Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of State released the 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report, providing a comprehensive overview of the state of human trafficking around the world. The Report discusses how technology plays an important role in combating human trafficking and how it is being used to improve awareness and outreach efforts to support worker engagement and empowerment. We are proud to see Polaris’s Nonechka project mentioned in this section of the Report: “Through its Nonechka project, Polaris collaborated with technology partner Ulula on a platform that allows farmworkers in Mexico and now in the United States to share their experiences, including information on risky recruitment and employment processes. This information also helps Polaris formulate prevention strategies, as well as inform workers about their rights, wages, and working conditions and how to access general services locally including emergency, transitional, or long-term services.” Read more: https://lnkd.in/ehYbvfty
Polaris (formerly Polaris Project)
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Polaris reshapes systems that make sex and labor trafficking possible and runs the National Human Trafficking Hotline.
About us
Named after the North Star, a historical symbol of freedom, Polaris works to reshape the systems that make sex and labor trafficking possible and profitable in North America. For more than a decade, Polaris has assisted thousands of victims and survivors through the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline and built the largest known U.S. data set on the crime. With the guidance of survivors, and working with public and private-sector partners, we use that data to understand and improve the way trafficking is identified, how victims and survivors are assisted, and how we can prevent this abuse at the scale of the problem - 25 million people worldwide robbed of the basic right to choose how they live and work.
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http://www.polarisproject.org
External link for Polaris (formerly Polaris Project)
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- Non-profit Organizations
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- 51-200 employees
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- Washington, DC
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- Nonprofit
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- 2002
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P.O. Box 65323
Washington, DC 20035, US
Employees at Polaris (formerly Polaris Project)
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Did you know that Congress provides only 35% of the total resources needed to operate the National Human Trafficking Hotline? As more people learn about the Trafficking Hotline and the various ways it supports survivors on their journeys to freedom, call volume has skyrocketed. The Trafficking Hotline responds to an average of 250+ viable calls, text messages, and online chats every day from potential victims and those close to them. And the number of signals continues to climb – over the last four years alone, total signals have surged by 40% compared to the first 12 years of operation. Meanwhile, funding has not kept pace with this growth. Please visit our TAKE ACTION page to send a letter to your Members of Congress today to ask them to increase funding for the Hotline – so that more victims and survivors can get the help they need and take their next steps on their journeys to freedom. https://lnkd.in/eHQdTCft
Tell Congress to Support the Trafficking Hotline
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Did you know that the 13th Amendment did not entirely abolish slavery in the United States? While we celebrate Juneteenth today as a day of freedom, far too many incarcerated people in this country are not free and still legally subjected to slavery in the form of unpaid prison labor. This is the result of an exception that was left in the Constitution that allows for slavery and involuntary servitude. Taking forced prison labor out of the U.S. Constitution doesn’t mean abolishing prison labor altogether. Many incarcerated people want the opportunity to learn new skills, earn money, and contribute to the economy. But the current system of forcing people to work, for little or no pay, often in dangerous or unhealthy conditions, does not make our streets safer. It does, however, create a profit motive for sending people to prison, which has in turn led to the devastating mass incarceration of both U.S. citizens and immigrants. This Juneteenth, join us in supporting the Abolition Amendment. TAKE ACTION TODAY: Tell Congress that it is time to remove the exception to the 13th Amendment that allows for slavery and involuntary servitude. https://lnkd.in/eCEcdh7S #EndTheException
Help End Legalized Human Trafficking in U.S. Prisons
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Transgender people exist within the perfect storm of vulnerabilities that human traffickers use to exploit them. Often lacking familial support, experiencing harassment, and facing rejection from services and opportunities – like housing and medical care, traffickers take advantage of these needs and vulnerabilities and exploit them to maintain control over their victims. Mercy Gray, anti-trafficking advocate and lived experience expert, shares her experience as a survivor of human trafficking. Read the blog to learn about her story: https://lnkd.in/ecZdbQk7
The 2SLGBTQIA+ Community Needs More Support Systems and Inclusive Policies to Reduce Vulnerabilities to Trafficking - Polaris
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*UPDATE* The Trafficking Survivors Relief Act has been introduced in the Senate! We’re one step closer to gaining, for the first time, a federal law that will give survivors of human trafficking a pathway to clear their criminal records & protect them from having a record in the first place. We need YOUR HELP. The best way to convince Congress to pass this bill is to call or make an appointment with your Congress members to ask them to support this bill. Find their phone numbers here: https://lnkd.in/grup5-2 You can also fill out this form to send a letter to Congress: https://lnkd.in/e3AGM_ED
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Financial abuse is one of the primary ways traffickers enforce control over the people they exploit, and how they profit from that exploitation. As a result, survivors are often in extremely vulnerable financial circumstances after exiting their trafficking – and can be for many years after their exploitation ends. While there are financial support services for survivors, a majority of them are concentrated in crisis response, typically the first 3-12 months after exit. Few exist to support survivors with their long-term access and repair needs. In the context of April being National Financial Capability Month, Polaris would like to highlight its focus on long-term economic stability for survivors. Through collaborative efforts with trusted allies, we are working to establish referral pathways for survivors who encounter barriers to financial inclusion. Read the full blog to learn five innovative examples of efforts to increase access to financial products and services: https://lnkd.in/eEhk2J8b
Referral Pathways: A Collaborative Strategy for Financial Inclusion - Polaris
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Join Tech Against Trafficking for the Accelerator Program Showcase today at 11:00 a.m. (ET). Polaris, Issara Institute, BSR, and Microsoft will discuss ways of leveraging the use of data and technology to fight against #humantrafficking. The Tech Against Trafficking Accelerator is a fixed-term, cohort-based program intended to help anti-trafficking organizations deploying promising technological solutions accelerate the development, impact, and utilization of their tools. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eyheuttY
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Join our team! Check out the job description for the Director of Worker Rights position: https://lnkd.in/evDAgPxC
Polaris Project - Director, Worker Rights
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We're hiring! We are looking for a Senior Accountant to join our Finance team. Check out the job description: https://lnkd.in/gRrb2xHC
Polaris Project - Senior Accountant
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Earlier this week, Polaris participated in a congressional briefing on the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act. Megan Cutter, Director of the National Human Trafficking Hotline, joined leaders from other organizations, congressional staff, and survivors to discuss why this bill would positively impact victims and survivors of human trafficking. Megan shared data from the National Survivor Study: 62% of respondents reported being cited, arrested, or detained by law enforcement, and 81% of respondents that were arrested, cited, or detained, experienced their arrest DURING their exploitation. This bill will give survivors of human trafficking a pathway to clear their criminal records & protect them from having a record in the first place. TAKE ACTION WITH US and support the TSRA: https://lnkd.in/e3AGM_ED