Earthsaylove Foundation, Inc., is proud to announce, our project has been selected for the National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center’s Anti-Trafficking Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability (ATLIS) Project through the Administration for Children and Families (OTIP) Office on Trafficking in Persons.
Project Starship, Orlando, FL
Project Starship is a survivor-led, trauma-informed, community-driven, survivor mentorship program building resiliency in survivors through weekly webinars, workbooks, journals, and arts activities, with the aim of supporting youth, in and outside of foster care, who have experienced trafficking or whose circumstances increase their risks to human trafficking. Project Starship will work toward its very first statewide cohort by enrolling individuals who have experienced trafficking (or gender based violence) and are in the system of care (or out in the community). Project Starship will increase the capacity for survivor mentorship programming, throughout this state, will reinforce the importance of survivor-led programming to address the commercial sexual exploitation of children, and will cultivate art, music, poetry, education, and recovery with survivors.
NHTTAC states, “Twelve initiatives led by survivors of human trafficking will receive up to $20,000 in federal funding, coaching and other support to strengthen community-based responses to human trafficking. Selected after a national call for innovative ideas, the Anti-Trafficking Leadership, Innovation and Sustainability (ATLIS) project builds the capacity of survivor-led organizations, collaborations and community groups. ‘The invaluable expertise and unique perspectives brought by people with lived experience is a powerful way to transform community response to human trafficking,’ said OTIP Director Katherine Chon. ‘Through ATLIS, we have the opportunity to diversify the way we invest in survivor leadership and the often under-resourced organizations working on some of the most challenging issues facing their communities.”
To support Project Starship, send checks or money orders to: Earthsaylove Foundation or contribute to our fundraiser HERE! To volunteer or to get involved, contact us!
References
OTIP Announces the 2024 Anti-Trafficking Leadership, Innovation and Sustainability Project Participants https://nhttac.acf.hhs.gov/about-nhttac/news/otip-announces-2024-anti-trafficking-leadership-innovation-and-sustainability
