Waukesha, Washington & Milwaukee County Resource List

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Parent/Internet Safety Resources

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Educational Resources

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 STTLC recommends this free on-line introductory course on human trafficking, which can be tailored to school professionals, health care professionals and mental health care professionals.  If you would rather a member of STTLC facilitate the training within your organization, please contact us at StopTraffickingTLC@gmail.com

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STTLC recommends this 2018 documentary, "Coereced: The Wisconsin Sex Trafficking Epidemic," produced by R & J Documentary Films

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The Polaris Project website offers an array of information and ways to get involved in preventing human trafficking.

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Media Coverage 

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NPR's Mayaan Silver's Podcast About Sex Trafficking in the Greater Milwaukee Area

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Recording of March 19, 2019 Event, Theresa Flores Keynote Speaker 

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88.9 Radio Interview with Theresa Flores, Entitled, "Human Trafficking Across the United States: This Survivor Says She Knows How to End It"

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Recommended Reading 

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Young Adult:

 

Prayers for the Stolen, Jennifer Clement, 2014.

Sold, Patricia McCormick, 2008.

Tricks, Ellen Hopkins, 2017.

Traffic, Ellen Hopkins, 2015. 

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Adult:

 

The Slave Across the Street, Theresa Flores, 2019.

In Our Backyard: Human Trafficking in America and What We Can Do to Stop It, Nita Belles, 2015.

Walking Prey: How America’s Youth Are Vulnerable to Sex Slavery, Holly Austin Smith, 2014. 

Renting Lacy: A Story Of America's Prostituted Children (A Call to Action), Linda Smith and Cindy Coloma, 2009.

The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today, Kevin Bales and Ron Soodalter, 2010.

Paid For—My Journey through Prostitution, Rachel Moran, 2015.

Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy, Kevin Bales, 2012.

Trauma and Recovery:  The Aftermath of Violence—from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror, Judith Herman, MD, 2015.

The Body Keeps the Score:  Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD, 2014.

Healing Developmental Trauma:  How Early Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self-Image and the Capacity for Relationships, Laurence Heller,          PhD, and Aline LaPierre, PsyD, 2012.