I Dare You - A Podcast by United Against Human Trafficking

You've probably heard it said that "Houston is #1 for human trafficking," but is it really? Where did that statistic come from? Is it trustworthy? What is the City of Houston doing about human trafficking?
Director of the Mayor's Office of Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence, Minal Patel Davis, and UAHT Chief Executive Officer, Timeka Walker, discuss how Houston got its reputation for being "#1 for human trafficking," why that's not necessarily true, and how Houston became an anti-trafficking model for cities across the globe.
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Read more about the City of Houston Mayor's Office of Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence comprehensive approach to combating human trafficking.

Viral posts about human trafficking stormed the internet in 2020 - but how do we distinguish the truth from fake posts or partial truths?
How human trafficking is portrayed on social media and in news stories impacts survivors and anti-trafficking work.
In this episode, we sit down with Christa Mayfield, Education Director at Unbound Houston. We discuss harmful conspiracies, how survivors want to be portrayed in the media, and what you can do spread the truth about human trafficking.
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You've probably heard it said that "Houston is #1 for human trafficking," but is it really? Where did that statistic come from? Is it trustworthy? What is the City of Houston doing about human trafficking?
Director of the Mayor's Office of Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence, Minal Patel Davis, and UAHT Chief Executive Officer, Timeka Walker, discuss how Houston got its reputation for being "#1 for human trafficking," why that's not necessarily true, and how Houston became an anti-trafficking model for cities across the globe.
Take Action
Read more about the City of Houston Mayor's Office of Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence comprehensive approach to combating human trafficking.

The foster care system is broken. We all know it.

But how does this fractured system funnel our most vulnerable youth into human trafficking?

Adam Chaney, the Development Director of Foster Care Advocacy Center, and the host Elaine Andino dive deep into the issues in foster care: from the lack of resources to sexual exploitation within the system to the foster-to-trafficking pipeline.

The foster care system is broken. We all know it.

But how does this fractured system funnel our most vulnerable youth into human trafficking?

Adam Chaney, the Development Director of Foster Care Advocacy Center, and the host Elaine Andino dive deep into the issues in foster care: from the lack of resources, to sexual exploitation within the system, to the foster-to-trafficking pipeline.