Supporting Trafficking Survivors through Pro-Bono Work & Collectives

03/11/21 • 34 min

Trafficking Matters: A Douglass Fellowship Podcast

In Episode 4, Alicen and Samantha speak with Sarah Byrne, an attorney with Moore & Van Allen, as she describes the various ways lawyers can use their pro-bono practice to support survivors of trafficking and how non-attorneys can get involved in creating collectives for their community. Byrne leads Moore & Van Allen’s human trafficking pro-bono project and is also a co-founder of the National Survivor Law Collective.

If you or someone you know is currently in danger of human trafficking, you can view the national human trafficking hotline website here. You can reach the hotline by calling 1-888-373-7888 or texting 233733.

Here, you can learn more about the Human Trafficking Institute, the Federal Human Trafficking Report, and the Douglass Fellowship.

You can learn more about Sarah here and more about Moore & Van Allen’s Human Trafficking project here.

You can find more information about the collective here.

Here is a guide on post conviction advocacy for survivors of human trafficking.

We would love to hear from you! You can reach us at [email protected] and [email protected].

Music: Blurry Vision by Corbyn Kites

Here, you can learn more about the Human Trafficking Institute, the Federal Human Trafficking Report, and the Douglass Fellowship.

You can learn more about Sarah here and more about Moore & Van Allen’s Human Trafficking project here.

You can find more information about the collective here.

Here is a guide on post conviction advocacy for survivors of human trafficking.

We would love to hear from you! You can reach us at [email protected] and [email protected].

Music: Blurry Vision by Corbyn Kites

Previous Episode

Building a Career as an Anti-Trafficking Advocate

In the third episode of the Trafficking Matters podcast, Alicen Rodolph and Samantha Franks interview University of Michigan professor Bridgette Carr, the directing founder of the University of Michigan’s Human Trafficking Clinic—the first clinical legal program dedicated to addressing trafficking comprehensively. They talk about how to build a career as an anti-trafficking advocate as well as how to create a mental health toolkit to support sustainable advocacy.
If you or someone you know is currently in danger of human trafficking, you can view the national human trafficking hotline website here. You can reach the hotline by calling 1-888-373-7888 or texting 233733.
Here, you can learn more about the Human Trafficking Institute, the Federal Human Trafficking Report, and the Douglass Fellowship.
Professor Carr’s full bio is here.
You can learn more about the University of Michigan Law School Human Trafficking Clinic here.
To hear more from Brené Brown, you can listen here.
You can learn more about Homeboy Industries here.
To learn more about vicarious trauma, go here.
To learn more about EMDR therapy, go here.
You can find the Design Your Life book here.

We would love to hear from you! You can reach us at [email protected] and [email protected].
Music: Blurry Vision by Corbyn Kites

Next Episode

Combatting the online exploitation of children

In this episode, Sam and Alicen speak with Yiota Souras, the General Counsel and Senior Vice President of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. 2020 was a high-volume year for NCMEC’s efforts, with more than 21.7 million reports of suspected child sexual exploitation made to NCMEC’s CyberTipline. Yiota explains why the risk of exploitation of children is on the rise in COVID-19 and how we can all better protect them. She also explores NCMEC’s involvement in the Backpage litigation and explains potential implications on other internet providers such as Facebook, Instagram, and Pornhub.

If you or someone you know is currently in danger of human trafficking, you can view the National Human Trafficking Hotline website here. You can reach the hotline by calling 1-888-373-7888 or texting 233733.

Here, you can learn more about the Human Trafficking Institute, the Federal Human Trafficking Report, and the Douglass Fellowship.

You can learn more about NCMEC here and their efforts to combat child trafficking here. You can read the study on COVID’s impact on children and exploitation here.

You can learn more about Backpage, NCMEC’s involvement in litigation against Backpage, and the Senate report here.

You can find the documentary I am Jane Doe here.

To learn more about pending concerns and litigation against Pornhub in both the United States and Canada, read this and this.

We would love to hear from you! You can reach us at [email protected] and [email protected].

Music: Blurry Vision by Corbyn Kites