What Human Trafficking

What human trafficking is: a crime that involves the exploitation of people for forced labor or commercial sex. In truth, human trafficking is a serious crime and a grave violation of human rights. To clarify, it affects people of all ages, genders, and backgrounds, and it can take many different forms, including sex trafficking, labor trafficking, and organ trafficking.

Read more: More Than Meets the Eye: The Immense Web of Human Trafficking and Its Vast Implications.

 

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

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

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

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…

Online Human Trafficking Prevention Course Review Series
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Online Human Trafficking Prevention Course Review Series

Take any of these any time As an online course provider, we have to understand the market, and we want share what we have learned with you. This set of reviews focuses on courses that the general public can take for free with no professional affiliations or prerequisites.  We have added PAID courses, below, due…

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)

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

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…

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

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…