Alumni Conversation with Ashleigh Pelto and Johanna Lee

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In this episode of the Trafficking Matters Podcast, Douglass Fellows Alyssa Grzesiak and Monica Naranjo interview Ashley Pelto, the Equal Justice America Human Trafficking Fellow at Greater Boston Legal Services, and Johanna Lee, a Staff Attorney at Global Labor Justice. They talk about their time as previous Douglass Fellows and their continued involvement in the anti-trafficking movement.

If you or someone you know is currently in danger of human trafficking, you can view the national human trafficking hotline website here. You can reach the hotline by calling 1-888-373-7888 or texting 233733.

Here, you can learn more about the Human Trafficking Institute, the Federal Human Trafficking Report, and the Douglass Fellowship.

You can read Ashleigh’s bio here, and Johanna’s bio here.

You can read Ashleigh’s Note on Criminal Record Relief for Human Trafficking Survivors

 in the Michigan Journal of Gender and Law, and Johanna’s Douglass Fellowship article Exploring TVPA as a Promising Tool for Corporate Accountability in the Columbia Human Rights Law Review Online.

To learn more about Equal Justice Works, you can check out this website. For more information on Global Labor Justice, you can visit this website.

Produced by Alyssa Grzesiak, Monica Naranjo, and Alicen Rodolph

Edited by Alicen Rodolph 

Music: Blurry Vision by Corbyn Kites

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