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Director of Victim Services and Former Director of Law Enforcement Operations Cited in PERF Report
In August 2019, the Institute’s Director of Victim Services Marie Martinez Israelite and (now former) Director of Law Enforcement Operations Dave...
Douglass Fellows Launch Trafficking Matters Podcast
From the Human Trafficking Institute’s Douglass Fellows comes the Trafficking Matters podcast. In each episode, listeners will hear from Douglass...
Douglass Fellow Highlighted by USC Gould School of Law
The USC Gould School of Law News featured Mirelle Raza, USC Gould Class of 2021 and the law school’s first Douglass Fellow, in an online article...
Institute Highlighted in Dallas Morning News Op-Ed
Thomas S. Hibbs, president of The University of Dallas, wrote an Op-Ed for the Dallas Morning News, titled "Winning the human trafficking fight." In...
Director of Victim Services Debunks Trafficking Myths in Darling Article
In a December 17 Darling article, Fight the Fallacies: An Anti-Human Trafficking Expert’s Take on QAnon, Marie Martinez Israelite, Director of...
Northwestern College Nominates Currier Wheeler for CCCU Young Alumni Award
Alyssa Currier Wheeler, the Institute’s Associate Legal Counsel, has been named Northwestern College’s nominee for the 2021 Council for Christian...
Ugandan Media Outlet Highlights Work of Institute in Child Trafficking Cases
New Vision highlighted Special Counsel to Uganda Tyler Dunman in its September 17, 2020, article, "A push for safe spaces in courts for victims of...
Institute Awarded 2020 CARSI ESF Grant for Belize
The U.S. Embassy in Belize announced the Institute as one of four recipients of the 2020 Central America Regional Security Initiative, Economic...
#InContext: Nelson Mandela
“Pulling the branch of a tree” — this is the literal English translation of Nelson Mandela’s Xhosa birth name, Rolihlahla. While Mandela proclaimed...
#InContext: Gary Haugen
Reflecting on history, what is most perplexing and indefensible are “the simple failures of compassion.” In these failures, we watch societies...
Darling Magazine Features Institute in Its ‘Nonprofit Spotlight’ Series
This month, Darling magazine highlights the Institute in its ‘Nonprofit Spotlight,’ a series that shines a light on nonprofits doing impactful work...