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This session introduces HEAL’s public health framework for understanding, identifying, and responding to human trafficking. Designed as a foundational training, it equips participants with shared language and practical tools for recognition and response.

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The HEAL Essentials Certificate in Anti-Trafficking Response is a live, structured learning program designed to build foundational knowledge and practical skills for professionals responding to human trafficking across healthcare, public health, and allied systems.

Grounded in a public health and survivor-centered framework, the program is designed as a cohesive learning arc—moving participants from core concepts to ethical engagement, trauma-informed practice, and coordinated systems response.

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This session introduces HEAL’s public health framework for understanding, identifying, and responding to human trafficking. Designed as a foundational training, it equips participants with shared language and practical tools for recognition and response.

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Defines human trafficking, specific types of trafficking, and details statistics on the prevalence at the global, national, and local levels. The processes of recruitment and grooming are explained, and participants receive vital information about red flags/identification and how to respond.

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This presentation will provide an in-depth overview of evidence-informed screening and assessment practices used to identify potential victims of human trafficking in shelter settings and crisis hotline interactions. Participants will learn how to recognize red flags, apply trauma-informed communication strategies, and use structured screening tools designed for both labor and sex trafficking indicators. The session covers best practices for creating safe disclosure environments, responding to immediate safety concerns, and ensuring ethical, survivor-centered engagement. Attendees will also explore common barriers to identification, cultural and linguistic considerations, and appropriate referral pathways for comprehensive support. This training equips frontline staff and advocates with the skills needed to confidently and empathetically identify individuals who may be experiencing Human trafficking.

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This interactive workshop strengthens an advocate’s ability to use active listening to honor and respond to a survivor’s lived experiences. Advocates will engage in hands-on activities and guided practice, including breakout groups to practice skills and share insights. Through scenarios and skill-building exercises, advocates will deepen their capacity to listen with empathy, reflect effectively, ask meaningful questions, and respond without judgment. By the end of the session, participants will be better equipped to create supportive spaces where survivors feel heard, validated, and empowered, while fostering trust and promoting survivor autonomy.

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The HEAL Essentials Certificate in Anti-Trafficking Response is a live, structured learning program designed to build foundational knowledge and practical skills for professionals responding to human trafficking across healthcare, public health, and allied systems.

Grounded in a public health and survivor-centered framework, the program is designed as a cohesive learning arc—moving participants from core concepts to ethical engagement, trauma-informed practice, and coordinated systems response.

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An estimated 50 million people worldwide are victims of human trafficking. In the United States alone, approximately 400,000 individuals are exploited through sex trafficking, labor trafficking, or domestic servitude. Traffickers earn an estimated $240 billion annually, more than the combined revenue of major Fortune 500 companies such as Apple, Amazon, Disney, General Motors, and Ford.

Statistics show that one in four trafficking victims is a child. Nearly 95% of teens between the ages of 13 and 17 have an online presence, and half report being online constantly. Traffickers have adapted to this reality by using social media, gaming platforms, and messaging applications to groom and recruit youth.

This webinar examines how traffickers leverage modern technology to target children, reviews commonly used online platforms, and discusses the digital tools exploited to facilitate child trafficking.

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Youth who have experienced trafficking often have significant histories of trauma before, during, and after trafficking. Efforts by professionals across a wide array of disciplines and roles are essential to achieve youth safety and wellbeing. Yet, because youth who have experienced trafficking have high rates of prior and ongoing trauma, as well as ongoing safety threats and systemic challenges, the stressors facing the anti-trafficking workforce are significant. Secondary traumatic stress (STS) and related impacts (moral distress, vicarious traumatization, “burnout”) are high among those who work with survivors of trafficking. The Trafficking Workforce Well-Being Toolkit was developed to support communities, organizations, supervisors, and individuals by curating and adapting the best available resources for STS prevention and workforce wellbeing.

Professional wellbeing is often viewed as the responsibility of the individual and, indeed, there are a range of strategies that individuals can employ to enhance resilience and protect against harms, some of which are included in the Toolkit. However, it is a point of emphasis in this Toolkit that the individual is embedded in work environments (supervisory and peer relationships), organizations, and communities that all contribute to well-being. It is essential that strategies to address wellbeing are in place at all levels to support and sustain the workforce.

This webinar will provide an introduction to secondary traumatic stress and related concepts associated with workforce wellbeing and an overview of the newly developed Trafficking Workforce Well-Being Toolkit. Whether you are an individual seeking resources for yourself, a supervisor hoping to improve your support of others, a leader interested in driving change throughout your organization, or an advocate looking to make legislative and policy change, this toolkit provides information and resources to guide your efforts.

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This session introduces HEAL’s public health framework for understanding, identifying, and responding to human trafficking. Designed as a foundational training, it equips participants with shared language and practical tools for recognition and response.

What you’ll learn

• Key definitions and common misconceptions about human trafficking

• How healthcare and public health systems intersect with trafficking response

• Foundations of trauma-informed, survivor-centered care

• An introduction to HEAL’s PEARR Tool and Protocol Toolkit

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Alaska presents a distinct set of challenges and strengths when it comes to recognizing and responding to human trafficking. This session will explore the public health dimensions of trafficking alongside the cultural context that shapes how it is experienced and addressed in Alaska. Whether you work in healthcare, public health, or a related field, this conversation offers grounded, practical perspectives you can bring back to your work.

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Findings from our annual survivor landscape assessment, focused specifically on survivor-identified needs across stages of healing, stability, and independence.

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“People don’t heal because we identify them, they heal when they feel safe.” Many victims of trafficking, abuse, and violence are unable to self identify or safely disclose what they are experiencing. Yet systems often rely on red flags, checklists, and direct questioning, placing the burden of disclosure on those least able to carry it. Presented by the NJ Coalition Against Human Trafficking and HEAL Trafficking, with funding from RWJ Barnabas Health, this survivor-informed webinar shifts the focus from identification to safety. Through lived experience and survivor perspective, participants will explore what helps people feel safer in moments of care and interaction, even when disclosure never happens. The conversation centers on language, environment, and responses that reduce harm, build trust, and open pathways to support.

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Dive into how gender gaps fuel human trafficking and what we can do to change the game.

Join the Alliance To End Human Trafficking on March 26 at 2 p.m. EST for this webinar, which explores how systemic gender inequalities create conditions that increase vulnerability to human trafficking. From economic marginalization and limited access to education to gender-based violence and discriminatory cultural norms, participants will examine how unequal power structures fuel exploitation. The session will highlight strategies needed for prevention, advocacy, and compassionate action.

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Attend this event at the UN in Geneva or online.

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The Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC) Third Friday Webinar Series Program is dedicated to educating everyone about the critical issue of human trafficking. This interactive series aims to provide an in-depth understanding of the various facets of human trafficking, from its root causes and methods of operation to the profound impact it has on survivors, their families, workplaces, and society both in our home towns and worldwide.

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This training focuses on applying the PEARR Framework to real-world labor trafficking scenarios in healthcare and community settings. Participants will use HEAL’s Healing Labor Trafficking: Case Studies & Best Practices workbook to engage in guided case discussions and practical skill-building.

This course combines instruction, facilitated discussion, and applied practice to support trauma-informed, survivor-centered responses across clinical and organizational settings.

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PhD panel reflects on methods, theory and ethics in human trafficking research, exploring how research design shapes knowledge and practice.

Researching human trafficking often prioritises outcomes, prompting policy responses and legal framework adjustments, leaving less space to reflect on the dynamics and implications of researching human trafficking. Yet methodological choices, theoretical positioning, and ethical decision-making fundamentally shape the information we select, the knowledge we produce, and the interventions that may follow.

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This briefing is an urgent call to action. Join Matt Friedman, an international human trafficking expert, and CEO of The Mekong Club, who has championed the fight for human rights for many years. He will give you an honest look at one of the greatest humanitarian and business challenges of our time.

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Survivors of human trafficking, domestic violence, and sexual assault deserve coordinated and compassionate support, instead of fragmented systems. When the roles of different services/systems are unclear or communication breaks down between organizations and systems, survivors may encounter delays in accessing services and challenges in navigating the different systems by themselves without advocacy support. This interactive webinar will go beyond paperwork to show how to create memoranda of understandings (MOUs) and interagency protocols that are survivor centered and strengthen partnerships to prioritize the multi-faceted needs of survivors of human trafficking. The webinar will cover strategies for building trust across agencies, clarifying responsibilities, and embedding trauma-informed practices and shared language in every agreement. Presenters will share real-world examples and highlight key considerations for supporting survivors of human trafficking through multidisciplinary teams.

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The Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC) Third Friday Webinar Series Program is dedicated to educating everyone about the critical issue of human trafficking. This interactive series aims to provide an in-depth understanding of the various facets of human trafficking, from its root causes and methods of operation to the profound impact it has on survivors, their families, workplaces, and society both in our home towns and worldwide.

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Location: Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation | Kingston upon Hull, EN

Todd Landman is Professor of Political Science in the School of Politics and International Relations and Research Director of the Rights Lab at the University of Nottingham. His research is on the quantitative analysis of human rights with a particular focus on modern slavery, forced labour, and human trafficking. He is Head of the Rights Lab’s Prevalence Estimation Team, leading on or is part of a variety of prevalence estimation projects in the United States, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Southeast Asia, and he has completed a scoping review on prevalence estimation methods for the UK, funded by the UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner.

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Join this online course to learn how to recognize human trafficking and support those reentering our community after human exploitation.  This 90 minute course will introduce participants to the basics of trafficking, how to respond when trafficking is suspected, and how their community can help those on their journey from surviving to thriving.

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Audra Wilson, LDH, CA has been a practicing dental hygienist for 15 years and is passionate about education and the prevention of abuse, neglect, and trafficking. Audra achieved her Credentialed Advocate recognition last year and is excited to work with healthcare professionals, helping to prepare the dental and medical community to recognize the signs and symptoms of abuse and neglect.

Course Objectives:

1. Know and understand the true definition of human trafficking along with abuse and neglect

2. Know where human trafficking happens

3. Know who is most vulnerable to being a victim of human trafficking, abuse, and/or neglect

4. Be able to recognize the signs of human trafficking, neglect, and abuse

5. Know what to do if you suspect someone is a victim of human trafficking, child abuse, and/or neglect

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This session introduces HEAL’s public health framework for understanding, identifying, and responding to human trafficking. Designed as a foundational training, it equips participants with shared language and practical tools for recognition and response.

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In collaboration with the Center for Economic Futures, Health Partners on IPV +Exploitation is hosting a webinar titled, “Economic and Health Needs of Survivors of Human Trafficking”, in recognition of Human Trafficking Awareness Month focused on the health and well-being of human trafficking survivors. The webinar, presented in English with Spanish and ASL interpretation, will explore how to address their economic and employment needs, including mental health and primary care needs, with a lens on health center strategies.

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Survivors of human trafficking, domestic violence, and sexual assault often face a maze of shelters, advocacy programs, healthcare providers, law enforcement, and legal services. When systems don’t communicate, survivors end up repeating their stories over and over, which can delay help and cause further harm. This webinar is all about changing that. We’ll dive into practical strategies for creating warm, trauma-informed handoffs that help survivors feel supported every step of the way. You’ll also learn how to build habits for consistent follow-up, so no one falls through the cracks, and how to build stronger collaborative partnerships.

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Expert witness testimony is essential for helping jurors understand the dynamics of sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, trafficking, stalking, and other forms of gender-based violence. Yet many jurisdictions struggle with a shortage of qualified experts who can explain trauma responses, offender patterns, delayed reporting, and other “counterintuitive” behaviors that regularly arise in these cases. 

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The Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC) Third Friday Webinar Series Program is dedicated to educating everyone about the critical issue of human trafficking. This interactive series aims to provide an in-depth understanding of the various facets of human trafficking, from its root causes and methods of operation to the profound impact it has on survivors, their families, workplaces, and society both in our home towns and worldwide.

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