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PCBRACE2022’s first episode of 2022 features Tom Quigley of JOY Soup Kitchen. Learn about JOY’s programs and how you can be involved with this soup kitchen and burgeoning community center. 

The General Assembly passed House Bill 198: Human Trafficking Commission Recommendations and is now awaiting the signature of Gov. Roy Cooper. HB 198 is a win for the anti-human trafficking movement. This bill expands the opportunity of human trafficking victims to...

Each year the Department of State releases a comprehensive report on what human trafficking looks like around the world. Divided into Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 2 Watchlist, and Tier 3, these countries are measured by the laws around human trafficking and enforcement and...

Practicing safe internet use is important in preventing human trafficking. Predators are going more and more online to groom and exploit children. In this piece, we are going to highlight a few tips on how to better keep children safe online.The Golden Rule: Have An...

Check out the newest episode of PCBRACE2021! What does it take to be a Child Life Specialist Intern? And why is that such an important skill to have? Thanks to Brinkley Collier from ECU for filling us in on such a special program. Follow PCBRACE2021 Melinda Sampson is...

Misinformation or lack of knowledge around the OnlyFans platform begs the question of what you need to know about how it works and what are the risks. OnlyFans is an online platform that is well known to many youths, yet is relatively unknown to older adults. While...

Human trafficking in the U.S. is not a new phenomenon. If we look back at the European discovery of the Americas, it is clear that human trafficking began with Christopher Columbus’s abuses of native people. Christine Stark, Native American survivor of family-based...

May is Mental Health Awareness month. Each year millions of Americans face the reality of living with a mental illness. Victims of human trafficking are especially vulnerable to the debilitating physical and psychological symptoms of trauma resulting from their...

Fashion Revolution Week is a global movement that campaigns for a clean, safe, fair, transparent and accountable fashion industry. This campaign is done through research, education, collaboration, mobilization and advocacy. The revolution began on the anniversary of...

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) recently released the annual “Human Trafficking Data Collection Activities” report highlighting up and coming data collection initiatives that have the potential to give a more accurate snapshot of...