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#InContext: Michelle Obama
Former First Lady Michelle Obama quickly became a role model and idol for young girls around the world when she embraced the role of First Lady with...
Belize Enters Agreement with the Institute to Enhance the Capacity of Belize’s Specialized Human Trafficking Unit
The Belize Police Department and the Human Trafficking Institute entered into an agreement to partner in building the capacity of Belize’s...
#InContext: Yaa Gyasi
Author Yaa Gyasi, who was born in Ghana but raised in Alabama, has had many homes. In addition to those two locations, she’s lived in Ohio,...
Human Trafficking Victim Services Expert Joins Institute Team
Marie Martinez Israelite is the most recent expert to join the Human Trafficking Institute’s deep bench of experienced anti-trafficking...
#InContext: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Social reform ran in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s blood. She was the daughter of a prominent New England minister, and sister to educators, writers,...
Febrey Cited in News Report about California
Annick Febrey, Director of Government and Corporate Relations was cited by Visalia Times Delta on October 22 in a news article about the prevalence...
#InContext: Thurgood Marshall
In the 1930s, African Americans in Texas were not allowed to vote in the Democratic Party primary. Local officials continued to turn away black...
Accelerating Progress to Combat Human Trafficking Through the First-Ever Global Academy
A specialized cohort of prosecutors, law enforcement officers, and social workers from Belize, South Africa, and Uganda convened on October 15,...
Douglass Fellows in DC: Learning from Authors of History
Kenneth B. Morris welcomed The Human Trafficking Institute’s second class of Douglass Fellows at the end of their orientation in Washington, DC....
Boutros speaks to Baylor students in Washington, D.C.
Victor Boutros, Institute Co-Founder, recently spoke to a group of Baylor students who are studying in Washington, D.C. The students, who are...
#InContext: Hannah More
Hannah More was born February 2, 1745, in Gloucestershire (near Bristol), England. Her father, a schoolteacher, encouraged More’s and her four...