The power one person can make in the life of a trafficking victim or survivor. The power of one truck driver who makes a call. The power of one bus stop employee who gives a victim a sandwich and asks if she needs help. The power of one law enforcement officer who takes a victim-centered approach. The power of one energy executive who implements an anti-trafficking-in-persons policy. The power of one frontline worker in a driver’s license office who recognizes an applicant in distress and takes action.
TAT’s work is about changing hearts and minds to intervene whenever an individual’s life intersects with human trafficking. It comes down to the power of one.
The Challenge
Human trafficking hides in plain sight.
Human trafficking lurks in the shadows, usurps people’s freedoms and knows no boundaries. It’s rooted in greed, vulnerabilities and the demand for cheap labor and commercial sex. Just as racism, sexism, discrimination, poverty and gender-based violence are found everywhere, so is human trafficking, the crime they feed. Also called modern-day slavery, human trafficking happens in every state and province, in every setting, whether rural or urban, across every socioeconomic, cultural or societal strata, to men, women, boys and girls, within families and to people on their own, to people of every race, color and gender. Traffickers often look like the person next door, and victims, unless you know what to look for, seldom attract notice.
Our Approach
We disrupt trafficking through targeted collaboration.
To combat this crime, TAT is committed to educate and empower the individuals within the key industries and agencies we serve through key initiatives we create to recognize and report human trafficking through a model of bystander intervention whenever their lives encounter it. We achieve this by providing quality, free, niche-specific human trafficking training resources and approaches to form powerful and effective pathways for organizations to use to fight human trafficking. This approach disrupts the systems traffickers implicitly and explicitly exploit, uncovers truths about prostitution and the systemic gender, racial, cultural and socioeconomic power dynamics and biases that facilitate exploitation.
Our Work
Mobilizing others to become a force for freedom.
Our Impact
Every number tells the story of a life changed.
people trained
coalition builds held
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Our Highlights
TAT in Action
Chris Tinkler
When Chris Tinkler of CN/CNTL first talks to anyone about human trafficking, he describes the reaction he gets as shock, “as until very recently, it seems that incidents of human trafficking don’t really make national news here in Canada, and, when they do, it’s very few and far between.”
TAT’s 2024 Annual Report
To celebrate TAT’s 15th year, the 2024 annual report not only highlights four key milestones achieved in 2024 but provides a backward look to showcase memorable moments of TAT’s journey to this point.
TAT announces release of new training for corporate employees
Traffickers count on their victims being “unseen” by the people around them, making them basically “hidden” in plain sight. It’s vital for everyone to realize how trafficking occurs in the seemingly ordinary moments of life. Preview TAT’s latest video, You’ve Seen Us Before, and consider how you can implement this training across your organization.
TAT Announces 2024 Harriet Tubman Award Winner
Bernsen, one of 18,000 TA employees who receive TAT’s human trafficking training annually, noticed a distressed young woman hanging around the store. She would disappear for periods of time into the restroom but then reappear in the lobby area.
Our Partners
TAT’s partners make a real-world impact in the fight against human trafficking by enabling millions of people to receive knowledge and inspiration and move from passive bystanders to active disruptors. As TAT educates, equips, empowers and mobilizes key industries and agencies to combat human trafficking, its partners are playing a significant role in preventing and disrupting this crime. From training their workforce, to adopting policies, to posting victim-centered information, to leveraging their networks to spread awareness, to making financial contributions, TAT’s partners make this work possible.
A special thanks to our plus partners (designated with a blue border at the beginning of the categories) for choosing to support TAT with multi-year commitments.
Click on the logos to learn more about our partners.
Driving Force
$1,000,000+ over three years
North Star
$250,000+
Freedom Driver
$100,000+
Diamond
$50,000+
Platinum
$25,000+
Gold
$10,000+
Silver
$5,000+
Bronze
$2,500+
Copper
$1,000+
