Teach Against Trafficking

Thanks so much to the Soroptimist International of Snyder, Union, and Northumberland Counties for having us last night! We gave our CTLD presentation and talked about our group.

Thanks so much for having us, Soroptimist International of Snyder, Union, and Northumberland Counties!

Teach Against Trafficking is incredibly honored to receive a $3,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Skill and Pace-O-Matic! Thank you!

These funds will be used to create our Trafficking Prevention Toolkit project with Transitions of PA.

Erin and Mariah have been visiting classrooms at Linntown Intermediate School over the past two months to teach lessons about consent and healthy boundaries! After each lesson, the class signs a "consent pledge" which is then hung up in the classroom. The students are AMAZING!

January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month, and we are hoping to "Connect the Dots" to help strengthen our communities and prevent trafficking. This theme of connecting the dots comes to us from the Office of Trafficking in Persons and highlights the importance of connecting the dots between trafficking and how traffickers find their victims so we can prevent and end this crime. Follow us to learn more about trafficking and prevention throughout the month of January!

According to the National Human Trafficking Hotline website, there were over 9,000 cases of trafficking identified in 2023. With these cases, almost 17,000 victims were identified. Transitions of PA also works with victims and survivors of human trafficking to ensure their safety. To learn more about human trafficking and the types of trafficking identified by the hotline, find us on Instagram, .

According to Polaris, the organization that operates the National Human Trafficking Hotline, 37% of potential victims of s*x trafficking were minors and 9% of potential victims of labor trafficking were minors. Protecting our youth and preventing violence should be a priority for everyone, and spreading awareness of this issue is essential during Human Trafficking Awareness Month.

According to Polaris (organizers of the National Human Trafficking Hotline), the most common type of exploitation used by traffickers against their victims is coercion. This can include things like emotional abuse, stalking, inducing or exploiting a substance abuse issue, and more. To learn more about Polaris, you can visit their website https://polarisproject.org/ .

Thanks so much to Justin Strawser and The Daily Item for highlighting our developing project in collaboration with Transitions of PA!

Student-run group prepares grant for trafficking prevention toolkits LEWISBURG — A pair of Lewisburg Area High School seniors submitted a grant this week seeking funding for human trafficking prevention toolkits.