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Tarrant County 5 Stones January 2022 Meeting
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Tarrant County 5 Stones January 2022 Meeting

ByBilly Joe Cain

Our January 5 Stones meeting featured Mikey Betancourt, Program Specialist with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, as he discussed how DFPS is responding to the growing concern of trafficking among youth.

Human Trafficking: The Intersection of Race, Gender, and the Law: The City Club of Cleveland
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Human Trafficking: The Intersection of Race, Gender, and the Law: The City Club of Cleveland

ByBilly Joe Cain

Human trafficking, often categorized by sex and labor trafficking, is widespread in the United States. Victims of human trafficking can come from any background, however according to the U.S. Department of Justice, 94% of sex trafficking victims are female, 40% are Black, and 24% are Latinx. And in South Dakota, where Native American women are only 8% of the population, they represent 40% of sex trafficking victims. These statistics are staggering.

Texas Human Trafficking Prevention Coordinating Council Meeting
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Texas Human Trafficking Prevention Coordinating Council Meeting

ByBilly Joe Cain

Human Trafficking Prevention Task force newsletter, Part One Happy January! It is great to see so many human trafficking awareness efforts across the state this month!  We were disappointed that we had to change our taskforce meeting to a virtual one, but were so glad to see all many of you from across the state as we renewed our commitment…

REVIEW: Texas Human Trafficking Resource Center – HEART Training from Texas Health and Human Services (for Healthcare Professionals)
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REVIEW: Texas Human Trafficking Resource Center – HEART Training from Texas Health and Human Services (for Healthcare Professionals)

ByBilly Joe Cain

Good course with great materials and an assessment-based certificate. Huge lost opportunity to provide easily accessible, downloadable materials to students.

International Game Developers Association Promotes Human Trafficking Prevention Education
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International Game Developers Association Promotes Human Trafficking Prevention Education

ByBilly Joe Cain

PBJ Learning is proud to have been featured in the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) Newsletter, which goes out to tens of thousands of professional interactive game developers, including employees of the biggest companies in the world, from Activision (the makers of World of Warcraft) to Epic Games (the makers of Fortnite). In the leadoff…

What this Week’s Snapchat Updates Mean for Human Trafficking Prevention
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What this Week’s Snapchat Updates Mean for Human Trafficking Prevention

ByEyes on Trafficking News

On January 19th, Snapchat announced new security measures to their platform in order to make it harder for adults to connect with adolescents they don’t know. This change was prompted by a desire to protect children from people trying to sell them drugs, but it could also help protect children from other predators, such as traffickers. 

Psychology Today Interview with PBJ Learning’s Founders
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Psychology Today Interview with PBJ Learning’s Founders

ByBilly Joe Cain

Spreading awareness and knowledge through Psychology Today We are honored to have been interviewed by Mackenzie Littledale, who writes the “From Margin to Mainstream” blog for Psychology Today.  She spent well over an hour with us, covering so many topics. We can’t shut up when we start going, so the conversation flowed from one idea…

Securing Evidence: The Key to Convictions in Human Trafficking
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Securing Evidence: The Key to Convictions in Human Trafficking

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Belgrade, (Serbia) 18 – 20 January 2022 – Human trafficking is a global and widespread crime, but despite its prevalence research shows persistent low levels of prosecutions and convictions of traffickers. Data from the latest Global Report on Trafficking in Persons, produced by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), showed that in 2018…

My Password Safety Technique – What’s Yours?
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My Password Safety Technique – What’s Yours?

ByBilly Joe Cain

Online Safety and Passwords – Take It Seriously Is the beginning of the year a good time to change your passwords? Seems as good as any! This advice is for everyone. Parents, you definitely want your children to know this, too, for obvious reasons. Let me try to convince you that you want to have…