2023 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Breaking Barriers to End Human Trafficking

A BIG Thank You to all our attendees, board members, sponsors, staff, speakers, survivors, and volunteers for helping make our 10th Anniversary Celebration and Human Trafficking Conference a success! Some highlights included announcing our new name, proclaiming Sisters Margaret Nacke, CSJ and Ann Scholz, SSND as founders of the organization and presenting Talitha Kum and FADICA with the Sister Margaret Nacke, CSJ Bakhita Award. A special thank you to Nix Conference and Meeting Management for another excellent experience–they embody skillful service.

Who We Are

Alliance to End Human Trafficking is a collaborative, faith-based national network that offers education, supports access to survivor services, and engages in advocacy in an effort to eradicate human trafficking. As a member of Talitha Kum International, we are connected to a global network of women religious aligned in this mission.

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Education

What We Do

Alliance to End Human Trafficking works to end human trafficking through providing educational resources, giving presentations, raising awareness, and engaging in advocacy at the state and federal level. We support survivors of human trafficking in healing and thriving through direct services such as providing shelter, counseling, spiritual support, job placement, and educational scholarships.

Click on Education, Survivor Services, or Advocacy to find out more about each program area.

Survivor Services

Advocacy

Human Trafficking and Forced Migration

The U.S. Department of State estimates that over 70% of persons trafficked in the United States each year are immigrants.” (Human Trafficking Institute) People on the move or recently arrived are at particular risk of exploitation by human traffickers. Human Trafficking and Forced Migration

Alliance to End Human Trafficking (AEHT) and the National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd (NAC), faith-based networks that work to end human trafficking, deplore the increase in human trafficking in the United States and around the world, some of which results from unprecedented forced migration.

Visit our Forced Migration page.

Human Trafficking Basics

Get familiar with the basics of Human Trafficking.

Impact on Human Trafficking


+20,000 Reached

In 2022, AEHT reached more than 20,000 people through exhibiting and presenting at local and national conferences.


50 Million

It is estimated there are 50 million victims of human trafficking around the world including both labor and sex trafficking.


+100 Survivors

AEHT members serve over 100 survivors of human trafficking each year through local shelters and outreach programs.

Read the Stop Trafficking Newsletter

The Stop Trafficking newsletter promotes awareness of human trafficking, provides best practices in advocacy, and recommends actions to counter human trafficking and empower survivors.

Read the latest Stop Trafficking newsletter here.

Latest News

November, 2023 Monthly Reflection

November 1, 2023
Human trafficking and migration—Contemporary forms of slavery Sister Michelle Loisel, DC  Global Estimates of Modern Slavery demonstrates that migrant workers are three times more likely to end up in forced labor exploitation in the private sector, than local workers. Migrants are also particularly vulnerable to trafficking on their migration journey. While migration, smuggling and trafficking are separate phenomena, ...
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Anti-Trafficking Groups Applaud Introduction of Children’s Court Bill

November 1, 2023
                For Immediate Release: November 1, 2023 Contact: Christine Commerce, AEHT Communications Director, Christine@AllianceToEndHumanTrafficking.org, 321-750-4996 OR Kathy Dempsey, NAC Communications & Advocacy Consultant, kathydempsey8@gmail.com, 202-359-4379 Anti-Trafficking Groups Applaud Introduction of Children’s Court Bill Pushes Congress To Additional Action To Prevent Human Trafficking Rooted in Forced Migration Washington D.C., ...
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A Teen’s Death In A Small Michigan Town Led The FBI And Police To An Online Sexual Extortion Scheme

October 26, 2023
Arrests came after the FBI joined with police in Michigan to investigate the death of 17-year-old Jordan DeMay, one of thousands of American teenagers targeted in a sharp rise in online “sextortion” cases in recent years.
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National Human Trafficking Hotline

In the United States:

Call: 1-888-373-7888

Text: “BeFree” (233733)

24 hours, 7 days a week  •  Toll free and confidential  •  English, Spanish and 200 more languages

**Please note: Alliance to End Human Trafficking is not a reporting agency. We do not operate the hotline or take tips. If you suspect trafficking is taking place or have an emergency, please call local law enforcement or the National Human Trafficking Hotline immediately at 1-888-373-7888 to report what you know. In the case of an emergency, please call 911.

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