This presentation was delivered on Tuesday, March 15, 2011, as part of the free monthly webinar series Friends for Youth's Mentoring Institute with special guest presenter Emily Turner.
This presentation will focus on educating ourselves about modern day slavery occurring in our communities and how we can utilize our mentoring programs, mentoring relationships, and community partnerships to raise awareness, generate activism, and think preventively. Our special guest speaker, Emily Turner, will identify modern day slavery and coinciding issues related to victim vulnerability and behavioral risks. This information is vital in understanding all forms of sexual exploitation and how mentoring, as an evidence-based prevention strategy, has the potential to not only decrease demand and rescue those enslaved, but also to prevent youth from becoming involved into vulnerable situations that may contribute to sexual exploitation.
Mentoring as Prevention for Modern Day Slavery and Sexual Exploitation
1. Mentoring as
Prevention for
Modern Day
Transforming lives through
the power of mentoring Slavery & Sexual
Exploitation
Friends for Youthʼs
Mentoring Institute
March 2011 Webinar
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Sarah Kremer, ATR-BC
Emily Turner
Friday Night Live
Program Director
Coordinator
Friends for Youthʼs
Amador-Tuolumne
Community Action Agency
Mentoring Institute
Sonora, California
5. Human Trafficking
The recruitment, transportation, transfer,
harboring or receipt of persons, by means of
the threat or use by force or other forms of
coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse
of power or a position of vulnerability or of the
giving and receiving of payments or benefits to
achieve the consent of a person having control
over another person, for the purpose of
exploitation.
-US DOJ
6. Breakin it Down …
Force
Fraud/ Coercion
Beating
Deceit
Slapping
Threat
Burning
Fear
Assault
Isolation
Rape/ Gang rape
Selling a dream
Confinement
Creating dependency
8. Who are the victims?
Undocumented migrant
workers
Runaways
Marginalized populations
Attention-needy individuals
Uneducated/ naïve
populations
Impoverished/ in debt
individuals or populations
Displaced individuals
9. Around the Globe
There are more people US Dept of Labor
enslaved today than at
has identified 122
any other time in world
history
goods produced by
Both sex and labor slaves in 58
slavery happens within countries
and across international
borders
10. On US Soil
DOJ estimates that 244,000 at risk youth
between Average age of entry
200,000-400,000 into sexual slavery in
people are enslaved at US is between 12-14
any given moment
years old (both male
Each year, another and female)
14,500-17,500 are
trafficked INTO the US
11. Forms of Slavery
Sex
Labor
Residential brothels
Home servants
Farm workers
Disguised brothels
Cotton
Strip clubs
Cocoa
Marriage services
Tea/ Coffee
Citrus
Street prostitution
Factory workers
Escort services
Fish/ shrimp vessels
12. Why Humans?
High profits
$32 Billion/ year
Demand
Cheap labor
Resale value
Call + Response clip- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H9HFpD3azs
13. We Need You.
They Need You.
An estimated 18 million young
people between 6-18 live in
situations that put them at risk of
not living up to their potential.
14. Why Mentoring?
Mentoring evidence-based practices supports
effective prevention strategy
Creating long term relationships
Offering opportunities and activities
Meeting the needs in at-risk youth population
Belonging
Mastery
Independence
Generosity
15. Basics of a Mentoring Relationship
Mentor
Mentee/ Protégé
Adult/ Older individual
Youth/ Younger
Affirming
individual
Attentive
Learner
Acquiring knowledge
Has needs
Has expectations
16. What YOU Can Do As A Mentor
Talk to your mentee/ Plan an outing with
protégé
your mentee to
Become familiar with observe the
red flags and community (with red
recognizing signs
flags in mind)
Talk to your local Be their friend
law enforcement
Be affirming
17. Recognizing the Signs
Work & Living Conditions
Not free to leave or come and go
Works excessively long hours/ unusual
hours
Was recruited through false promises
High security measures exist in work place
18. Recognizing the Signs
Behavior
Is fearful, anxious, tense or submissive
Exhibits unusual behavior around law
enforcement
Avoids eye contact
Not in control of their situation
Loss of sense of time
Inconsistencies in stories
19. Recognizing the Signs
Physical/ Mental
Lacks health care
Appears malnourished
Signs of physical abuse or torture
Lacks knowledge of specifics (where she/
he is staying or what town they are in)
No personal possessions or identification
documents
20. Programming & Activism
Life skills workshops
Guest speaker- awareness presentation
Advocate for local and national
legislation, county or city ordinances
Join or start a coalition
Movie night & discussion
22. Resources
Organizations
Not For Sale Campaign (www.notforsalecampaign.org)
Slavery Map (www.slaverymap.org)
Free2Work, Free2Play
Restore International
ECPAT
Free the Slaves
Courage to be You (C2BU)
End Human Trafficking Coalition of the Sierras (EHTCS)
Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST)
Emancipation Network
International Justice Mission
Polaris Project
23. Resources
Books
Half the Sky (Kristof & Wudunn)
Finding Karishma (Bob Goff)
Not For Sale (David Batstone)
Slave Next Door (Bales & Soodalter)
A Crime So Monstrous (Skinner)
Movies
Taken- 2008
Slumdog Millionaire- 2008
Call + Response
Trade- 2007
Not For Sale documentary
Human Trafficking- 2005