Advocacy

Organizations

Are you interested in being an advocate for justice? Advocacy seeks to change policy by creating and changing laws, affecting public opinion and strengthening the systems that will deter trafficking. Advocates against human trafficking can advocate by meeting with a legislator, writing an editorial for a newspaper, signing a petition or any other activities that raise awareness and promote change.

A Village For One

Advocacy Aftercare Outreach

A Village for One is currently fundraising to build a therapeutic residence where each child has a holistic plan of care.

Adorned in Grace

Advocacy Aftercare Awareness Prevention

Adorned in Grace raises awareness and provides funds for the prevention of human trafficking and support for victims. Our work is based in Portland, OR but we also have locations in Tacoma, WA and San Tan Valley, AZ.

Call to Safety

Advocacy Aftercare Awareness Shelter

Founded in 1973 by a group of women concerned about the prevalence of sexual assault in the community, the Portland Women’s Crisis Line (PWCL) was one of the first five sexual violence crisis lines in the United States. After more than 40 years of service as PWCL, we are excited to embrace a new identity as Call to Safety.

Compassion First

Advocacy Awareness Outreach

Compassion First is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, providing long-term, hope-filled solutions for survivors of child sexual trafficking. We are dedicated to serving adult survivors of sex trafficking in Oregon. Our local efforts come after years of dedicated work in Indonesia and is the fulfillment of a long-held desire to serve locally.

End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT)

Advocacy Awareness Prevention

ECPAT’s mandate is to end the sexual exploitation of children through prostitution; trafficking; online and in the travel and tourism sector. We advocate for change with governments and the international community, work to better understand the problem through research and prioritize the needs of child victims and survivors.

Girls Educational and Mentoring Services

Advocacy Aftercare Awareness Outreach

The mission of the Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS) is to empower young women, ages 12-21, who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking to exit the commercial sex industry and develop to their full potential.

Hope for Justice

Advocacy Aftercare Shelter

Hope for Justice was formed under The Home Foundation for the purpose of training, investigation, and restoration for the victims of human trafficking here in the United States.

Immigrant & Refugee Community Organization- Services Against Exploitation

Advocacy Aftercare

IRCO's Services Against Exploitation (SAE) provides survivor-centered, free, wrap-around support to survivors of all forms of human trafficking and meets them where they are in their journey toward stability and liberation. Read More

In Our Backyard

Advocacy Awareness Prevention

In Our Backyard began as a book written by its founder, Nita Belles, Central Oregon’s Regional Director of Oregonians Against Trafficking Humans (OATH). Belles' goal is to raise awareness about human trafficking happening right here in our communities and advocate for victims through work with law enforcement and legislation.

International Justice Mission

Advocacy Aftercare Awareness Outreach

International Justice Mission (IJM) is a human rights agency that secures justice for victims of slavery, sexual exploitation and other forms of violent oppression. IJM lawyers, investigators and aftercare professionals work with local officials to ensure immediate victim rescue and aftercare, to prosecute perpetrators and to promote functioning public justice systems.

LifeWorks Northwest

Advocacy Aftercare Awareness

LifeWorks NW's New Options for Women (NOW) is an intensive outpatient program providing mental health, substance use treatment and case management services to women impacted by the sex industry, including:

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