Fueled by Profit - Mamas take on Human Trafficking

Heartland Mamas

English - July 10, 2019 14:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MB - ★★★★ - 7 ratings
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TRIGGER WARNING - This episode contains stories of trafficked survivors and sensitive material about how Traffickers operate.

The Heartland Mamas, Heidi Henry, former state senate candidate and Murri Briel, former candidate for US House wade into the Human Trafficking issue.

40.3 Million people globally are enslaved in Human Trafficking.
-24.9 Million are in the forced Sex Trafficking and Labor Trafficking industry
-15.4 Million are in Forced Marriage
-Between 100,000 and 300,000 Children are actively sexually trafficked in the US

A global economic issue that a wall cannot resolve.

Hear stories of trafficked people. Discover how easy it is for a human to be bought and sold in these modern times. And how easy it is to access a trafficked person in Asian Spas, Restaurants, Hotels, Food Service, Hospitality, manual labor, domestic work and more.

If you need help or to help someone in need:
https://humantraffickinghotline.org/

1(888)373-7888
Text Help or Info to 233733