Ending Human Trafficking

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...

There are some basics to designing a car, even though there are hundreds of models on our roads. While the differences make each unique, the basics are the same – wheels, lights, engines. In this episode, Global Center for Women and Justice Director Sandie Morgan, and GCWJ Board Member Dave Stachowiak discuss the basic resources available to learn more about human trafficking. GCWJ receives many i...

During the Nigerian Women Against Violence Conference (NWAV) held May 22-24 at Vanguard University, GCWJ Director Sandie Morgan sat down with Husseina Akil Bangshika. Husseina is a Jounalist for the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria in the capital city of Abuja. The NWAV conference was a unique blend of cross-cultural learning. The guests from Africa shared stories of violence and modern-day sl...

Look at the tags hanging in your closet. Made in India. Made in Indonesia. Made in Bangladesh. Could it have been made in that factory that collapsed? Approximately 74% of  human trafficking is labor trafficking. The news has been filled with reports and heartbreaking stories of lost lives in Bangladesh April 24, 2013. More than 1,000 workers lost their lives, and it requires us to take a step bac...

Born in a small village in India, Anuradha Bhosale came from a lower caste and began working as a domestic servant in three homes at the age of 6. Because the families she worked for allowed her to go to school and get an education, Anuradha was able to overcome the challenges in her early years and become a grassroots human rights activist for women and children in India. In this episode of the E...

This episode of the Ending Human Trafficking Podcast features an interview by Director Sandra Morgan and GCWJ Board member Dave Stachowiak with Jamil Kassab. Jamil is an Ending Human Trafficking Podcast listener, just like you! Through his work as a bus driver and teacher, he wanted to learn more about human trafficking, connecting with children on a daily basis. He decided to come from Portland t...

Straight from Ensure Justice 2013, Director Sandra Morgan and GCWJ Board member Dave Stachowiak discuss the online exploitation prevention model Sandra presented during Plenary 3 of the conference. Following the P’s of prevention, Sandra focuses on 4 P’s – Predict, Protect, Practice, and Pray. The Model of Prevention provides tools to DO something. As the problems we face continue, we must find wa...

How do you get the most of out a conference? GCWJ Director Sandra Morgan and Board member Dave Stachowiak discuss how you can learn to be a voice is by attending conferences. A conference is an excellent place study the issue of human trafficking, as well as network with others who share the same goals. Building relationships is key in accomplishing what needs to be done, as Dave shared using Keit...

For the 50th Episode of the Ending Human Trafficking Podcast, Dr. Sandie Morgan and Dave Stachowiak interview Kimberly McOwen Yim, co-author of Refuse to Do Nothing: Finding Your Power to Abolish Modern-Day Slavery . Similar to the theme of the podcast, they focus on an individual’s power to make a difference in modern-day slavery through education, collaboration, and advocacy. Key Points Influenc...