One of the great texts of Vaishnavism, it primarily centers around its supreme deity, Lord Vishnu, and his avatars such as Krishna.

Linda Smith is a former U.S. congresswoman and the founder and director of Shared Hope International, which works to rescue and restore women and children in crisis. It is based in Vancouver, Wash. Smith is co-author of The National Report on Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking and the DEMAND Report. Contact through Taryn Offenbacher.

Marisa Ugarte is founder and executive director of the Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition, an alliance of governments and agencies that combat slavery and human trafficking along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Another key text in Vaishnavism, the Garuda Purana centers again around Lord Vishnu, this time in the form of a dialog between Vishnu and Garuda, the King of Birds.

Jason Weis is national sponsorship director for Stop Child Trafficking Now, a counter-trafficking organization that has teamed up with retired Navy SEALS to collect evidence against traffickers and to raise awareness about child sex trafficking. The organization works with churches around the country.

Composed in Sanskrit by Veda Vyasa, the text is considered as a major purana for Devi devotees.

This is an excerpt from a much larger work, the the Srimad Devî Bhagavatam, which describes an incarnation of the goddess Devi who speaks on her nature and how she wants to be worshipped, particularly with Yogic practices, meditation and rituals.

Mohamed Mattar is executive director of the Protection Project at Johns Hopkins University, which approaches human trafficking as a human rights issue. He helped draft the U.N. model law on human trafficking and has worked to fight against it in more than 50 countries.

Based on the tenth book of the Bhagavata Purana, this is the tale of the deeds of Krishna, composed by Lallu Lal between 1804 and 1810.