Human Trafficking Awareness with Megan Brown

In this audio I dive into Human Trafficking with Megan Brown, co-founder, board president, and executive director of HopeFound Northeast Arkansas. Megan is a Jonesboro native who graduated from Arkansas State University and is a licensed Social Worker. In 2009 while living in Nashville, she first learned about human trafficking and then began working for Free for Life International and interned with End Slavery TN. She returned to Jonesboro in 2011 and served as the NEA Area Representative for PATH (Partners Against Trafficking Humans) until 2015.

We discuss: 

- What is Human trafficking? 

- How common Human Trafficking is in America

- Labor trafficking versus Sex trafficking

- Human trafficking versus prostitution 

- What industries and populations that human trafficking is common in

- Social Media trends around human trafficking

- Why human trafficking isn’t just kidnapping

- How to approach someone about Human Trafficking

- HOPE FOUND NEA and how they are making a difference in this much needed area and how YOU can. hopefoundnea.org 

You can also contact Megan at meganbrown@hopefoundnea.org to get more information on how you can be involved and help to fight human trafficking.