Rachel Braver is the coordinator of the North Carolina Coalition Against Human Trafficking, a coalition of state agencies and nonprofit groups that respond to human trafficking violations in the state.

Tom Gillan is with the Office of Criminal Justice for Catholic Charities of Central Florida. He is part of a three-person team that conducts workshops on recognizing and combating human trafficking for NGOs and nonprofits in Central Florida. The local diocese operates a juvenile justice program through the office.

Austin New Church of Austin, Texas, is involved in the fight against human trafficking.  

Katie Pedigo is executive director of New Friends New Life, a Dallas nonprofit that helps women working in sexually oriented businesses create new lives for themselves and their children. Preston Road Church of Christ hosts weekly meals and Bible classes for the women’s children.

The New York Anti-Trafficking Coalition is an umbrella organization of New York area advocacy groups, including several religious ones. They helped pass the state’s anti-trafficking law.

Christina Bain runs the Initiative on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery at the Babson Social Innovation Lab at Babson College in Babson Park, Mass.

Karen Herbert is state co-director for Connecticut of Not for Sale, which works to abolish modern-day slavery worldwide.

Donna M. Hughes is a professor at the University of Rhode Island, where she holds the Eleanor M. and Oscar M. Carlson Endowed Chair in the women’s studies program. She has expertise in violence, slavery and sexual exploitation. She focuses on domestic sex trafficking in the U.S., anti-trafficking policy and prostitution and teaches courses on sex […]

Holly Austin Smith is a human trafficking survivor and advocate against all forms of forced labor. She has made appearances nationwide to raise awareness about the issue and to endorse programs aimed at saving victims. Smith is the author of Walking Prey: How America’s Youth Are Vulnerable to Sex Slavery. She lives in Richmond, Va.