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What happened to me should never happen to anyone else
Angela is a survivor of labor trafficking in an elder care facility in California. She came in hopes of finding decent work and found herself in modern slavery. This is her...
COVID-19: Yet more pain for human trafficking victims
BY STEPHANIE RICHARD POSTED 06.08.2020 As many Californians struggle with the effects of COVID-19, what this pandemic means for human trafficking victims is their abusers have yet another way to coerce and exploit....
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...
