RESOURCES WE LOVE
For Survivors and Supporters
Survivor-Curated Best Practices for service provider and supporters working with survivors and persons at risk of exploitation
WePreventTrafficking.org online hub of resources for caregivers, teachers, and other adults, including our Free to Be curriculum for caregivers of 8-11-year-olds
HEAL Trafficking listserv focused on trafficking as a public health issue and curates research, webinars, and tools
The Life Story: Moments of Change online hub of films and handouts that describe the realities of people in the sex trade and highlights opportunities for change throughout a lifetime
Misconceptions: Myth-Busting Common Misconceptions Within the Anti-Trafficking Movement online resource by the Greater New Orleans Human Trafficking Task Force
Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: Beyond Victims and Villains book by Alexandra Lutnick
Trucking and Human Trafficking online resource by Lanier Law Firm
A Radical Model for Decriminalization: Research Model and Initial Findings by Alezandra Melendrez and Young Women’s Freedom Center, 2019
Commercially Sexually Exploited Girls and Young Women Involved in Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice in Los Angeles County: An Exploration and Evaluation of Placement Experiences and Services Received by Carly B. Dierkhising (CSU LA) and Kate Walker Brown (NCYL), 2018
Human Trafficking Prevalence and Child Welfare Risk Factors Among Homeless Youth: A Multi City Study by the The Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research at the University of Pennsylvania, 2018
Validation of the Commercial Sexual Exploitation-Identification Tool (CSE-IT) Technical report by WestCoast Children’s Clinic, 2017
Ending the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children: A Call for Multi-System Collaboration in California by the Child Welfare Council, 2017
Labor and Sex Trafficking Among Homeless Youth: A Ten-City Study, Executive Summary by Laura T. Murphy at Loyola University, 2016
Research to Action: Sexually Exploited Minors Needs and Strengths by WestCoast Children’s Clinic, 2012
Research and Models
Storytelling and Media
Ethical Storytelling - a community of nonprofit practitioners & storytellers learning how to integrate a new standard of storytelling
Media and Community Awareness Guidelines compiled by HEAL Trafficking
Trauma and Healing
The Future of Healing: Shifting From Trauma Informed Care to Healing Centered Engagement article by Shawn Ginwright, Ph. D.
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies book by Resmaa Menakem
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma book by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
Strategy
Systems Practice course by +Acumen and the Omidyar Group (11 weeks; free)
Emergent Strategy book by adrienne marie brown
The Social Labs Revolution: A New Approach to Solving Our Most Complex Challenges book by Zaid Hassan
Collective Impact Forum library of online resources and tools