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2023 Twin Ports Human Trafficking Awareness Month
2023 Twin Ports Human Trafficking Awareness Month
Episode Type: Professional
Host: Mel Alvar
Mel Alvar works as the Safe Harbor Regional Navigator for PAVSA (Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault) in Duluth, Minnesota. Mel has a BAS in Public Health and has been doing community advocacy/education in the Twin Ports since 2004 and an advocate with PAVSA since 2013. As a Safe Harbor Regional Navigator, Mel is a point of contact for 5 counties and 3 tribal reservations in Northeast Minnesota for training, technical assistance, case consultation, referrals, and building capacity for walking alongside individuals/families impacted by commercial sexual exploitation and human trafficking.
Links for January 2023 Twin Ports Human Trafficking Awareness Events:
2023 Trafficking Awareness Events
Facebook and Instagram @DuluthMNTraffickingAwareness
Links for Mel Alvar:
PAVSA
Mel's Podcast
Traveling Beads
Description:
Mel discusses the 2023 Trafficking Awareness Events in the Twin Ports of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Touching on what is human trafficking, ways communities can help support folks through the human approach, and learning the facts of human trafficking.
People Waiting to Help in the United States:
Emergency: 911
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
National Domestic Violence Hotline: Phone 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) Text “START” to 88788
StrongHearts Native Helpline: 1-844-762-8483
National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453
Safe Helpline, Sexual Assault: 1-877-995-5247
LGBTQ National Hotline: 1-888-843-4564
National Runaway Safeline: 1-800-786-2929
SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services: 1-800-662- HELP (4357)
Crisis Text Line: Text 741741
National Eating Disorder Association Helpline: 1-800-931-2237
Veterans Crisis Line: Phone 1-800-273-8255 Text 838255
For more resources please visit The Trauma and Mental Health Report resource page https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/resources/
Other Links Discussed in this Episode:
Let's Talk About Body Boundaries
Defend Young Minds
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Fight Child Abuse YouTube
Thorn Research
If you would like to share your story/professional experience in an episode please email us at: [email protected]
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By What They Don‘t Tell You About Being a Survivor2023 Twin Ports Human Trafficking Awareness Month
Episode Type: Professional
Host: Mel Alvar
Mel Alvar works as the Safe Harbor Regional Navigator for PAVSA (Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault) in Duluth, Minnesota. Mel has a BAS in Public Health and has been doing community advocacy/education in the Twin Ports since 2004 and an advocate with PAVSA since 2013. As a Safe Harbor Regional Navigator, Mel is a point of contact for 5 counties and 3 tribal reservations in Northeast Minnesota for training, technical assistance, case consultation, referrals, and building capacity for walking alongside individuals/families impacted by commercial sexual exploitation and human trafficking.
Links for January 2023 Twin Ports Human Trafficking Awareness Events:
2023 Trafficking Awareness Events
Facebook and Instagram @DuluthMNTraffickingAwareness
Links for Mel Alvar:
PAVSA
Mel's Podcast
Traveling Beads
Description:
Mel discusses the 2023 Trafficking Awareness Events in the Twin Ports of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Touching on what is human trafficking, ways communities can help support folks through the human approach, and learning the facts of human trafficking.
People Waiting to Help in the United States:
Emergency: 911
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
National Domestic Violence Hotline: Phone 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) Text “START” to 88788
StrongHearts Native Helpline: 1-844-762-8483
National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453
Safe Helpline, Sexual Assault: 1-877-995-5247
LGBTQ National Hotline: 1-888-843-4564
National Runaway Safeline: 1-800-786-2929
SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services: 1-800-662- HELP (4357)
Crisis Text Line: Text 741741
National Eating Disorder Association Helpline: 1-800-931-2237
Veterans Crisis Line: Phone 1-800-273-8255 Text 838255
For more resources please visit The Trauma and Mental Health Report resource page https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/resources/
Other Links Discussed in this Episode:
Let's Talk About Body Boundaries
Defend Young Minds
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Fight Child Abuse YouTube
Thorn Research
If you would like to share your story/professional experience in an episode please email us at: [email protected]