Evelyn Chumbow, @htlegalcenter.bsky.social Advocacy & Survivor Leadership Director, has spent the last two weeks giving interviews on the trafficking of children into forced labor. She & Xanthe Scharff of @freedomfund.bsky.social have shared stories of impact in the fight to end #humantrafficking.
Thank you to D.C. Bar and host Parvin Huda for inviting our President Martina Vandenberg and Advocacy & Survivor Leadership Director Evelyn Chumbow to discuss justice for trafficking survivors.Trafficking survivors need pro bono lawyers to fight for their rights. creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
Evelyn Chumbow, the Human Trafficking Legal Center's Advocacy and Survivor Leadership Director, and Xanthe Scharff of The Freedom Fund joined Jim Lokay and The Final Five Fox DC team last week for National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Watch here: https://www.fox5dc.com/vid
Import bans are a powerful tool to disrupt forced labor and hold corporations accountable. Learn how these trade tools work, how they’re enforced, and how workers and advocates can use import bans to end forced labor. #NationalHumanTraffickingAwarenessMonth
Import bans are a powerful tool to fight forced labor. This Human Trafficking Awareness Month, we’re highlighting ways that trade policy can be used to combat forced labor in global supply chains. Hear more about this innovative strategy:
Trafficking survivors in the U.S. need protection. In Jan. 2025, USCIS processing time for T visas - special visas for #traffickingvictims - was 19 months. Now, just one year later, the processing time has surged to 27 months. This is an eternity for survivors, who must wait in limbo without status.
Learn more about the Backpage Remission Network here: www.backpageremissionnetwork.org
On Jan. 26, 2026, @ncmec.org & @htlegalcenter.bsky.social are hosting a webinar for attorneys supporting trafficking survivors on the DOJ Backpage Remission Program & how to submit petitions before the March 31, 2026 deadline.
Registration required: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Join a special panel marking Human Trafficking Awareness Month & the 25th anniversary of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Hear from the last five U.S. Ambassadors to Combat Trafficking in Persons on the future of global anti-trafficking efforts. www.law.edu/academics/Co...
JOIN US! @htlegalcenter.bsky.social is hiring for two new positions: Communications Manager and Program Associate. Please apply to join our team working to advance justice for trafficking survivors. Learn more about these positions and how to apply here: htlegalcenter.org/about-us/joi...
Harriet Tubman, the powerful abolitionist, told slaves traveling on the Underground Railroad, "Keep going." As 2025 draws to a close and we celebrate a new year, we thank you, our community, for your commitment to "keep going." Happy New Year! Thank you for supporting #survivors.
The Harriet Tubman Fellowship is gearing up for its second cohort — and you can make a real difference. Your gift will reduce the financial barriers survivors face, fund advocacy training, and empower survivors to become leaders in their communities. secure.qgiv.com/for/harriett...
USCIS has released new processing times for T visas, a form of immigration relief reserved for #traffickingsurvivors. The processing times have jumped to 26.5 months, up from just 19 months in January 2025. These delays put #survivors at risk, forcing them to live in fear.
Investment in trafficking survivors changes lives. The Harriet Tubman Fellowship provides each Fellow with a $500 monthly stipend to help cover essential living expenses. Here’s how Anthony Paco Bernaola described its impact. secure.qgiv.com/for/harriett...
The Harriet Tubman Fellowship is gearing up for its second cohort — and you can make a real difference. Your gift will reduce the financial barriers survivors face, fund advocacy training, and empower survivors to become leaders in their communities. secure.qgiv.com/for/harriett...
Investment in trafficking survivors changes lives. The Harriet Tubman Fellowship provides each Fellow with a $500 monthly stipend to help cover essential living expenses. Here’s how Grace Muwawa described its impact. To fund a monthly stipend, visit secure.qgiv.com/for/harriett...
When financial barriers are removed, trafficking survivors can pursue their dreams & chart a new path forward. For Samantha, that means earning her degree in cybersecurity. The Harriet Tubman Fellowship empowers Fellows to move beyond surviving — to thriving, leading, & shaping their own futures.
The Harriet Tubman Fellowship equips labor trafficking survivors with the skills and training to advocate for themselves. Harriet Tubman Fellow Anthony Paco Bernaola, who is pursuing an MBA, is using his platform to raise awareness about male trafficking survivors.
After escaping trafficking, many survivors lack the housing, income, and education needed to rebuild—leaving them vulnerable to re-exploitation. The Harriet Tubman Fellowship helps close this gap by providing financial stability so survivors can build their futures.
Over the next two weeks, we’ll share the vision and impact of
@htlegalcenter.bsky.social’s Harriet Tubman Fellowship. Created by Evelyn Chumbow, whose own journey out of child labor trafficking inspires this work, the Fellowship invests in survivor-leaders building futures of their choosing.
"True freedom for survivors of labor trafficking is economic empowerment," said Evelyn Chumbow, @htlegalcenter.bsky.social's Advocacy and Survivor Leadership Director. Evelyn created The Harriet Tubman Fellowship to invest in survivors of forced labor who are leading in their communities.
Trafficking survivors need legal immigration status to rebuild their lives.@uscisgov.bsky.social processing time for T visas—immigration relief for #traffickingsurvivors—has surged to 25.5 months, up from 19 months in January 2025. Survivors now live in limbo and fear. egov.uscis.gov/processing-t...
Please join us in welcoming Caroline Pizano to @htlegalcenter.bsky.social as our Senior Staff Attorney! Caroline leads our direct legal services work, advancing justice for trafficking survivors seeking T visas & supporting our pro bono partners. Welcome Caroline! htlegalcenter.org/about-us/our...
"If you want to go fast, go alone. But if you want to go far, go together." @htlegalcenter.bsky.social is grateful for our coalition partners who advocate to end #forcedlabor in supply chains. Together, we have fought for - and won - import bans. There can be no safe harbor for forced labor.
This Thanksgiving, @htlegalcenter.bsky.social gives thanks for our pro bono partners, whose tireless advocacy makes justice possible. Pro bono attorneys stand with #traffickingsurvivors in the fight to rebuild their lives. With powerful lawyers by their side, survivors can thrive.
Labor trafficking is often hidden in plain sight within complex supply chains. This situation with Hyundai and Kia is a stark reminder that vulnerable workers can be exploited anywhere, even by big brands.
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This latest action was taken after the NGO @transparentem.bsky.social published a report in Dec. 2023 documenting extensive #laborrights abuses in apparel factories across #Mauritius. Read the report: transparentem.org/report/mauri...
This #importban marks another important step towards strengthening accountability for forced labor in global #supplychains.
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New U.S. import prohibition on #forcedlabor: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Trade blocked garments, textiles, & apparel made in #Mauritius by Firemount Group Ltd. from the U.S. market based on suspected use of #forcedlabor.
Thank you to the Women's Bar Association for sponsoring a legal clinic for #traffickingsurvivors seeking compensation through the Backpage Remission Program. We are grateful to @ncmec.org for training our volunteer attorneys. And thank you to Baker Mckenzie for hosting!
