Sometimes people ask us why survivors should be paid for their input. Because input = expert guidance and information; and expert guidance and info = expertise; and as a society, we pay all kinds of people for their expertise. Their expertise as cobblers, football players, etc.

Another job opportunity! medaille-trust.org.uk/vacancies/view…

Reporters (1/2) : you do an important job. We need you. We don’t all know how to write good stories for the public. But we need you to be better allies. Yes, I want publicity for our event. But no, we won’t have you talk to Survivor Alliance members cuz you ask inappropriate Q’s.

Reporters (2/2): Look for the courageous story - living after exploitation NOT the trauma story. How would you feel telling the world about your deepest pains? Also, don't bait & switch us. It ain't cool.

Just one more day! We think it's going to be a full house at our #AntiSlaveryDay2019 panel! Remember - this is about life in the UK after slavery. lght.ly/j6fcc21

🔊 UN University Centre for Policy Research is seeking a consultant to contribute to #Code87, a community that researches, develops and applies AI-powered #antislavery strategies. 🗓 Deadline to apply 25 October 2019. Learn more about this opportunity: 🔗 unu.edu/about/hr/admin…

"We are here now, not defined by what has happened to us, but looking ahead. We want to walk forward into leadership..." "We have dreams as survivors. Ask us what we want to do & help us overcome the barriers to get there" Barrow Jarra survivor alliance West Yorkshire at last week's workshop

Where Cyber Crime and Exploitation Meet: The Solarie Oriental Prison - Xuan Li explores the intersection of cyber crime and human exploitation in this blog about online gambling antislaveryera.com/2019/10/28/whe… via WordPress.com

Very excited to have two Modern Slavery and Human Rights PEC projects on #NewThinkingPodcast by Arts and Humanities Research Council & BBC Radio 3. Dr Naomi Paxton talks to Katarina Schwarz and @alicia_kidd on their cutting edge work on #modernslavery. It's on the BBC Radio 3 tonight at 10pm and as a podcast: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

COVID-19: Protect survivors and migrants from the effects of the pandemic freedomunited.org/advocate/covid…

We fully support the #blacklivesmatter meeting held in central Hull today. Their concerns coincide with our determination to use the lessons of historical slavery to address racism, injustice and social deprivation today. Trevor Burnard Director of the Wilberforce Institute

Today we recognise International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression. Read more here and support children's rights: un.org/en/observances…

In light of ongoing protests following the death of #GeorgeFloyd, Feeding the Elephant has compiled a list of mainly free resources from libraries, university presses, and scholars on the subjects of racism, racial justice, police brutality, and protest. networks.h-net.org/node/1883/disc…

"Anti-Slavery International was set up 181 years ago to dismantle systems that looted ppl of their freedom & lives due to their skin colour. Our work is far from finished." We grieve but we know we must keep agitating for real & lasting change. A blog by Ryna Sherazi lght.ly/ah5kfi8

From our ED Dr. Minh Watson-Dang "Please make no mistake: Survivor Alliance is committed to the Black Lives Matter movement and opposes all police brutality." More here: tinyurl.com/SACommitment2B… #BlackLivesMatter

"We will practice with our members and allies the skills of having uncomfortable conversations with ourselves and each other." tinyurl.com/SACommitment2B…

We all need to be having serious conversations right now that last beyond the moment.

“What we have seen in America is down to historians not telling the truth and avoiding certain details. It’s done as a means of protecting national pride. I call it false national pride.” Sir Geoff Palmer renews calls to reword Dundas statue in Edinburgh edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/ed…

Submissions to the APPG's inquiry in May revealed legal services for human trafficking victims in the UK are depleting. We are very concerned that these new measures have now put services, on which survivors rely to access justice and support, in jeopardy independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…