1 – What is Human Trafficking?
Learn what human trafficking is so that you can begin to study this issues, be a voice, and make a difference in ending it. Sandra Morgan, the Director of the Global Center for Women and Justice, and Dave Stachowiak, a GCWJ board member, discuss "What is human trafficking?" They explain the elements of human trafficking and examples through stories of both men and women who were coerced into modern-day slavery. Key Points Modern-day slavery includes three main elements: force, fraud, and coercion. Human Trafficking can be in any community and socio-economic class, as exemplified by these stories of modern-day slavery. Forms of human trafficking include sex trafficking, labor trafficking, and debt bondage. The Global Center for Women and Justice gives a framework and a place to educate, research, and teach students and the community to be an advocate for change. Resources Global Center for Women and Justice National Human Trafficking Hotline, or call 888-3737-888 U.S. Department of State - Trafficking in Persons Report [Note from the Ending Human Trafficking podcast team: This episode was recorded in 2011 so the contact information provided is no longer accurate. Please refer to gcwj.org for the correct contact information.] Love the show? Consider supporting us on Patreon! Become a Patron Transcript Dave [00:00:00] You're listening to the Ending Human Trafficking podcast, this is episode number one recorded in April 2011. Welcome to the Ending Human Trafficking podcast, my name is Dave Stachowiak. Sandra [00:00:30] And my name is Sandra Morgan. Dave [00:00:33] And this is the show where we empower you to study the issues, be a voice, and make a difference in ending human trafficking. Sandra [00:00:42] Dave, those are the goals of the Global Center for Women and Justice. And I'm the director for the Global Center for Women and Justice. And human trafficking is a major issue that our students at Vanguard University are really interested in. Dave [00:00:56] And I am really excited to be doing this show with you. And I've actually been looking forward to it all week, Sandie. We're recording this on a Friday morning and I've been looking forward to this all week because, how long have we known each other now? Probably three or four years? Sandra [00:01:13] Yeah, at least. Dave [00:01:14] And ever since I met you, I have wanted to get involved with doing something with human trafficking and helping raise awareness about the issue. And I didn't really know how and didn't really know how to get involved. And I've been excited about this all week because this is a great way to get the message out about what's going on with this issue and helping really empower people with the right information. So I am so excited to be a part of it and I'm glad that we are jumping into this. Sandra [00:01:47] Well, and that reminds me that almost every week I either get a phone call, an email, or someone walking into my office and they sit down and they say, I don't know what to do, but I want to help end human trafficking. How do we start? What do we do? And that's what I really love about the Global Center for Women and Justice, is it gives us a framework, a place to educate, to do research, to teach our students and our community how to be good advocates for change. Dave [00:02:22] Well, we are planning to do whatever we can to be advocates for change as well. And this show is our plan, at least initially here, is to make this a biweekly show. And so we'll be coming to you twice a month with information on how you can play a role in really ending human trafficking. And we're going to be talking about the issues. We're going to study them and then hopefully give you the right tools to go out and actually be informed about making a differ...
