General society, in America, believe human trafficking happens in other countries. So I ask; ‘What about the thousands of survivors existing in small communities and urban neighborhoods right here?’ My experience was growing up in the typical small Illinois community of Freeburgh where I was publicly exploited and traded for the price of a coupleContinue reading “Longterm Healthcare for Survivors of Human Trafficking”
Monthly Archives: January 2019
When facing your history is your worst fear
Survivors face many rebuilding roadblocks, one of these is facing our past. We’ve lived so long trying to bury and ignore what’s happened, that we feel facing the harms is more than we can handle. This is true for most of the survivors I’ve spoken with over the years. Keep in mind that the termContinue reading “When facing your history is your worst fear”