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Institute CEO Speaks At Dallas Morning News and University of Dallas Event
Victor Boutros, the Institute’s CEO, spoke at a “Confronting Human Trafficking” event hosted by The Dallas Morning News in collaboration with the...
Douglass Fellow Hosts Advocacy Event “Defending Farmworker Rights in North Carolina” at UNC Law
As future leaders in the anti-human trafficking movement, the Institute’s Douglass Fellows host an advocacy event at their law school...
Institute Featured in Uganda News Media Story
The Institute was featured in a news story entitled “U.S. Trains CID Detectives in Anti Human Trafficking,” published by Chimp Reports on February...
#InContext: Carol Moseley Braun
As the first African American female U.S. senator elected in 1993, Carol Moseley Braun worked to define herself as “a symbol of hope and change”...
#InContext: Barack Obama
On January 4, 2010, President Barack Obama made a Presidential Proclamation, declaring January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Awareness...
#InContext: King George VI
“It’ll all be over by Christmas.” In 1939, the British Empire held onto this mantra until Christmas day actually came. In September, the...
#InContext: Lin-Manuel Miranda
The hit musical Hamilton is a pop culture sensation that spotlights the Founding Fathers’ early decision for the nation—the good, the bad, and the...
#InContext: Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was born into slavery just over 200 years ago in February 1818. After escaping in 1838, this former slave would become one of the...
#InContext: Pauli Murray
Unsung heroine of the civil rights movement and lifelong champion of human rights, Anna Pauline “Pauli” Murray penned the words to her poem...
The Institute and Belize Police Department Conduct Trainings to Identify Potential Victims of Trafficking
The Human Trafficking Institute partnered with the Belize Police Department to conduct Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Identification and Referral...
Uganda’s Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions Partners with the Institute to Celebrate Uganda’s PTIP Act 10-Year Anniversary
Uganda’s government and civil society commemorated the 10th anniversary of the country’s Prevention of Trafficking in Persons Act (PTIP Act) on...