Polaris Project's Executive Director Bradley Myles discusses human trafficking in the United States, the NHTRC and what you can do if you suspect some one is being trafficked.

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150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, President Lincoln's Cottage, in partnership with Polaris Project hosts Can You Walk Away? The exhibit bridges the perceived gap between slavery past and present, and highlights the challenges and perceptions of slavery in America today

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Google.org will be funding the creation of this $1.8 million unified initiative in the United States to fight modern-day slavery in the United States and overseas.
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A coalition of 53 organizations and individuals, including Polaris Project, have written an open letter to Village Voice Media asking them to protect women and girls from commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking by immediately and permanently shutting down the entire Adult section of their Backpage.com website..
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The Hawaii legislature recently passed important anti-human trafficking legislation, SB 2576 (http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2012/bills/SB2576_.HTM), that will allow victims of sex trafficking to live their lives free of legal repercussions for crimes they committed as a result of being trafficked.

There are currently three bills pending in California’s state legislature that can help identify human trafficking victims and provide them with services that will enable them to rebuild their lives.

In the past year, Hawaiian legislators have introduced 3 new bills that would help identify, protect, and offer assistance to victims of human trafficking, but we need your help to ensure that these essential bills get made into law! Let your legislators know that if all these bills pass, Hawaii would have one of the strongest anti-human trafficking frameworks in the United States.

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