The Exodus Road

We’re entering a new year, but our resolution remains the same: a world where no one is bought, sold, or exploited. Will you make that your resolution as we ring in 2025? In just this past year, our community of supporters has helped to: - Free 400 children, women, and men from human trafficking. - Arrest 482 perpetrators. - Train 19,255 law enforcement officers and citizens, sharpening their skills in fighting trafficking. - Provide aftercare to 403 survivors, including trauma-informed counseling, legal support, medical care, and housing. We want to make an even bigger impact in the next year. To do that, we urgently need your help. Make a tax-deductible gift before the year ends to ensure that The Exodus Road can continue finding and freeing the children, women, and men trapped in trafficking right now. Will you make a resolution that could be someone’s freedom? Give now: https://lnkd.in/gtCK4hFB

Powerful stories deserve to be told in the right setting. That’s why we are thrilled to host two nights of our DECLASSIFIED immersive storytelling event at The Pinery at the Hill in Colorado Springs! These identical events are taking place on January 30 and 31st, and in addition to the storytelling experience, every attendee will enjoy heavy appetizers and access to a cash bar. This effortlessly elegant space is the perfect complement to stories and songs about the frontline fight to free men, women, and children trapped in trafficking around the world. We know that this will be a memorable experience. Will you consider attending and bringing a friend who might be interested in learning more about this issue and the real ways we can be part of the solution? Get your ticket today!

12.5 million children are being trafficked right now. 67% of them are girls. Child trafficking is one of the most-discussed — and most misunderstood — types of human trafficking. Forms of child trafficking include: - Sexual exploitation - Forced marriage - Domestic work such as cleaning or childcare - Manual labor in factories or on farms - Forced criminality like begging or drug smuggling - Traveling sales crews It is essential to move beyond hearsay about child trafficking to fully understand the truth about this real crime. Knowing the facts helps us prevent exploitation from happening. SHARE this post to spread awareness, and learn more about this grave injustice:

Could you spot trafficking if it happened right in front of you? Most people can't — even if they themselves are the one being trafficked. That's why this month, National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, matters so much. Join us this month in a commitment to learn more about this crime and the role all of us have to play in recognizing and preventing it.

There are so many reasons to join us in Colorado Springs on January 30 or 31 to hear DECLASSIFIED stories from the fight against trafficking. Here are just a few of those reasons: 1. Declassified is the only place to hear these stories. These are sensitive stories that will not leave the room we share. 2. You’ll get to hear original music written about our work by David Zach of Remedy Drive, an acclaimed musician, advocate, and a longtime investigator with The Exodus Road. 3. You will be actively participating in propelling the work of freedom forward, making more incredible stories of freedom possible. This community has been part of freedom for over 2,800 exploited men, women, and children. We know that we’re still only getting started. What are you waiting for? Get your ticket now!

(not her real name) was hoping for a fresh start. She never imagined where she’d find herself instead: trapped in a house transformed into a br*thel, in a small bedroom on the second floor, forced to offer sexual services to more than a dozen men every day.  At 25 years old, Patricia could have believed that her life was over. But she had some fire in her still. The Exodus Road’s team of investigators paid the traffickers to take Patricia out on a lunch date. As soon as they had her alone, they started planning her exit. Despite all of the abuse she’d endured, despite feelings of intense worthlessness, Patricia pushed through her fear of her traffickers. She agreed to escape with The Exodus Road’s team. Patricia explained everything she knew about the inner workings of the trafficking operation. The investigators added that to their own evidence, submitting a detailed package to law enforcement. The Exodus Road covered the costs of Patricia’s immediate needs: food and housing. Then, they made sure that she was transferred into the compassionate protection of an aftercare partner.  This case is still ongoing, and it is yet to be seen what kind of impact Patricia’s testimony will have on this network of traffickers. But it is certain that her courage has led Patricia to escape her abusers and claim a new start for herself — this time, for real.

Thank you to everyone who gave over the past few days, closing out 2024 strong! Today is the first day of the New Year. It’s the first day of our continued resolution to work toward a world where no one is bought, sold, or exploited. Are you ready? Let’s get to work!

There are just a few hours left of 2024, which means you only have a few more hours to make a tax-deductible gift for freedom that will be doubled by our generous matching sponsors! Give now: https://lnkd.in/gtCK4hFB There’s so much that we can accomplish in the fight against trafficking if you join us. Are you ready for another year of freedom? Give before time runs out!

Hurry, your donation to fight human trafficking is DOUBLED — but only if you give today! Give now: https://lnkd.in/gtCK4hFB Thanks to the support of generous sponsors, while funds last, your tax-deductible donation will be matched, dollar for dollar. Your impact will go twice as far in expanding the reach of freedom in 2025. That means more kids removed from trafficking. More perpetrators brought to justice. More law enforcement training in how to fight trafficking crime efficiently. And more survivors receiving compassionate aftercare as they heal. Don’t miss this chance to be part of someone’s freedom!

Long-term change requires long-term commitment. That’s why our resolution is the same every year: a world where no one is bought, sold, or exploited. Will you make that same resolution for freedom? Give now: https://lnkd.in/gtCK4hFB With 50 million people trapped in trafficking around the world, the stakes have never been higher. Make a resolution for the 15-year-old girl told that her life is just a product to be bought and sold. Make a resolution for the 20-year-old boy tricked into labor trafficking after accepting the “job of his dreams” in a faraway country. Make a resolution for the 6-year-old child whose abuse is filmed and sold online by the person who should be her greatest place of safety: her mother. This issue is enormous — but we have seen that real change is possible when we make a resolution to empower freedom. Join us!