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SESSION 1
Join the Abolitionist Movement
If you would like to become connected with our organization to fight human trafficking, a great place to start is joining our Abolitionist team:USIAHT.org/abolitionist
Become a Trafficking Free Zone
The goal of the U.S. Institute Against Human Trafficking (USIAHT) is to educate every business,church, and organization about the signs of human trafficking within our communities and invite them to publicly declare themselves a Trafficking Free Zone. By joining together, our community can be empowered to take action, discourage buyers to buy, cause traffickers to be afraid to sell, and improve the chances of helping victims escape forceful or coerced captivity. If you are a business and want to train your employees and declare your business, Church, or organization as a Trafficking Free Zone, sign up at: USIAHT.org/TraffickingFreeZone
Listen to our Trafficking Free America Podcast:
SESSION 2
Learn the Signs
Unfortunately, “signs” of trafficking are not always clear and obvious. Most times, it can be happening within your inner circle of community, such as school, neighborhood, family, friends, or church. To better understand signs that have been identified, please go to the site below (this is being updated as often as possible to better educate the public as new data comes to the U.S. Institute Against Human Trafficking).
AdvocateSeries.com/learn-the-signs
Become Educated
Learn more about signs and how other instances occur by taking an additional online training of “HT 101”: USIAHT.org/get-educated
Listen to our Trafficking Free America Podcast
Oree’s story is very powerful and this part of her story is extremely hard to hear. By the grace of God, there is restoration in Oree’s life that we actually get to hear about in Session 3. However, to truly understand Oree’s whole journey and to gain a better understanding of how we can spot occurrences or circumstances in someone’s life to better prevent trafficking or grooming from happening, we created a 3-episode podcast that tells Oree’s full story.
Watch On YouTube:
Bonus Episode: Interview with Oree and Kevin Malone
Listen to our deeper dive into this episode with Oree Freeman
We also provide a deeper dive into this episode as we have a discussion with Oree. To reflect further on this episode and prepare for Session 3, please access Season 2, episode 4 of our podcast.
SESSION 3
Foster Care
Foster care is an extremely important ministry in our society today. The data shows that if every Christian church in the United States had just ONE family licensed to take in a foster child, we would have more foster homes than foster children. Providing a loving, Christian home is one of the most practical ways of saving generations from being trafficked.
Look for a faith-based foster care agency in your county (or services your county) to find out how you can help their agency or possibly become licensed as a foster parent.
To dive in further, please listen/watch our interview with A Door of Hope (a foster care agency in Florida):
SESSION 4
Become an Abolitionist
If you are ready to take action and try volunteering at a safe home, victim care center, or something similar that assists victims of sex trafficking, exploitation, or abuse – sign up to become an Abolitionist to receive our trainings, resources, and content so that you can make a difference in your area and sphere of influence.
Sign up here: https://www.usiaht.org/abolitionists/
Listen to our Trafficking Free America Podcast
There is a lot to unpack in understanding a victim’s life of prostitution/trafficking. We interviewed Bekah Charleston who was trafficked for 11 years through “legal” brothels in Nevada in this episode’s deep dive podcast on Trafficking Free America. To reflect further on this episode and prepare for Session 4, please access Season 2, episode 6 of our podcast, Trafficking Free America: Listen on Spotify or Apple.
Learn More About Life Recaptured (Brandy’s safe home in Florida)
Brandy Crisafulli runs a safe home on the east coast of Florida. If you would like to learn more about her home and ministry, you can find out more below:
SESSION 5
Become an Abolitionist
If you are ready to take action and try volunteering at a safe home, victim care center, or something similar that assists victims of sex trafficking, exploitation, or abuse – sign up to become an Abolitionist to receive our trainings, resources, and content so that you can make a difference in your area and sphere of influence.
Sign up here: https://www.usiaht.org/abolitionists/
Listen to our Trafficking Free America Podcast
FAQ
Does This Cost Anything?
All of this is absolutely free!
Of course, any donations will help us spread the word of this series and help provide funding for future growth of this project.
While we ask for donations, you are able to view our videos and download our study guide at absolutely no cost.
Why Does This Study Exist?
In 2022, Kevin was approached by several pastors after speaking at an event in Florida. They shared that they want their church to be more involved in the fight against human trafficking, but they were not sure where to get started…they were not sure where to become educated on the matter and put that into action.
Kevin took this to heart and approached the team. Not only did our team at the U.S. Institute want to provide an educational resource that spoke directly to the Church, but we also wanted to focus on how God has spoken to us about approaching the work of fighting human trafficking…fighting against sin and destruction… fighting for hope.
After months of working on content and bringing this vision to life, we are excited to provide this Bible Study Series that focuses on how the Church can bring hope to our modern day society and also become educated as to how modern-day trafficking is effecting our local society.
How Can I Watch This?
All of the videos will be provided as a link on Vimeo or you can watch this series on RightNow Media.
If you are looking to showcase this at your church, you can contact us for a downloadable version.
You can also cast it from your device or the Vimeo app using your Smart TV, Amazon Fire stick, Apple TV, or Roku.
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