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We Will Not Be Silent!
“All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.” – bell hooks We are outraged by the murder of another Black person by law enforcement and...
Help protect farmworkers like me from modern slavery
My name is Raymundo. I was recruited from Mexico to work on a farm in California. I was promised that my work would be legal and that I would be...
CA Crime Victims Board Ensures Access for Human Trafficking Survivors to Lost Income Benefits Despite Pandemic
(LOS ANGELES, CA) – Today, the California Victim Compensation Board (CalVCB) adopted final regulations to implement AB 629 (Smith/Gonzalez), which went into effect January 1, 2020, and provides human trafficking...
Organization Empowers Survivors Of Human Trafficking
While Mayor Eric Garcetti’s edict for Angelenos to stay home and shelter in place is a good way to flatten the curve on the dreaded coronavirus, it could sound the...
COVID-19 Impact on Cast and Human Trafficking Survivors
Cast sat down with Legal Services Director, Nagwa Ibrahim, to answer the hard questions about human trafficking and the coronavirus. How is your team responding to the pandemic and the...
Cast’s doors remain open
Cast’s Emergency Response Program Manager, Leigh LaChapelle, pens an open letter to our community partners in change and human trafficking victims. Dear Community Partner, We at Cast want to update...
Governor Newsom Must Provide Specific Funding for Human Trafficking Victims When He Provides Budget Augmentation for those Most at Risk
(LOS ANGELES, CA) – Today, the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (Cast) released the following statement in response to Governor Newsom’s coronavirus-related announcement: “We applaud Governor Newsom for his...
Social Distancing Without Being Alone
If the coronavirus pandemic has revealed anything, it is the stark inequalities vulnerable people endure. Faced with barriers to accessing care that will protect them and their families, human trafficking...
Mayor Garcetti Announces Program to Provide Entrepreneurship Training to Angelenos Experiencing Homelessness
LA: EnterpRISE will provide career and financial literacy training and access to startup funding opportunities LOS ANGELES — Mayor Eric Garcetti today announced the creation of LA: EnterpRISE, a pilot program...
Protect Migrant Workers from Exploitation
Call on California to revise SB477 Thousands of temporary workers are being trafficked into forced labor in California under threat of violence, deportation, and harm to their families. California attracts more temporary foreign workers than anywhere...
