Elijah Rising

In this episode, Elijah Rising's Executive Director, Micah Gamboa, has a conversation with Timeka Walker, Executive Director of United Against Human Trafficking. This discussion deals with racial equality within the anti-trafficking movement. You will also hear insights about how leaders can make changes within their organization to promote racial equality.

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In this episode, we discuss how illicit massage businesses sexually exploit women. We also share stories from outreach into massage parlors, and a few solutions to prevent these types of places from operating.

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In this podcast, Adam has a conversation with Shani Bacy of The Landing. The focus of our discussion is on the effects of ignoring racism in the anti-trafficking movement. We also talk about non-profit programs and cultural competency.

About Shani
Shani Bacy, born and raised in Houston Texas, graduated from the University of Houston with a Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies. Currently, Shani serves as the Director of Strategic Programs for The Landing, a drop-in center for trafficked persons. Her primary responsibility is ensuring organizational effectiveness by providing leadership for the organization’s programmatic functions. Though the war against human-trafficking seems dauntless, Shani has proved herself to be an extremely formidable adversary.
https://www.thelanding.org/

Resources
The Racial Roots of Human Trafficking
The Urgency of Intersectionality
Girlhood Interrupted
13th Documentary

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The recent killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery have thrust systemic racism, inequality, and oppression into the national spotlight once again. As a justice oriented organization who serves women of color we recognize our need to have a conversation about the intersection between sex trafficking/prostitution and racism. So in this podcast episode we sat down with Kathy McGibbon Givens to have a conversation about the intersection between sex trafficking and racism.

About Kathy
Kathy McGibbon Givens is a wife, mother, author, and playwright who has overcome the dark world of sex-trafficking. After many years of living in silence, Kathy decided to journal what happened to her as a way of dealing with the surreal experience. That journal became a book. That book became a stage play. Thus, she has mustered the strength to join the movement against human trafficking. Partnering with several nonprofit organizations, Kathy’s goal is to raise awareness, fight for those who are being trafficked and mentor those who have overcome it. She is now using her voice to inspire others to join the fight against such a horrible atrocity. She has spoken to faith-based organizations, educators, students, medical professionals, and politicians. During her time as a Program Director, Kathy helped to develop a trauma-informed restorative care program for adult survivors of human trafficking. As a Lived Experience Consultant, Kathy provides training to various groups dedicated to the anti-trafficking movement. Kathy has dedicated her life to following the principles and beliefs instilled by her mother: Stand up for what is right. Speak out about what is not.

Resources
https://bethebridge.com/
https://www.kathymcgibbon.com/
Destined: The Unspoken Revealed by Kathy McGibbon Givens

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Cantina brothels are places where women have been sexually exploited. They are throughout the U.S., and common to Houston, TX. In this podcast, we talk about the horrific history of cantinas in Houston, TX, and share our thoughts about how to continue to raise awareness about this model of trafficking.

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This episode is a follow up to Episode 04 on "What causes trauma?" In this podcast, we continue our interview with Elijah Rising's Program Director, Desirie Dougall. This episode discusses trauma's effect on the brain and the importance of trauma-informed care.

Trauma Resources
If something has happened in your life that has caused you extreme emotional stress and anxiety, and it’s not going away or getting better in a few days, you need to reach out.  Or if the severity of your stress is so great that you feel like you might hurt yourself or somebody else, absolutely reach out for help. There are resources available online and by phone such as:

SAMHSA, (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - 1.800.662.HELP

National Suicide Prevention Healthline - 1.800.273.8255. For kids and teenagers text CONNECT to 741741

National Hopeline Network - 1.800.442.HOPE

All of these are 24/7 hotlines, there are others that are available Monday-Friday 8-5 that can be found online as well.

Online counseling resources include websites like:

Talkspace.com

Betterhelp.com

Teencounseling.com

And a variety of others, many of whom offer sliding scale rates to make them affordable.

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In this episode, we share the miracle of a story of how and why we started doing restorative care.

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In this episode, Elijah Rising interviews Desirie Dougall, our restoration program director. We discuss the question, "What is trauma?" Besides giving the basic definitions of trauma we also talk about the difference between PTSD and complex PTSD. We'll explain why understanding trauma is so important in the process of helping women who've survived trafficking heal.

No matter where you come from, odds are you've experienced something traumatic. In the second half of the episode, we talk about communal trauma and relate it to what we are going through right now with the COVID-19 crisis.

You will also hear an update from our restoration program and the challenges we are currently facing in the pandemic.

Trauma Resources
If something has happened in your life that has caused you extreme emotional stress and anxiety, and it’s not going away or getting better in a few days, you need to reach out.  Or if the severity of your stress is so great that you feel like you might hurt yourself or somebody else, absolutely reach out for help. There are resources available online and by phone such as:

SAMHSA, (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - 1.800.662.HELP

National Suicide Prevention Healthline - 1.800.273.8255. For kids and teenagers text CONNECT to 741741

National Hopeline Network - 1.800.442.HOPE

All of these are 24/7 hotlines, there are others that are available Monday-Friday 8-5 that can be found online as well.

Online counseling resources include websites like:

Talkspace.com

Betterhelp.com

Teencounseling.com

And a variety of others, many of whom offer sliding scale rates to make them affordable.

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In this episode, we share a story about a man in the porn industry who reached out to Elijah Rising via phone. He shared with us some ugly truths about the porn industry, and how he was lured into doing porn. We also discuss the importance of love and educated empathy in ministering to those in the sex industry.

Resources discussed in this episode:

• https://traffickinghub.com/

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We interview Joe Madison of Love People Not Pixels, and we discuss the question, does porn lead men to buy sex? Love People Not Pixels a Houston based non-profit that is fighting sex trafficking by reducing demand and eliminating access to the exploited. 

Resources discussed in this episode:

• https://traffickinghub.com/
• https://www.lpnp.org/

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