Mentoring as Prevention for Modern Day Slavery and Sexual Exploitation

Mentoring as Prevention for Modern DayTransforming lives through the power of mentoring Slavery & Sexual Exploitation  Friends for Youthʼs Mentoring Institute March 2011 Webinar

Webinar Logistics – Adding Comments•  All attendees muted for best sound•  “Raise your hand” to be unmuted – works best for telephone or headset-to-computer connections; please monitor background noise•  Type questions and comments in the question box; responses will either be direct to you or possibly shared with all attendees Sarah Kremer, ATR-BC Emily Turner Friday Night Live Program Director Coordinator Friends for Youthʼs Amador-Tuolumne Community Action Agency Mentoring Institute Sonora, California

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Human Trafficking Advocacy Through Mentoring Relationships Emily Turner

Human Trafﬁcking The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use by force or other forms of coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power or a position of vulnerability or of the giving and receiving of payments or beneﬁts to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation.-US DOJ

Breakin it Down … Force  Fraud/ Coercion  Beating  Deceit  Slapping  Threat  Burning  Fear  Assault  Isolation  Rape/ Gang rape  Selling a dream  Conﬁnement  Creating dependency

Human Trafﬁcking is … -  Modern day slavery -  Illegal -  Active -  Preventable!

Who are the victims?  Undocumented migrant workers  Runaways  Marginalized populations  Attention-needy individuals  Uneducated/ naïve populations  Impoverished/ in debt individuals or populations  Displaced individuals

Around the Globe  There are more people  US Dept of Labor enslaved today than at has identiﬁed 122 any other time in world history goods produced by  Both sex and labor slaves in 58 slavery happens within countries and across international borders

On US Soil  DOJ estimates that   244,000 at risk youth between   Average age of entry 200,000-400,000 into sexual slavery in people are enslaved at US is between 12-14 any given moment years old (both male  Each year, another and female) 14,500-17,500 are trafﬁcked INTO the US

Forms of Slavery Sex   Labor  Residential brothels  Home servants  Farm workers  Disguised brothels  Cotton  Strip clubs  Cocoa  Marriage services  Tea/ Coffee  Citrus  Street prostitution  Factory workers  Escort services  Fish/ shrimp vessels

Why Humans? High proﬁts   $32 Billion/ year  Demand Cheap labor Resale valueCall + Response clip- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H9HFpD3azs

We Need You.   They Need You. An estimated 18 million young people between 6-18 live insituations that put them at risk of not living up to their potential.

Why Mentoring? Mentoring evidence-based practices supports effective prevention strategy   Creating long term relationships   Offering opportunities and activities Meeting the needs in at-risk youth population   Belonging   Mastery   Independence   Generosity

Basics of a Mentoring Relationship Mentor  Mentee/ Protégé  Adult/ Older individual  Youth/ Younger  Afﬁrming individual  Attentive  Learner  Acquiring knowledge  Has needs  Has expectations

What YOU Can Do As A Mentor Talk to your mentee/  Plan an outing with protégé your mentee to Become familiar with observe the red flags and community (with red recognizing signs flags in mind) Talk to your local  Be their friend law enforcement  Be affirming

Recognizing the Signs Work & Living Conditions  Not free to leave or come and go  Works excessively long hours/ unusual hours  Was recruited through false promises  High security measures exist in work place

Recognizing the Signs Behavior  Is fearful, anxious, tense or submissive  Exhibits unusual behavior around law enforcement  Avoids eye contact  Not in control of their situation  Loss of sense of time  Inconsistencies in stories

Recognizing the Signs  Physical/ Mental  Lacks health care  Appears malnourished  Signs of physical abuse or torture  Lacks knowledge of speciﬁcs (where she/ he is staying or what town they are in)  No personal possessions or identiﬁcation documents

Programming & Activism Life skills workshops Guest speaker- awareness presentation Advocate for local and national legislation, county or city ordinances Join or start a coalition Movie night & discussion

Your program is essential! 

Resources  Organizations   Not For Sale Campaign (www.notforsalecampaign.org)   Slavery Map (www.slaverymap.org)   Free2Work, Free2Play   Restore International   ECPAT   Free the Slaves   Courage to be You (C2BU)   End Human Trafﬁcking Coalition of the Sierras (EHTCS)   Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafﬁcking (CAST)   Emancipation Network   International Justice Mission   Polaris Project

Resources   Books   Half the Sky (Kristof & Wudunn)   Finding Karishma (Bob Goff)   Not For Sale (David Batstone)   Slave Next Door (Bales & Soodalter)   A Crime So Monstrous (Skinner)  Movies   Taken- 2008   Slumdog Millionaire- 2008   Call + Response   Trade- 2007   Not For Sale documentary   Human Trafﬁcking- 2005

Human Trafﬁcking Hotline1-888-3737-888

For more information or to contact Emily Turner 209-533-1397 x 297 eturner@atcaa.org

Questions?

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Mentoring as Prevention for Modern Day Slavery and Sexual Exploitation

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