Awareness

Ending human trafficking always begins with awareness. Any education / news / discussion that focuses on awareness should be here.

Billy Joe Cain discusses human trafficking on The Sex Ed Show on 91.7 KOOP
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Billy Joe Cain discusses human trafficking on The Sex Ed Show on 91.7 KOOP

Click the picture or here to visit the KOOP page for the show so you can hear it yourself! Radical empathy helps you emotionally understand how anyone can become a victim. Billy Joe has spent 30 years in the interactive space, creating award-winning games, simulations, educational programs, and “gamified” training products. He has launched a…

Billy Joe Cain at Humboldt Against Sexual Exploitation (HASE) Conference 2023 – “A Day in the Life” and concerns about automated grooming
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Billy Joe Cain at Humboldt Against Sexual Exploitation (HASE) Conference 2023 – “A Day in the Life” and concerns about automated grooming

Radical empathy helps you emotionally understand how anyone can become a victim. Billy Joe has spent 30 years in the interactive space, creating award-winning games, simulations, educational programs, and “gamified” training products. He has launched a new EA Sports franchise, built products for Nickelodeon, delivered a flight simulator for the United States Air Force, and…

Virtual reality helps prevent sex trafficking on the Suncoast
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Virtual reality helps prevent sex trafficking on the Suncoast

Wednesday, May 3rd 2023, 3:19 PM EDT By Sydney Roell Virtual reality helps prevent sex trafficking on the Suncoast SARASOTA – A virtual reality program puts users in the shoes of a young girl who gets sex trafficked. The anti-human trafficking organization, Selah Freedom, has turned to the program “Trapped: a VR Detective Story,” to teach…

Child Abuse Prevention Month: Resources and Tools to Help You Support Families and Children
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Child Abuse Prevention Month: Resources and Tools to Help You Support Families and Children

APRIL IS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH Did you know that April is Child Abuse Prevention Month?  This month, we would like to highlight resources from several different organizations that provide important information about this topic and advocate for the prevention of child abuse altogether. We are also excited to share an interview with Kimberly Perry…

Nonprofit teaches kids how to avoid online tactics of human traffickers
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Nonprofit teaches kids how to avoid online tactics of human traffickers

Staying one step ahead of the tactics of human traffickers is part of the job for Selah Freedom Prevention Coordinator Hilda Arreola.

CR Ep 072: Human Trafficking Prevention with Billy Joe Cain and Fouke Monster Festival Preview with Craig Woolheater
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CR Ep 072: Human Trafficking Prevention with Billy Joe Cain and Fouke Monster Festival Preview with Craig Woolheater

Posted on April 18, 2023 Read the original on CuriousRealm.com here. In the first part of this episode of the Curious Realm host Christopher Jordan welcomes Billy Joe Cain, human trafficking prevention advocate as well as founder of Radical Empathy Education Foundation and PBJ Learning. Both organizations with the defined goal of ending human trafficking using…

Sarasota group uses virtual reality to put people inside the world of a human trafficking victim
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Sarasota group uses virtual reality to put people inside the world of a human trafficking victim

SARASOTA, Fla. – A Sarasota-based nonprofit that focuses on human trafficking awareness, prevention, and outreach is turning to virtual reality to help teach families how to avoid the pitfalls that can lead children to become victims.

Feedback from users of TRAPPED: A VR Detective Story
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Feedback from users of TRAPPED: A VR Detective Story

Uprising is a nonprofit that exists to empower communities, volunteers, and donors to confront human trafficking and exploitation through awareness, education, and outreach. They have licensed TRAPPED: A VR Detective Story and use it to provide training for all sorts of groups of people.  Comment cards, below, are from public school students that have allowed…