JusticeMatters

We are honored to have been selected as a 2024 Ally by Survivor Network NC, a survivor-led organization serving survivors of human trafficking in their professional development and leadership journey. SNNC's leadership is critical to the anti-human trafficking movement in NC. Join us in allyship!

A huge shoutout to our newest ally, JusticeMatters!🎉

Their mission to provide preventative and restorative legal services for survivors is a much needed service that helps empower survivors across the state. For more information, check out their website: www.justicemattersnc.org

Interested in becoming a 2024 ally? Find more information on our website: https://www.survivornetworknc.org/allies

Want more info? Contact us at [email protected]

We invite your generous support today, Giving Tuesday!

It takes all of us to address human trafficking. At JusticeMatters, we provide legal services that protect children and help survivors of human trafficking rebuild their lives.

In Fiscal Year 2023, our staff responded to over 1500 calls requesting legal assistance and served over 550 clients. Some of our clients have survived human trafficking; many more are at heightened risk of exploitation due to lack of legal status in the United States, lack of legal security in a family, or prior experience of trauma. As we protect the rights of our clients and secure legal protections, we reduce the risk of exploitation and promote wellbeing.

We're working to raise $100,000 by January 1 to grow our client services team. A gift in any amount will help!

https://justicemattersnc.org/donate/

Your support impacts the well-being of those we serve—and our community as a whole. We're all in this together.

Thank you for your support!

The JusticeMatters Staff and Board

This Giving Tuesday, please consider supporting our friends at Survivor Network NC!

Only ONE more day until Giving Tuesday: Fueling Survior Voices! ⛽️

We will be featuring stories from a few of our survivor-leaders this week and what the campaign means to them. 🎤

We are honored to be recognized today as a 2023 GSK IMPACT Award winner for helping build a healthier Triangle region! Thank you to all who partner in our work to address human trafficking in North Carolina for the freedom and flourishing of all.

You can view the announcement, our Executive Director speaks around minute 31! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwN1Gey-1nk

Congratulations to all winners - it's an honor to serve our community with you!

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Triangle
Book Harvest
Boys & Girls Clubs serving Wake County
Meals on Wheels Orange County, NC
OCRCC
Refugee Community Partnership
StepUp Durham
PLM Families Together
West End Community Foundation, Inc.

🔦 Opportunity Spotlight | | Development Director, JusticeMatters, https://tinyurl.com/yuka2yen

JusticeMatters

FNUSA fully opposes HR2601 and all amendments, which would require the National Human Trafficking Hotline to report tips to law enforcement. Survivors of need a safe and confidential place to reach out for help. Turning this hotline into a tipline is dangerous to survivors, a waste of resources, entirely unethical, and inherently a conflict of interest. No bill that impacts survivors should move forward without their input. We are urging Congressman Jerry Nadler Jim Jordan Congressman Adam Schiff Rep. Ted Lieu Pramila Jayapal Rep. Lucy McBath Rep. Madeleine Dean Congresswoman Cori Bush Congressman Tom McClintock Congressman Dan Bishop Representative Victoria Spartz Congressman Jeff Van Drew Congressman Darrell Issa Rep. Ken Buck Congressman Matt Gaetz Congressman Andy Biggs Representative Tom Tiffany Congressman Thomas Massie U.S. Representative Chip Roy Press Office Congressman Scott Fitzgerald Congressman Cliff Bentz Congressman Ben Cline Lance Gooden Congressman Troy Nehls U.S. Representative Barry Moore Congressman Kevin Kiley Rep. Harriet Hageman Congressman Nathaniel Moran Congresswoman Laurel Lee Congressman Wesley Hunt Congressman Russell Fry Representative Zoe Lofgren Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Congressman Steve Cohen Congressman Hank Johnson Congressman Eric Swalwell Rep. Lou Correa Mary Gay Scanlon Congressman Joe Neguse Congresswoman Veronica Escobar Congresswoman Deborah Ross Rep. Glenn Ivey and Rep. Becca Balint to delay markup of HR2601 until lived experience experts are brought to the table to share their concerns.

Learn more about the harms of HR2601 in a letter to Congress from the National Survivor Network, signed by local, state, and national anti-trafficking organizations and individual advocates, some of whom are human trafficking survivors: https://bit.ly/3PjcFwL

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The Futile Quest for Hard Numbers on Child S*x Trafficking Social media posts describe child s*x trafficking as a huge and growing problem, but credible estimates indicate smaller numbers.

Separating Fact From Fiction: Recent Cases of Recovered Missing Children and What They Show About Child S*x Trafficking | Polaris Not all the missing children recovered in recent high profile U.S. Marshall operations were victims of human trafficking. But what we know about those operations reconfirms what we know about how s*x trafficking happens in the vast majority of situations.

"The misleading idea that child s*x trafficking is rampant stokes fear in the public, lends credibility to conspiracy theories, and can lead to negligence of more widespread and pressing child safety issues."

Debunking Headlines About 'Child S*x Trafficking Busts' | On the Media | WNYC Studios When people talk about child s*x trafficking, what do they actually mean?

Advocates worry about Trump administration’s human trafficking report The US has released its annual report on human trafficking. This year’s report highlights significant progress around the world. But that alarms advocates, who say they're seeing exactly the opposite. They worry the Trump administration's positive message is coming at the worst possible time, as m...