Emancipation Nation

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Healing from trauma requires internal work. TNT 12-Step groups help members who have experienced commercial sexual violence recover. We focus on healing trust, boundaries, relationships, shame, trauma, and triggers to regain voice, choice, and power. Learn more about TNT in this episode.

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Societal trauma is imposed by us when we only support victims of commercial sexual violence that fit neatly into an accepted narrative. Trauma happens by society when we get the "what" human trafficking is wrong, "who" the victims often are wrong, and "how" to best address the issue wrong. To support survivors of commercial sexual violence as well as the issue itself, we need to dismantle systems of oppression that work to see some victims as worthy and other victims as unworthy.

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In a recent conversation with a survivor, she said that she had repeatedly gotten involved in unhealthy relationships. This was not only her experience but the experience of some other survivors as well. She jokingly asked if she had a mark on her forehead that attracted abusers and victimizers. In reality, trauma increases vulnerability. Vulnerability attracts predators. I explain.

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In this episode we focus on various trauma treatments for survivors including the TRI-Phasic Model, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT, Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE), and Stress Inoculation Therapy (SIT). 

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Practicing trauma-informed care promotes a culture of safety, empowerment, and healing.  into this episode and learn about the 3 E's of trauma, the 4 R's of a trauma-Informed care response, and the 5 key principles as described by SAMHSA. 

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Tune into this episode and learn about trauma including all of the physical, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral reactions to trauma. 

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When Dr. Vanessa Bouche’ heard those words, she asked survivors about what they needed. She then built a business that employs and empowers survivors. Learn more about what she has provided the world, including a national database of human trafficking cases in the U.S. Find it at humantraffickingdata.org 

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This week we welcome a driving force in anti-trafficking work involving rural and familial trafficking, Dr. Christi Bartman. She is the founder of the "Eyes Up Appalachia" Initiative, an organization dedicated to raising awareness and creating community initiatives and partnerships to combat human trafficking in Southeastern Ohio. Learn about one of her collaborative research projects called “Vulnerability Mapping” where she worked with university students to identify areas of high vulnerability for human trafficking. 

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You want to get involved, but you are shy? You don’t feel like it’s your place? You’d rather wait until you finish school, quit your job, retire, move, your children get old enough, or you get old enough? Well…hold on to your hat because we have high school student Lela Tolajian that planned and implemented an International Week of Action Against Modern Slavery that was a 6-day event involving 20 countries. 

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Diane Mull from End Child Labor is back to discuss the methodology she created called Pathways Advancing Viable Education/Employment (PAVE). PAVE is a thoughtful child centered approach that ensures that children receive services that are tailored to their needs while recognizing the situation in their family and the circumstances of their community. PAVE has been applied across several countries enabling them to more effectively respond to human trafficking.