Dear Friends, STAC’s Imagining Freedom Culinary Tasting and Fundraiser required us to imagine farmers, businesses, restaurants and individuals supporting our mission, and you did! This event on March 28 was a huge success, and we’re already planning for next year. Thanks to you, we promoted cooking with a conscience and ensuring that our food is Read more about Imagining Freedom 2019: THANK YOU[…]
Cases of sex and labor trafficking have been on the rise for the past decade in Florida, yet many people remain unaware of trafficking’s prevalence and its impact on people and communities. January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month and your opportunity to act. Here are five ways you can join STAC in the fight to Read more about Five Ways You Can Help End Human Trafficking[…]
We celebrate the strength and contributions of the American labor force each year on the first Monday in September – often with parades, backyard barbeques and sales on everything from mattresses to SUV’s. This is also a good time to reflect on those who are not free in their workplaces, who are literally enslaved, and Read more about Labor Day and Human Trafficking[…]
Guest blog post by Daniela Castro about the Freedom Outreach: I have had the pleasure of working with the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center’s Freedom Outreach since October of 2017. Christie Arnold, who founded the Outreach and continues to pour her heart and efforts into this, came to Florida State University’s International Justice Mission general Read more about Freedom Outreach by Daniela Castro[…]
Human trafficking – or modern day slavery – has tentacles throughout the Big Bend of Florida where trafficking is alive and well. This area has seen many cases of people being bought and sold and exploited for sex or for labor. Traffickers prey on people who are vulnerable: whether young or old, male or female, Read more about Finding Justice for Human Trafficking Survivors: Engaging the Legal System by Robin Hassler Thompson, JD, MA[…]
The Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center is coordinating an outreach in the Tallahassee area to help potential human trafficking victims – The Freedom Outreach. Although it may be surprising, human trafficking occurs in every state in the U.S., even Florida, even our capital city. The Freedom Outreach is a monthly street outreach that aims to Read more about The Freedom Outreach[…]