Community Engagement

Community Enagement Resources

Blue Campaign

Has a more focus on college students as the victims, identifying and helping those students who are at risk.

Reference from: Blue Campaign. (n.d.). Campus Law Enforcement Guide . dhs.gov/bluecampaign. Retrieved July 10, 2022, from https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/blue_campaign_campus_law_enforcement_guide_508.pdf 

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Equal Not Exploited: A Survivor Driven Agenda for Ending Commercial Sexual Exploitation

This panel discussion by movement leaders shares their perspectives on the harms caused by commercial sexual exploitation. It discusses how race, class, and income inequality fuel the sex trade and what we can do to change it.

Reference from: Equal Not Exploited: A Survivor Driven Agenda for Ending Commercial Sexual Exploitation. (2022). Vimeo. Retrieved July 15, 2022, from https://vimeo.com/489767750.

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Human trafficking parent guide

The New Mexico Trafficking Taskforce has created a complete parents' guide to discussing human trafficking with children so they can understand, recognize the signs, and protect themselves from predators.

Reference from: New Mexico Human Trafficking Taskforce. (2021, May). Human trafficking parent guide. City of Albuquerque. Retrieved July 12, 2022, from https://www.cabq.gov/police/documents/parents-human-trafficking-guide.pdf/view

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Faces of Human Trafficking: OVC

The United States Department of Justice’s Office of Victims of Crimes created this video series to hear the stories of survivors of human trafficking in their own words. Learn what happened to them, how they were lured in, how they were once trapped, and how they finally found freedom again.

Reference from: Office for Victims of Crime. (2015, December 1). Faces of Human Trafficking: OVC. Office for Victims of Crime. Retrieved July 11, 2022, from https://ovc.ojp.gov/program/human-trafficking/faces-of-human-trafficking#faces-of-human-trafficking-video-series

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Sex Trafficking in America

This documentary takes viewers inside the stories of young women coerced into prostitution while following one police unit committed to rooting out sexual exploitation in its community.

Reference from: Public Broadcasting Service. (2019). Sex Trafficking in America. PBS. Retrieved July 15, 2022, from https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/sex-trafficking-in-america/.

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Sex needs a new metaphor. Here's one ...

This 2012 TED talk explores how the metaphors we use for sex dehumanize it and contribute to many modern issues.

Reference from: TED. (2012). Sex needs a new metaphor. Here's one ... | TED Talk. Retrieved July 15, 2022, from https://www.ted.com/talks/al_vernacchio_sex_needs_a_new_metaphor_here_s_one/transcript?language=en.

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Violence against women -- it's a men's issue

This 2013 Ted talk explores why violence against women is not a women's issue and how men can help stop their abuse and exploitation.

Reference from: TED. (2013). Violence against women -- it's a men's issue | Ted Talk. Violence against women -- it's a men's issue | TED Talk. Retrieved July 15, 2022, from https://www.ted.com/talks/jackson_katz_violence_against_women_it_s_a_men_s_issue/transcript?language=en.

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Tricked: The Documentary

This documentary takes a closer look and examines all sides of America's 3 billion dollars a year sex-trafficking trade.

Reference from: Tricked: The Documentary. (2013). Apple TV. Retrieved July 15, 2022, from https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/tricked/umc.cmc.592pamnn03syy3ar8nx3w1ykb?action=play.

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Hidden America: Chilling New Look at Sex Trafficking in the US

ABC's Diane Sawyer reports on vulnerable young women lured into falling victim to sex trafficking showing real stories of survivors and families who have been exploited.

Reference from: YouTube. (2015). Hidden America: Chilling New Look at Sex Trafficking in the Us. YouTube. Retrieved July 15, 2022, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSgTmcq-bBk.

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