Victims of Exploitation Black History month focuses on the accomplishments and successes and richness of Black history, and rightly so. It also invokes underlying racial disparities in many areas of society. Poverty, education, and housing insecurity come to mind of course. Another area […]
The Debt Bondage Repair Act: Bringing Attention to the Long-Term Needs of Trafficking Survivors
Dr. Marian Hatcher ALIVE | Co-Founder Alliance of Leadership & Innovation for Victims of Exploitation As National Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month 2022 ends, I am filled with a myriad of emotions. This annual recognition on the surface is focused on long term protections of victims/survivors addressing labor and sex trafficking, yet economic exploitation […]
The role of the National Defense Authorization Act in supporting victims of sex trafficking.
Dr. Marian Hatcher ALIVE | Co-Founder Alliance of Leadership & Innovation for Victims of Exploitation This blog addresses two bills which recently passed the House through their incorporation into the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). If the NDAA is passed by Congress with these provisions, this would significantly increase a survivor’s quality of life by […]
Pornography and Trafficking: Unpacking the Links
Written by Dr. Gail Dines, a Professor Emerita of Sociology and Women’s Studies In the 1970s and 80s, feminists argued that prostitution could not be separated from porn, or as Andrea Dworkin so succinctly stated, “porn is prostitution with the camera going.”[i] Over the ensuing decades, however, there have been both theoretical and political attempts […]
