Human Trafficking Resources

Here are some selected resources – there is no way to list all of the possible sites for information:

Web sites:

• U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
• The U.S. government 2008 report on Trafficking Persons
• U.S. Department of Justice specific sites:
  Fighting Human Trafficking,
  Resources for Victims of Trafficking,
  Information on Human Trafficking and Sex Tourism,
• FBI page on Crimes against Children,
• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children,
• Polaris Project,
• ISAAC Project – Immigration certified site training.

Media Available:

• Amazing Grace – Movie
• The Amazing Change – Petition to end modern day slavery
• Call and Response – Movie
• Fields of Mudan – Movie
• CNN news series – Human Trafficking
• HumanTrafficking.org – Web resource for combating human trafficking

Faith Groups:

• Faith Alliance Against Slavery and Trafficking
• Today’s Christian Woman – Combating sex trafficking
• Today’s Christian Woman – Sex Trafficking – It’s Everyone’s Cause
• LifeWay – Initiative targets human trafficking in U.S.
• Love146.org – Ending child sex slavery and exploitation
• Salvation Army – Tools against human trafficking

Books:

• Ending Slavery: How We Free Today’s Slaves – Kevin Bales
• Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade-and How We Can Fight It – David Batstone
• The Sacred Bath: An American Teen’s Story of Modern Day Slavery – Theresa L. Flores
• Escaping the Devil’s Bedroom: Sex Trafficking, Global Prostitution, and the Gospel’s Transformational Power - Dawn Herzog Jewell
• Given Kachepa: Advocate for Human Trafficking Victims – Q.L. Pearce (Young Heroes series)

Articles:

• “Human Trafficking: Modern-Day Slavery” Mission Mosaic, October 2008, Woman’s Missionary Union, 19
• “CWJC Redeems the Lost” Mission Mosaic, October 2008, Woman’s Missionary Union, 8
• “Human Trafficking: The New Slavery” (Read Online) Therefore a publication of the Baptist General Convention of Texas Christian Life Commission, Vol. 11, No.3, 2007
• “How You Can Combat Sex Trafficking” (Read Online) article at Christian Today (2008 Cause of the Year)
• “Free at Last” (Read Online) Story of Given Kachepa
• “Sex Trafficking: The Modern Slave Trade” (Read Online) Tom Strode

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