IN PLAIN SIGHT Podcast to End Human Trafficking

Matthew Aspegren (CEO of 10ThousandWindows) - Matt is the co-founder and CEO of 10ThousandWindows, a non-profit focused on opening 10,000 windows of life-changing opportunity to survivors of violence and exploitation - currently focused on the Philippines. After living in the country for five years, he completely nationalized the first 10ThousandWindows office in May of 2014 and moved back to New York City to continue expanding the work.

As you listen, you'll have the opportunity to learn: 

1. Why 10ThousandWindows chooses not to offer micro loans.  

2. Why employment needs to be safe, sustainable, and gainful.

3. How the organization helps meet the needs of local businesses by providing employment training to survivors of trafficking.

Nita Belles (Founder of In Our Backyard) - Nita is a sought-after speaker and trainer as well as the author of "In Our Backyard: Human Trafficking in America and What We Can Do to Stop It". She directs a team that works with law enforcement, non-profits, and social services to fight human trafficking throughout the year, but has particular experience surrounding the Super Bowl. Her work has been featured on CNN, Fox Files, USA Today, and many other publications.

As you listen, you'll have the opportunity to learn: 

1. Why sex trafficking increases during major sporting events.  

2. What anti-trafficking efforts are being taken in preparation for the 2016 Super Bowl at Levi's Stadium.

3. How you can get involved in the fight.

Kendis Paris (Executive Director of Truckers Against Trafficking) - Kendis is the Executive Director of Truckers Against Trafficking, a national nonprofit that educates and mobilizes the trucking industry to fight against human trafficking. Since TAT launched, the national human trafficking hotline has reported an increase of hundreds of calls coming in from truckers across the United States.

As you listen, you'll have the opportunity to learn: 

1. The connection between the trucking of goods and the trafficking of humans. 

2. How Truckers Against Trafficking educates the trucking industry. 

3. How a tractor trailer has been turned into an anti-trafficking education tool.

Marnie Webb (CEO of Caravan Studios) - Marnie is CEO of Caravan Studios, which utilizes technology intervention to allow communities to respond to the issues they care about most. Marnie has been named one of the Top 10 Silicon Valley Influencers by San Jose Mercury News. Recently, Caravan Studios launched SafeNight, an app that alerts and allows individual donors to fund hotel rooms when domestic violence shelters are full.

As you listen, you'll have the opportunity to learn: 

1. What SafeNight is and how it works.

2. How a case manager is key to the entire process. 

3. How your organization could benefit from SafeNight.

David Trotter (Executive Producer of IN PLAIN SIGHT) - Listen to the third in a series of experimental episodes where David Trotter, host of the IN PLAIN SIGHT Podcast to End Human Trafficking, shares thoughts on leadership. To end human trafficking in our world, we must not only be knowledgeable about the issue, but about how to approach our work and how to lead others in the process.

As you listen, you'll have the opportunity to learn: 

1. How to help volunteers catch the vision. 

2. How to help volunteers get connected and feel valued. 

3. How to help volunteers get something done with clear expectations.

Ashlie Bryant (3 Strands Global) - Ashlie is the VP of Development and Outreach for 3 Strands Global and the founder of Break Free, an anti-trafficking organization that recently merged with 3 Strands to expand their efforts. She has been a part of the CA Attorney General’s round table in Sacramento, which focuses on collaborative solutions to human trafficking, and in 2013, Ashlie was awarded a Resolution by the California State Senate for her hard work and dedication. 

As you listen, you'll have the opportunity to learn: 

1. What Break Free education is and how it was developed.

2. How they gained access to classrooms to educate students.

3. How students are responding with practical next steps.

Gloria Manchester (Leadership Education Action Programs) - Gloria is the founder of Leadership Education Action Programs (LEAP) providing life coaching, executive coaching, team-building, and women's leadership courses. They also produce the STARR Project Teen Esteem and Leadership Experience, a 5-day experiential event for teen girls ages 14-18.

As a certified life coach and accomplished leader, Gloria’s life mission is to significantly interrupt the cycle of child abuse and to empower teenage girls and women to lead enriched and fulfilling lives. She has two grown children who are both thriving in their respective professions, and she is the proud grandmother of three grandsons and one granddaughter.

As you listen, you'll have the opportunity to learn: 

1. How the Starr one-week experience got started

2. The top issues that teen girls are wrestling with.

3. How a week at camp is transforming young lives.

David Trotter (Executive Producer of IN PLAIN SIGHT) - Listen to the second of a series of experimental episodes where David Trotter, host of the IN PLAIN SIGHT Podcast to End Human Trafficking, shares thoughts on leadership. To end human trafficking in our world, we must not only be knowledgeable about the issue, but about how to approach our work and how to lead others in the process.

As you listen, you'll have the opportunity to learn: 

1. How David burned out and moved toward a "new normal" of health.

2. What we "lack" that can cause us to burn out.

3. Three ways that you can move toward health in your life.

Kenny Baker (CEO of Behavioral Treatment Providers) - Chris is the founder of Ink180, a tattoo ministry based in Illinois that provides coverups and removal for survivors of human trafficking who have been branded by their pimps. In the last four years, Chris has served over 2,400 survivors and ex-gang members with tattoo coverups. 

As you listen, you'll have the opportunity to learn: 

1. How Ink 180 connects with survivors in need of tattoo coverups.  

2. What a survivor experiences during the tattoo process.  

3. How a new tattoo gives a survivor a fresh start.

Kenny Baker (CEO of Behavioral Treatment Providers) - Kenny is the CEO of Behavioral Treatment Providers in Nashville, TN, and he has operated the John School for Davidson County for over 15 years. This one-day class is provided to arrested sex buyers as a way to expunge the charge from their record. 

As you listen, you'll have the opportunity to learn: 

1. What is presented at the John School. 

2. The school's cognitive behavior therapeutic approach. 

3. The spectrum of responses to the school by sex buyers.