Please call 1-888-3737-888 to report tips about suspected trafficking or to ask questions. This hotline is part of the National Human Trafficking Resource Center run by the Polaris Project.

Polaris Project is the sponsor of the National Human Trafficking Hotline and does in-depth research on all things related to  human trafficking within America, and internationally.

How many slaves work for you? Find out with the interactive and very personalized website, Slavery Footprint. This tool is great for all ages as a discussion starter on the topic.

Netsmartz is a fantastic web resource for educators, parents, tweens and teens about internet safety, cyberbullying,  and sexting. It has free online resources and videos!

International Justice Mission helps facilitate the  “Loose Change to Loosen Chains” student campaign to collect loose change at your school or business to fight human trafficking.

Slavery Map is a “crowdsourced” map that allows individuals to document human trafficking case in their own community.

Start a Free the Slaves “Student Chapter” at your school! Visit the link above to find out who else has one and how to start your own.

Truckers Against Trafficking informs truckers and travelers about child sex trafficking in America and how they can help stop it.

Young Heroes Academy  is a youth engagement platform designed to increase school retention, prevent self-destructive behaviors, promote racial healing, and abolish modern-day slavery through two means, public speaking and books.

Not My Life is the first documentary film to depict the horrifying and dangerous practices of human trafficking and modern slavery on a global scale. This UN version is appropriate for 6-12 grade and gives a global and very local, American look at human trafficking.  Use with the UNICEF viewing guide for a full discussion with your classroom or student group

Very Young Girls is an expose of human trafficking that follows thirteen and fourteen year old American girls as they are seduced, abused, and sold on New York’s streets by pimps, and treated as adult criminals by police. The film follows the barely-adolescent girls in real time, using vérité and intimate interviews with them as they are first lured on to the streets and the dire events which follow. The film also uses startling footage shot by the brazen pimps themselves giving a rare glimpse into how the cycle of street life begins for many women.

CALL + RESPONSE is a first of its kind feature rock-umentary film that reveals the world’s 27 million dirtiest secrets: there are more slaves today than ever before in human history. CALL+RESPONSE goes deep undercover where slavery is thriving from the child brothels of Cambodia to the slave brick kilns of rural India to reveal that in 2009, Slave Traders made more money than Google, Nike and Starbucks combined.

The Slave Across The Street by Theresa Flores, American human trafficking survivor giving a voice to other survivors through her own story from Michigan, USA

Be the Change: Your Guide to Freeing Slaves and Changing the World by Zach Hunter, teenage abolitionist talking about he helped fight human trafficking and how students can help the world

Sold by Patricia McCormick, focusing on the story and poetry of a thirteen-year-old in Nepal who was trafficked.

Ending Slavery: How We Free Today’s Slaves by Kevin Bales, founder of “Free The Slaves” and a global expert on modern slavery outlines how each section of society (government, individuals, organizations, etc.) can do their own part in ending modern slavery.

Not in My Town by Dillon Burroughs and Charles Powell, Slavery still exists–here. As seen recently on Fox News, Dillon Burroughs and Charles Powell bring awareness about what’s happening in our nation and world.

Free the Children was made by children for children, founded by Craig Kielburger and 11 friends when he was 12 years old. There are great resources here for students of all ages, for educators, and for actions that make an impact. It has a very uplifting and empowering message.

Young Heroes Academy  is a youth engagement platform designed to increase school retention, prevent self-destructive behaviors, promote racial healing, and abolish modern-day slavery through two means, public speaking and books.

**For a cumulative list of human trafficking movies & their descriptions, please click here.

Be the Change: Your Guide to Freeing Slaves and Changing the World by Zach Hunter, teenage abolitionist talking about he helped fight human trafficking and how students can help the world

Sold by Patricia McCormick, focusing on the story and poetry of a thirteen-year-old in Nepal who was trafficked.

The Kid’s Guide to Service Projects: Over 500 Service Ideas for Young People Who Want to Make a Difference by Barbara A. Lewis

The Teen Guide to Global Action: How to Connect with Others (Near & Far) to Create Social Change by Barbara A. Lewis