Ending Human Trafficking

Global Center for Women and Justice Director Dr. Sandra Morgan and Board Member Dave Stachowiak discuss the idea of Coordination: what does it mean to serve well, work together in order to eliminate duplication and determine the best use of resources? Coordination is often a “30,000 foot” view, but what does it mean on the local level? Tune in to hear the three questions Sandie and Dave discuss in...

GCWJ Director Dr. Sandra Morgan interviews Claudio Magnabosco, the creator of the first network of former prostitutes in Italy. In this episode of the Ending Human Trafficking Podcast, Claudio shares his story how his life was completely turned around the moment he gained the strength to stand up against a norm in Italian culture regarding prostitution. His story results in a special message to me...

In this episode of the Ending Human Trafficking Podcast, GCWJ Director Dr. Sandra Morgan and Board Member Dave Stachowiak discuss the 2014 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report released in June 2014. Compiled by the US State Department, the TIP Report is a special country study model that evaluates the efforts of each country to pursue prevention and protection for victims, as well as prosecution fo...

On this episode of the Ending Human Trafficking Podcast, GCWJ Director Sandra Morgan led a conversation with Kim Yim and Shayne Moore, co-authors of Refuse To Do Nothing, at the Women of Vision, Orange County Faces of Change event in May 2014. These two abolitionist mothers seek to share with others how to strive to be global thinkers and advocates no matter the age of your children and busyness o...

On this episode of the Ending Human Trafficking Podcast, we are featuring a special presentation by Reverend David L. Myers, Senior Advisor for Department of Homeland Security’s Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Appointed by President Obama in 2009, Rev. Myers works closely with FEMA to provide disaster relief and builds efforts to partner with local and national faith-based le...

On November 7-8, 2013, GCWJ hosted a special two-day event called the Frontline Summit: Where is the Frontline in the War Against Child Exploitation ? The Summit partnered with Orange County Juvenile Courts and Orange County Department of Education in order to bring together more than 100 professionals working on the frontlines – educators, probation officers, law enforcement, probation department...

GCWJ Director Sandra Morgan spent one week in March 2014 with Assemblies of God World Missionaries Gilbert and Virginia Contreras conducting human trafficking prevention training in Córdoba, Argentina. The Contreras family has served in Argentina for 14 years. After attending an Ensure Justice conference a few years ago, they felt called to address this issue and seek to prevent human trafficking...

The latest episode of the Ending Human Trafficking podcast features GCWJ Director Sandra Morgan and Board Member Dave Stachowiak speaking with the Director of Anti-Trafficking for World Hope International, Lisa Thompson. Lisa has a worked in the anti-trafficking movement for many years, including 12 years with The Salvation Army. She transitioned in September 2013 to her role with World Hope where...

This episode of the Ending Human Trafficking podcast features GCWJ Director Sandra Morgan and Board Member Dave Stachowiak discussing the US Government’s five year strategic action plan on services for human trafficking survivors. Sandie and Dave discuss the overarching themes of Coordination, Collaboration, and Capacity. The strategic report includes ideas about what terms to use and four main go...

This episode of the Ending Human Trafficking podcast features Ensure Justice 2014 Speaker Shyima Hall, Survivor Advocate. Shyima was born in Egypt to a very poor family. She was sent to work for a family in Cairo, who later moved to the US, taking 8-year-old Shyima with them to continue her service as a domestic slave. When a neighbor noticed she was not going to school, Shyima was rescued. Listen...

Dr. Sandie Morgan, Dave Stachowiak, and Westminster Police Department’s Deputy Chief Derek Marsh discuss the myths and misconceptions of human trafficking. Deputy Chief Marsh has worked on Orange County’s local anti-trafficking efforts since 2003, including co-chairing the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force for nine years. In Part 2, they discuss myths 7 through 12 about human trafficking...

Dr. Sandie Morgan, Dave Stachowiak, and Westminster Police Department’s Deputy Chief Derek Marsh discuss the myths and misconceptions of human trafficking. Deputy Chief Marsh has worked on Orange County’s local anti-trafficking efforts since 2003, including co-chairing the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force for nine years. In Part 1, they discuss 6 out of 12 myths about human trafficking a...

The travel industry has a unique spot in the fight against human trafficking. Many individuals are trafficked across both local and international boundaries, and those who work in the airline, bus, and hotel industries are likely to come in contact with someone being trafficked. GCWJ Director Sandie Morgan and Board Member Dave Stachowiak discuss the different ways the travel industry can begin to...

GCWJ Director Sandie Morgan and Board Member Dave Stachowiak welcome Tracy Webb, Senior Trial Attorney, Cyber Crime and Child Abuse Policy and Prosecution for the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force in Los Angeles, California. Tracy shares Brittany’s Story, a case that involved a 12 year-old girl from Illinois who was lured to California to become a model. Brittany’s story highlights just...

GCWJ Director Sandra Morgan, and Coordinator, Alexis Miller, travel to New York City for the two week event, The Price of Life, hosted by the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. This event reached upwards of 12,000 people on 15 different campuses and through vast impressions on social media has reached a potential audience of 4.5 million people. In this podcast, Sandie shares her and other particip...

Internet access has changed the way we communicate over the last 10 years. Twitter estimates 33 billion tweets per day in the year 2013, yet it didn’t exist 10 years ago. The amount of internet exposer teens and children experience each week is approximately 18 hours – and likely to be much higher for some. How can you protect children from accidental or intentional views of pornography? GCWJ Dire...

GCWJ Director Sandie Morgan sits down with the director of World Relief Spokane, Mark Kadel. The World Relief Spokane office works to provide refugee resettlement assistance, employment services, loans, and immigration services to refugees. This podcast episode explores into link between refugee resettlement and ultimately reducing the risk for human trafficking.  Mark and Sandie discuss the link...

Recently, the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships convened in Washington DC to discuss how to combat human trafficking, aiming for organizations to work together for victim support services and raising awareness. This episode features a special interview Cheryl Pittluck, a GCWJ board member and leader at Anaheim Vineyard Church. Cheryl is an integral community...

The Global Center for Women and Justice is celebrating 10 years of research, achievements, and community engagement as we continue our mission to follow James 1:27: “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” In this special episode of the Ending Human Trafficking Podc...

Teachers hold the unique place in the lives of children, as they often spend up to 6 hours a day with a child. Educators have a unique opportunity to teach children lessons that extend far beyond the classroom, including prevention and early intervention of trafficking. How do we equip teachers to teach children about exploitation and ask the right questions when a child in their class exhibits si...

The Ending Human Trafficking Podcast will taking a special field trip in October to The Price of Life NYC campaign! In preparation for our special live podcast, GCWJ Director Sandie Morgan and Board Member Dave Stachowiak interview Jonathan Walton, InterVarsity’s New York City Urban Project Director about The Price of Life NYC. The Price of Life NYC campaign is October 1 – 12 with more than 100 ev...

While GCWJ Director Sandra Morgan attended the Christians for Biblical Equality conference in Pittsburgh, she met Fatuma Hashi, Director of Gender and Development for World Vision International. After hearing Fatuma’s presentation in the final Plenary session at the conference, Sandie scheduled a time to interview Fatuma and share her unique work. Fatuma presented on Channels of Hope: Gender, a pr...

Have you heard the latest news? In this episode of Ending Human Trafficking, Director Sandie Morgan and Board Member Dave Stachowiak discuss some of the latest and most important news regarding child sexual exploitation happening in our country right now. At the end of July 2013, the FBI conducted its 7th operation in ten years to fight against child exploitation, where 105 children were recovered...

This episode of Ending Human Trafficking features GCWJ Director Sandie Morgan and Board Member Dave Stachowiak being interviewed by Suzie Farthing from the One Love For Nurses podcast. One Love For Nurses is a group of Christian nursing professionals who are dedicated to using their talent and profession to serve the poor and vulnerable. In this interview, Sandie and Dave share with Suzie how medi...

What do new laws mean for us? Opportunity to make a difference. Legislation can provide framework, but legislation does not make change happen – people make change happen. Recent laws in California provide opportunity for individuals to get involved in the fight against human trafficking, as well as provide a path for other states to create similar laws to protect children and women who are exploi...