DELETE THIS SECTION BEFORE PUBLISHING: The "Learn More" section can be modeled in dozens of different ways. What's important is that you include at least 5 different resources for people to learn more about your topic (including the documentary and book). You're looking for great reporting and storytelling on the topic, not quick facts and figures. It should also include an RSS news feed on your topic for people to see up-to-date news on the issue. The above hero image can be designed at canva.com (ask your TA for the login information). Image should be 456 x 1400 px This is a sample of how this page could look for a group on human trafficking.
Our Top Picks
Documentary
Call+Response
By Fair Trade Pictures
This documentary directed by Justin Dillon exposes the fact that today there are 27 million slaves in the world--more slaves than at any other point in human history. Dillon brings together artists, activists, and celebrities to highlight the harrowing ordeals victims of human trafficking endure. It includes deeply upsetting undercover footage of the sale of sex slaves and should be viewed with caution.
Free online viewing of the documentary can be found on vimeo
Podcast
No More Safe Harbor
From Reply All
In April, Congress passed the FOSTA-SESTA Act which made it a crime for a website to facilitate sex trafficking. In this podcast about the internet, the hosts of Reply All interview legal experts, anti-trafficking experts, and sex workers to understand why this law actually isn't such a good idea.
"PJ: the first thing you really need to get is how dangerous prostitution is. It is the most dangerous job for a woman in the United States.
SCOTT: So it has a homicide rate of over 200 per 100000 people. The second most dangerous job for a female is a liquor store employee and that has a homicide rate of four per 100000. So it's just, you know it's unbelievably dangerous."
Long Article
The Countertraffickers
From The New Yorker
In this article for The New Yorker, journalist William Finnegan follows Stella Rotaru, a worker for the United Nations International Organization for Migration. Her job is to find women and men who have been trafficked out of Moldova and bring them home. Finnegan's article explores the reasons people end up trafficked, the people involved and profiting from the industry, and the incredibly difficult job of bringing victims home.
Book
A Crime so Monstrous
By E. Benjamin Skinner
Read the book review of E. Benjamin Skinner's book, A Crime So Monstrous, written by Ashley Loor, a student in the 2017-2018 program.
