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Briefing Note - PTSD
November 17, 2023

PTSD and Survivors of Human Trafficking

Human trafficking can have long-term effects on survivors’ mental health. Additionally, many of the conditions that make people vulnerable to trafficking, such as poverty and discrimination, can also have long-term...

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August 29, 2023

Let’s Go to the Movies:  A List of Human Trafficking Movies Compiled by Survivors

In response to the Sound of Freedom movie, survivors of human trafficking have compiled a list of movies exploring broader aspects of trafficking that are often overlooked. This list is...

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July 30, 2023

Join Us: Working Together Against Human Trafficking

Sunday, July 30th is World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, and this year’s theme is to leave no one behind. As people and organizations working to end human trafficking daily,...

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January 23, 2023

Addressing homelessness in LA will help stop human trafficking

It seems like whenever human trafficking is in the news, we get a sensational view and not the full picture. A celebrity has been arrested for sex trafficking, and all...

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December 5, 2022

2023-2024 Stanton Fellowship

The Durfee Foundation has announced that Kay Buck, CEO of the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking, is one of six recipients of the 2023-2024 Durfee Stanton Fellowship.  The Fellowship...

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November 30, 2022

Survivor Stories: Meet Daniela

Daniela came to the US to escape police brutality in El Salvador. She never expected to face even greater hardships.  When Daniela entered Cast, she had been making good progress...

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October 27, 2022

Open Letter to CBP on Trade Data Transparency

October 20, 2022 Below is a joint open letter to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) calling on CBP to demonstrate its continued commitment to combating forced...

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August 30, 2022

Support Survivors on Labor Day

This Labor Day, Cast’s Managing Attorney shares an open letter about a special labor trafficking survivor, Gabriel.  Dear Friend, Since I started as an attorney at Cast in 2017, Labor...

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February 4, 2022

Human Trafficking PSA: Nicole Scherzinger & California Attorney General Rob Bonta

Human trafficking awareness should happen every day of the year so we are ending Human Trafficking Prevention Month with this important PSA in partnership with California Attorney General Rob Bonta...

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December 30, 2021

More Than Giving Back, More Than A Shelter

Dear Friends, When I think about the holidays, I think about home–about that feeling of security and trust, of knowing that the people around you love you unconditionally. I think...