National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month 2020

The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) defines “severe forms of human trafficking” as, “The recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for: Sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is inducted by force, fraud, and coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age; or, Labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, and coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery."

January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Human trafficking is a billion dollar industry that targets all populations, but particularly people in vulnerable positions (runaway and homeless youth, victims of domestic violence, and LGBTQ+ populations). In observation of the month, National Safe Place Network (NSPN) will be providing Members with resources throughout the month to help agencies address the wide scope of human trafficking. The following resources can help you get started planning and raising awareness for National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month:

• Research on Human Trafficking and Youth
• NSPN's Human Trafficking Prevention Month resources from 2016, 2017, and 2018
• The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Blue Campaign
• Polaris Project
• Dr. Laura Murphy on the sensationalism and misinformation of anti-trafficking
• Dr. Laura Murphy's Facebook Live: Identification of Human Trafficking
• Dr. Laura Murphy's Facebook Live: Labor Trafficking Among Youth