A PowerPoint that talks about Human Trafficking. Including points that Batstone, talked about in Not for Sale.

2. NOT FOR SALE
Presented By: William Kim, Mackenzie Kiser,
Jeffery Larsen

3. Synopsis
 Human Trafficking is more prevalent than what most
people understand.
 Human Trafficking earns a profit of roughly $150
billion dollars a year.
 California is #1 in the US followed by Texas.
 Trafficking can be found in hot spots such as…
 Housecleaning services
 Landscape and gardening businesses
 Casinos
 Hotels(housekeeping)
 Nail salons
 Migrant/Transitional communities
The stories that are shared explain that these victims are
invisible to the world due to being undocumented, viewed as
prostitutes, “illegals”, or even responsible for their situations.

5. Have you ever been aware of how many people from
different countries are involved in your day-to-day life?
• South Texas
• Aware of people from different
countries
• Local Taco Stand
• Mexico
• Local Nail Salons
• Vietnam
• West Texas
• Aware of people from different
countries
• Restaurants
• Different Counties
• Mexico
• Vietnam
• Workforce-Oilfields
• Different Counties
• Africa
• Russia
• Middle East Countries

6. Please watch the video.

7. The items for the “dollar store”, athletic shoes or clothing, sports equipment we need
are probably not as cheap to make as they seem. Is the price you pay for such things
enough to cover their actual cost? If not, is it possible that someone is involved in
making them and distributing them that is not being adequately paid? If so, how do
you feel about that?
• Actual Cost
• People’s Freedom
• Not Worth it
• Buy Better Quality else where
• Made in a shifty way
• Buy ethically
• Black market

8. Please watch the video.

9. What are you willing to change in your life – what
might you be willing to give up – to ensure that
others are more fairly paid for their work?
• Sweatshops
• Not buy stuff from the stores that use sweatshops or have used sweatshops
• Restaurants
• Make sure that they are clean and have workers that want to be there
• Nail Salons
• Talk to the people and get to know them and understand their story
• Other areas of life
• Be more vigilant, be on the look out and monitor my surrounding, call cops
and report suspicious issues

10. What changes could be made at CTX or in your local community – at
your local grocery store or Walmart Or church- to help people who are
not being treated fairly to know what resources are available to them
to get out of a human trafficking situation?
• Pamphlets
• Located in private areas
• Different Languages
• Public knowledge
• Radio commercials
• TV commercials
• News Broadcasting
• Social Media Educational Post

11. What would they
need to know?
• Understand the signs of trafficking
• Cars in and out of places at all
times of the day
• Freedom of movement of
employees
• Minor appear to be under control
of an adult without parent
• Call report to law enforcement
• They are willing to listen
• Need facts not opinions
• Places in the community that help the
victims

12. How might we share
the information?
• Technology (huge part of
society today)
• Facebook
• Instagram
• News apps

13. Do those signs/that information need
to be in more than one language?
Why or why not?
• Different Languages is a MUST.
• Texas is a huge melting pot
• Last Census states over 160 different
languages are spoken

14. Anna Rodriguez lists places that are hot spots for potential human trafficking
and some questions to ask yourself when you are in those places. If you
determined that human trafficking might be happening, what should you do?
• Inform Local Law Enforcement
• Give them the Facts
• Don’t just ignore the issue

15. How can you best help those
suffering without endangering
them further or endangering
yourself?
• Inform Law Enforcement
• Support Local Business that
help victims
• Educate the community

16. How might having read this excerpt
from Not for Sale change your
awareness?
• Showing signs to look for
• Being aware of my surroundings
• Inform the cops
• Speak Up

17. Please watch the video from the Texas Attorney General

18. Work Cited:
Batstone, D. Not for Sale (Revised Edition).
Human Trafficking | Office of the Attorney General. (2020). Retrieved
17 October 2019, from
https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/initiatives/human-trafficking