Increasing Identification Through Outreach – Anna’s Story

Ensuring that outreach methods are representative and client-focused will be the difference between survivors of labor trafficking connecting with or walking past our materials.

Follow-up Questions:

• What indicators did you identify in Anna’s experience?
  • Working more hours and days than is legal
  • Illegal deductions from pay such as breaks, sick time, and safety equipment
  • Rumors of bad things happening to people who quit/didn’t pay their debt
  • Mentions of owing a debt
• What were some of the barriers to Anna’s self-identification?
  • Portrayal of human trafficking survivors being disproportionately white is a common in outreach.
  • Representations of excessive force such as chains
  • Use of words without examples
  • No understanding that labor trafficking victims may still be paid