THE CAUSE: Highlighting the Intersection of Race and Human Trafficking to Support Victims of Child Trafficking through Love146.
THE CHALLENGE: This is a collective effort challenge over the course of two weeks! Post all of your active minutes over the course of the challenge. You can post/submit multiple times for this challenge. For every 7️⃣7️⃣ minutes of activity, $2 will be donated on your behalf to end child trafficking. Post a screenshot of your stats from your tracking device’s app in the discussion section of our Facebook January 2022 event page, tag us in a post on Instagram (special instructions apply), or submit your results manually on our website. Submissions will be accepted until 1/18/2021 at 11:59 PM EST.
Want to go the extra mile? Your charitable donation will help support victims of human trafficking while also helping us continue to create programming that cultivates conversations around the complex social justice issues we face in the US. You can donate here 👉 https://www.benefitchallenges.org/take-action
THE WHY: While any person can be a victim of human trafficking, it’s important to understand that marginalized populations are much more likely. 77% of human trafficking victims where race is known are people of color (Banks & Kyckelhahn, 2011). In the case of sex trafficking, children from culturally and linguistically diverse populations are 2x as likely to be trafficked as their white counterparts (Laird et. al., 2020). 😔 Also of importance is the fact that human trafficking is an underreported crime so this data is probably just the tip of the iceberg. 🤏
We would be insensitive if we didn’t acknowledge the overwhelming number of people from Hispanic and Latino origin in labor trafficking, particularly the agriculture industry (“The Latino Face of Human Trafficking and Exploitation in The United States,” 2020), and Asian and Pacific Islander women trafficked into the sex industry (Kent, 2016). The magnitude of the intersectionality or race, gender, poverty, LGBTQIIA+, trauma, etc. is more than we can cover in this post or really over the course of this challenge. We’ll do our best to give you information as this challenge goes on, but we encourage you to check out our sources to learn more. 📚 And of course, move with us. Post. 📱 Because all humans deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. ❤️
“10 Facts About Child Trafficking.” Love146, 2021. love146.org/learn/ Accessed 23 Dec 2021.
Banks, Duren and Tracey Kyckelhahn. “Characteristics of Suspected HumanTrafficking Incidents, 2008-2010.” United States Bureau of Justice Statistics, Apr 2011. bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/cshti0810.pdf
Kent, Brian. “In Our Own Backyard: What You Need to Know About Human And Sex Trafficking in the U.S.” Reappropriate, 16 Aug 2016. reappropriate.co/2016/08/in-our-own-backyard-what-you-need-to-know-about-human-and-sex-trafficking-in-the-u-s/
Laird, Jessica J., Bianca Klettke, Kate Hall, Elizabeth Clancy, and David Hallford. “Demographic and Psychosocial Factors Associated With Child Sexual Exploitation A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.” JAMA Network Open. 2020;3(9):e2017682. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.17682
Nelson Butler, Cheryl. “The Racial Roots of Human Trafficking.” UCLA Law Review, vol. 62, 1 Sep 2015. www.uclalawreview.org/racial-roots-human-trafficking/
“The Latino Face of HumanTrafficking and Exploitation in The United States.” Polaris Project. 24 Apr 2020. polarisproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/EXECUTIVE-SUMMARY-The-Latino-Face-of-Human-Trafficking-and-Exploitation-in-the-United-States.pdf