RS2L Learning Hub Resources
Last Updated: January 2023
Where to start.
Words and Phrases Advocates should know: a dictionary of commons terms used when discussing the topic of human trafficking
Understanding the Basics: a 15 minute series understanding the what, how, and who’s of human trafficking
Wheel of Risk: identifies risk factors that increase a person's vulnerability to exploitation
Video Series.
Understanding the Basics: a 15 minute series understanding the what, how, and who’s of human trafficking
Wheel of Risk: identifies risk factors that increase a person's vulnerability to exploitation
Blog Seires.
Wheel of Risk Deep Dive: Taking a deeper look into ‘why’ these risk factors add vulnerability to exploitation
How Anyone and Everyone Can Aid In the Movement Against Human Trafficking: Fighting against human trafficking is not exclusive for the superheroes and leaders of the world. Learn what you can do.
Consent: Does consent truly exist in our culture?
Addressing Rap Culture and the Way it Thrives in Our Daily Lives: What does rape culture look like? How do we allow it to continue? And what can we do to address and change it?
Working Towards a Just and Equal Society: A description of the Equality Model and why you should support
Survivor Voices.
A Love Letter to My Younger Self: Promoting the importance of self love, acceptance, and growth
A Female Predator or RTS?: Addressing how society looks at predators ‘out of a box’ through this emotional, and very important, story.
How to Train Your Prostitute: Combine science, experience, and a horse analogy together to create an extraordinary post offering insights to the female mind and the grooming process.
If I Felt I Could Have, I Would Have Done Something Else: Learn how “Why didn't you just leave?" is a harder question to answer than it may appear
Allow Me to Introduce Myself: While women and children are disproportionally trafficked, men can and do experience it too.
Boiling Them Slowly: An example of how grooming is involved in the human trafficking process
The Book I’ve Avoided: A deep dive into ‘Girls Like Us’ focusing on the importance of recognizing the dangers of human trafficking
Additional Resources Outside of RS2L
Last Updated: January 2022
Read.
Renting Lacy: A Story of America’s Prostituted Children by Linda Smith with Cindy Coloma
Girls Like Us: by Rachel Lloyd
In Pursuit of Love: One Woman’s Journey from Trafficking to Triumph by Rebecca Bender
Everything I Know I Learned from My Pimp: Surviving Trafficking and the Anti-Trafficking Movement by Jes Richardson
Raised in Pimp City: The Uncut Truth About Domestic Human Sex Trafficking by Armand King
Watch.
Circuit: - “A Raw and Riveting Short Film on Sex Trafficking”
Very Young Girls: - Documentary following young girls and their experience in “the life” and recovery process through GEMS
STOLEN: A Year-long Investigation Into Child Sex Trafficking & Exploitation
Tricked: A shocking look inside America’s sex trade
I Am Jane Doe: Voices of mothers and their middle-school daughters effected by the American sex trade
I Am Little Red: 10-minute short film aimed at children who are most at risk of sex trafficking
Listen.
The VanderPointe: Focusing on the ‘why’ in human trafficking by exposing oppressive and protective systems in our society that allow human trafficking to happen
UNSEEN: The Trafficked Truth podcast uncovering true sex trafficking crime stories
Emancipation Nation: Podcast hosted by Dr. Celia Williamson turning advocacy into action
From the Streets to the Suites: Podcast discussing transferable skills from street hustle to professional muscle hosted by Lived Experience Expert Jaimee Johnson and COO and Co-Founder of Paving Great Futures, Armand King
Focus Forward: Podcast hosted by Lived Experience Expert Rayanne K. Irving focused on healing
Apply to your life.
Comprehensive Sex Education for All Ages: Our Whole Loves: Lifespan Sexual Education
For Law Enforcement: Law Enforcement Training
For Truckers: Trucking and Human Trafficking, Truckers Against Trafficking
For Nurses: How to Become a SANE Nurse
For Educators: Anti-Trafficking Training Options for Educators