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Head on over to our blog to read about this month's featured Human Trafficking Abolitionist, Sharlene Graham!

Abolitionist Spotlight |Sharlene Graham | Timbelo, Inc. This month’s featured abolitionist is Sharlene Graham!

For the last few weeks, we've been sharing suggestions for the individual anti-trafficking advocate. From spreading awareness to volunteering, there are a plethora of ways to join the work against human trafficking. Today, we have a very specific way you can help: support legislation that protects survivors.

Senate Bill 183 is a bill that aims to expand expungement opportunities for survivors of Human Trafficking. Many times, survivors of human trafficking will pick up criminal charges while they are being trafficked. Currently, Ohio law requires someone to be charged with loitering and /or prostitution in order to qualify for expungement. While these are charges that are frequently acquired by s*x trafficking survivors, they are not typically seen with survivors of labor trafficking. Expanding the expungement bill would make it more accessible to survivors of labor trafficking, who are in equal need of legal assistance.

Today, we'd like to share two ways you can support this bill. Individually, we invite you all to sign the Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center's petition! If you're part of an organization that would like to show support as a single entity, IJPC also has an organizational letter of support that you can sign onto as an organization as a whole. We've proudly signed on, and we'd like to invite you to do the same.

To sign the petition: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScLU7O_7ku6mM0xc6pHMAUP5tK4IlGrNTRFgsztsVIJUzblQQ/viewform
To sign the letter as an organization: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdqUOZ5Cmot_tTwN-tzRsM1jlukhxcLrmd3Rc0jmi3-T-l-6Q/viewform
To read more about SB 183: https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA134-SB-183

Today's tip for the individual advocate: Utilize your talents! When we say that everyone has something to offer, we mean it!

Practical Tips for the Individual Advocate | Timbelo, Inc. When we say that everybody has something to offer this work, we mean it. Survivors have a variety of needs and we are all made with different abilities that can help fill those needs.