281 – Why Change Your Name, with Jeremy Vallerand

Sandie is joined by Jeremy Vallerand, CEO and President of Atlas Free. Formerly Rescue Freedom International, Atlas Free is leading the charge to discover, connect, and grow the global network of anti-human trafficking organizations.

Jeremy Vallerand

Jeremy Vallerand is the CEO & President of Atlas Free, a global non-profit organization working in over 20 countries to prevent, combat, and end sex trafficking and exploitation. His Tedx Talk - “Using Your Passions to Fight Injustice” - encourages people to leverage their own skills and passions to improve the world around them. He has an undergraduate degree in Business from Trinity Western University in British Columbia, Canada and a graduate degree in Diplomacy from Oxford University in the UK. Jeremy lives in Seattle, WA with his wife, Maren, and their three children.

Key Points

Atlas Free started with the idea to vet and connect international organizations combatting human trafficking with U.S. communities and supporters, and vice versa.

"Rescue" does not capture the work and role that survivors play in their own recovery from human trafficking.

Atlas Free looks as being "heroic" as sacrificing your time and resources to give agency back to those being served.

Atlas Free's (formerly Rescue Freedom International) vision is to rebrand their organization to recognize the need for a global atlas, a global network, to address human trafficking.

Resources

Atlas Free

Using your passions to fight injustice | Jeremy Vallerand | TEDxKirkland

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Transcript

Dave [00:00:00] You're listening to the Ending Human Trafficking podcast. This is episode number 281, Why Change Your Name, with Jeremy Vallerand.

Production Credits [00:00:08] Produced by Innovate Learning, maximizing human potential.

Dave [00:00:28] Welcome to the Ending Human Trafficking podcast. My name is Dave Stachowiak.

Sandie [00:00:33] And my name is Sandie Morgan.

Dave [00:00:36] And this is the show where we empower you to study the issues, be a voice, and make a difference in ending human trafficking. Sandie, I'm so glad for us to welcome today another guest expert who's going to help us to really expand our horizons and to challenge us in some new ways as well. Jeremy Vallerand is the CEO and president of Atlas Free, a global nonprofit organization working in over 20 countries to prevent combat and sex trafficking and exploitation. His TEDx Talk, "Using Your Passions to Fight Injustice," encourages people to leverage their own skills and passions to improve the world around them. He has an undergraduate degree in business from Trinity Western University in British Columbia and a graduate degree in diplomacy from Oxford University. Jeremy lives in Seattle with his wife Marin and their three children. Jeremy, welcome to the Ending Human Trafficking podcast.

Jeremy [00:01:32] Thanks so much for having me. I'm excited to be here.

Sandie [00:01:34] And Jeremy, you and I have known each other for so many years. I think the first friend that we had in common was Dick Foth, who as a child, I grew up in the shadow of his leadership and have always admired him as a mentor.

Jeremy [00:01:52] Yeah, yeah. He's one of my favorite human beings. And he was also the founding board chair of Atlas Free, so.

Sandie [00:01:58] Oh, well, that's exciting. Well,