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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Sri Yatun’s Escape
Every year, more than a thousand domestic workers are brought to the U.S. by diplomats and other foreign officials. What happens when those workers face abuse? She remembers wearing the...

Honoring Labor Day with Cast
Aisha shares her story of resilience this Labor Day. Dear Friend, I will never forget the moment I entered Cast’s transitional shelter, Mariposa Haven. After years of being cut off...
