📌 Main Topics & Takeaways:

✔️ The Moment Everything Changed – A 13-year-old girl in a brothel ignites Tyler’s mission

 

✔️ The Emotional Toll of the Work – “We fight the monsters most people pretend not to see”

 

✔️ Rescue Is Just the Beginning – The long road to recovery, justice, and empowerment

 

✔️ Healing as Liberation – Survivors need more than freedom—they need dignity and self-determination

 

✔️ How You Can Help – Think globally, act locally, and never underestimate your voice

 

 

💬 Standout Quotes:

🗣️ “Silence is not neutral. If you see injustice and say nothing, you’re siding with the abuser.”

 

🗣️ “I don’t know if I could survive what they’ve survived—but they choose healing every day. That’s real courage.”

 

🗣️ “I couldn’t save them all. But I could save her. And that made it worth it.”

 

 

⏳ Key Moments in the Episode:

• 00:01 – Sarah introduces Tyler and sets the tone for this courageous conversation
  
   
• 02:00 – Tyler’s first mission trip and witnessing exploitation in the Dominican Republic
  
   
• 05:00 – The heartbreaking story of the girl who disappeared before he could return
  
   
• 09:00 – How Tyler keeps his humanity while confronting darkness
  
   
• 11:00 – A story of hope: the girl with the graduation ring engraved with her rescue date
  
   
• 15:00 – Speaking at the UN and seeing survivors reclaim their voice
  
   
• 22:00 – Long-term healing: diapers, degrees, and dreams fulfilled
  
   
• 29:00 – When the abuser is family: the deepest betrayal and hardest truths
  
   
• 33:00 – The justice system’s failings and what needs to change
  
   
• 38:00 – Conversations we’re not having and what we must do now
  
   
• 45:00 – Why common ground matters and how humanity is built in dialogue
  
   

 

🌟 Notable Guest:

Tyler Schwab

• Founder & President of Libertas International
  
   
• Human trafficking abolitionist
  
   
• Speaker at the UN and survivor advocate
  
   
• Podcast host and storyteller
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📢 Call to Action:

This episode doesn’t end when you hit pause.

💜 If it moved you, share it.
 

💬 If it made you think, talk about it.
 

🛠️ If you feel called to act, start local.
And if you want to support Tyler’s mission, visit libertasinternational.org to donate, volunteer, or learn more.

Because silence is not neutral—and every voice matters.