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What does it mean when we point out that a victim is “someone’s daughter”? — the latest news and insights from the field.
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Facebook’s “Privacy-Focused” Future Won’t Do Enough to Protect Children
Facebook has a long history of taking a vocal and ardent stance against child sexual exploitation, yet it continues to be one of the most popular platforms traffickers use to groom and recruit the youth we serve. Still, Facebook knows and encourages children to use its platform, and does nothing to further protect the privacy of the children who use it. But there is one tweak they can make that will actually help address the problem.
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You Can’t Stay Here.
A few weeks ago, a young person named Moon* turned 18 in…
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Will Robert Kraft’s arrest send a powerful message? We’ll see.
Earlier this year, police say New England Patriots Owner Robert Kraft was filmed receiving sexual services at the Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, Florida. I think a year from now, Kraft will be filmed sitting in his box seats at the Superbowl, as though nothing happened. I have a hunch that next year, my family will be watching the NFL championships again – and just like this year, Kraft will be up there in the box clapping. He’ll probably pay criminal fines that amount to what he might pay for a few nice bottles of wine; another expense in a luxury budget.
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The lunch table, burnout, and “team-building” — my time with an organizational culture done differently
On my first day at work at Love146 a colleague casually mentioned,…
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As the Red “X” fades, our (collective) resolve will not
Every February, many of us from all over the world participate in the @enditmovement’s annual campaign to “Shine a Light on Slavery.” Depending on what you used to draw a red X on your hand (symbolizing your commitment to the movement), it will either fade rapidly or over time. No matter what, it WILL fade.
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NOVEMBER UPDATES
When to-do lists and busyness take over my time at Love146, it’s…
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October Updates
How do we measure success? — and other quick updates about how we’re continuing to fight child trafficking…
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Seeing the full picture: The right training can change everything
A recent report from from the UK has everyone talking. On the surface, the news is disheartening. The number of British national children referred through the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) has gone up by an astonishing 66 percent since 2016. In fact, the new numbers don’t point to an actual surge, but a noticeable change in practice of frontline staff who have received better NRM training and are now able to identify these children.
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The 411 of Trafficking Prevention
January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month and we want to share what our prevention strategy is all about.
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The Gift of Home
In the UK more than a third of all trafficking victims are children. Many were brought here with false promises, threats, and abuse. Because it’s not an easily visible crime, it’s a bit hard to believe — that such a progressive and generous nation could still hold so many children in modern slavery. But it’s true. These young people are all around us: working in your local nail bar, at the carwash on the corner, as domestic servants, or forced to grow and sell drugs. The truth is, if they are invisible, it is because we have not taken the trouble to see them.
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Conquering Rain, Potholes & Mountains for Children
A group of four ambitious bike riders traversed the French countryside on a fundraising tour for Love146. Their grit and determination reminds us that childhood is not the only time to which these kinds of adventures should be confined, inspiring us to dust off our bikes and relive our childhoods so that trafficked children may yet have an opportunity to live theirs.
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A morning with teenage abolitionists
We’ve met some of the people who make up the future of the abolition movement. And some of them have braces.
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BEEKEEPING IN OUR SURVIVOR CARE
What’s the buzz at the Love146 safe homes? Six new hives of stingless bees! Under the children’s care, the safe homes are reaching a new level of sustainability. Seeing kids collaborate so beautifully with nature, we’re reminded that cultivation is very, very different from exploitation.
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New York: Advocate for NYS Bill A8650B
Urge Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign a new bill that would provide training for physicians, nurses, social workers, and other clinical care and security personnel to identify, assess, and provide appropriate treatment or referral for people suspected of being human trafficking victims.
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“HOLD ONTO THOSE DREAMS”
Hong escaped exploitation a year ago. Now that freedom is starting to catch up with her, she’s learning how to keep her hopes for the future alive in the present.
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The Meaning of the Amistad Story
175 years later, the Supreme Court decision in the Amistad case is a part of an unfinished conversation about racial justice as the nation confronts the problems of police bias, voter suppression, mass incarceration, and educational inequity as the scourge of slavery persists in the form of human trafficking.
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Love Supports Our Houston Red Gala
We are grateful for the love, community, and movement that will allow us to reach tens of thousands of youth with Not a #Number, our prevention education curriculum, throughout the country in the next two to three years.
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Life is like a wheel, Life is like a night
A profound poem by Cecily, a survivor being served by Love146 in our Round Home in the Philippines.
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Connecticut Survivor Care: The Nitty Gritty
“I met him at the mall… I met him at the park…
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Finding Purpose to Your Passion
What if we were passionate about people, not things?
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From Cynicism to Joy
We’re inundated with hateful social media posts and depressing news stories. It’s not hard to become cynical. But how can we focus on joy instead?
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My call to holistic motherhood
Carolina Fuentes, Texas Prevention Coordinator, shares about taking on the role of a mother in the community through reminding vulnerable youth that they are valued.
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Typhoon Update
Three months ago, our safehomes in the Philippines were hit hard by Typhoon…
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Run, Jason, Run!
Jason Arcemont is running a marathon a day for 30 days across…
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Zero to Hero
As the Tread on Trafficking season kicks off, we’re noticing abolitionists across…
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YOUR DREAMS ARE VALID
If you’re like most people who saw it, your breath was…
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REFUSE TO GIVE IN
I just returned from a trip to the Philippines where I…
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FRIENDS WILL END IT
“Friendship is born at that moment when one man says to another:…
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TARGET, HACKERS, AND CHARITIES AFFECTED
If you’re like me, you did some of your Christmas shopping at…
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HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY
It’s Valentine’s Day! The one day we set aside every year to…
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LOVE IS OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD
I recently spoke at the Yale Conference for Undergraduate Students for UNICEF….
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MORE THAN GENDER
In Cambodia, few people are reaching out to transgender youth, leaving them…
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WE ARE ALL THE 12TH MAN
While most of America was paying attention to the players on the…
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THE LOCUST EFFECT
Terror is defined as “violence or threats of violence used for intimidation…
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A SIMPLE WAY TO FIGHT HUMAN TRAFFICKING
No one knows exactly how many people trafficking affects — some say…
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We Are Love146
Love146 is an international human rights organizations working to end child trafficking…
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TYPHOON HAIYAN UPDATE
Last November, Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines. Your generosity was overwhelming, helping…
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SHARING RESEARCH, ENDING SLAVERY
We know it is impossible for our survivor care programs to personally…
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LISTENING AND ADVOCATING
The global reality of sexual exploitation and trafficking knows no gender. Internationally,…
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The Children Saw It First
Sorry, you weren’t the first one to see this new video. The…
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New Video: We Are Love146
Love146 is a response… this video is a response. …A response to…
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FROM LIBERATED TO LIBERATORS
“When trafficked children have been empowered to fight by caring for others,…
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LOVE FOR FRIENDLY BEASTS
Nature has always been integral to our survivor care in the Philippines….
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A CHALLENGING AND REWARDING WEEK
Along with everyone in the new Love146 Texas office, I had been…
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LOVE IS TENACIOUS
A year ago, we opened a feeding center in the heart of…
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HIS NAME WAS DAVID
We’ve provided survivor care to girls for years. But what happens…
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FBI IN HOUSTON BUST UNDERAGE SEX TRAFFICKING RING
Two weeks ago, the FBI in Houston busted an alleged sex trafficking…
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BE A LEADER
“You have taught me to be responsible. You have taught me to…
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CITY NEWS CHIANG MAI FEATURES LOVE146
CityNews – Yesterday at Chiang Mai University’s Department of Social Sciences, Chiang…
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SHARING IS CARING
We all know what it’s like when a video or an article…
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ABOLITIONISTS AREN’T ALONE
“The purpose of the workshop was to give activists in their work…
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TWEET CONGRESS, PROTECT CHILDREN
Elaine Kim is the Love146 Task Force Facilitator, empowering Abolitionists all over…
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EVERYONE YOU WILL EVER MEET
Kimberly Casey is the U.S. Prevention Education Manager for Love146. The Prevention…
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ROUND HOME LIBRARY!
The following is a blog from Jamie Martin, the editor of…
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HR 1732 (UPDATE!)
Yesterday, hundreds of you responded by contacting the chairmen of the…
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FREE ONLINE CONFERENCE
Ever wanted to hear from Love146’s program directors as well as some…
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WORDS SHAPE PERCEPTIONS
NEW HAVEN >> In a world in which sex attracts attention, it’s…
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EVERY SQUARE INCH
“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is…
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FROM GRASSROOTS TO GRASSROOTS
“A lot of them feel confident that they can use this flip…
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LOVE146 AND AMISTAD AMERICA
Abolitionists from Amistad America and Love146 gathered aboard the Freedom Schooner Amistad…
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A Story in Aftercare
Enslaved children can be freed and restored only if effective aftercare is…
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Diana’s Love Story
Diana is a survivor of child exploitation. She came to our safehome and found new life. She has since moved back into the community and enrolled in school. This is her story in her words. This is Diana’s Love Story.
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A Language of Hope
A featured video where Rob Morris, one of the founders of LOVE146, speaks on a new language of hope.
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Get Off The Bus
Rob Morris speaks on engaging in justice.
