Human Trafficking is a grave problem in America and likely in your city. Misinformation, manipulation, and demand allow human trafficking to flourish in the shadows. Our goal at The US Institute Against Human Trafficking is to end human trafficking in America by educating citizens and lawmakers, disrupting sex trade activities and demand, and partnering with like-minded organizations to fight human trafficking together. In this podcast, survivors will tell their stories and truths about human trafficking and share what is actively decreasing human trafficking. By listening to this podcast, you are learning how you can grow your community to unite against human trafficking. This war will not be won overnight, but it can be won together.
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Human Trafficking is a grave problem in America and likely in your city. Misinformation, manipulation, and demand allow human trafficking to flourish in the shadows. Our goal at The US Institute Against Human Trafficking is to end human trafficking in America by educating citizens and lawmakers, disrupting sex trade activities and demand, and partnering with like-minded organizations to fight human trafficking together. In this podcast, survivors will tell their stories and truths about human trafficking and share what is actively decreasing human trafficking. By listening to this podcast, you are learning how you can grow your community to unite against human trafficking. This war will not be won overnight, but it can be won together.
How an 11 year-old girl was trafficked: The Story of Oree Freeman, PART 1 | S6, E7
Trafficking Free America
33 minutes
5 months ago
How an 11 year-old girl was trafficked: The Story of Oree Freeman, PART 1 | S6, E7
🎧 How an 11 year-old girl was trafficked: The Story of Oree Freeman, PART 1 | Trafficking Free America Podcast (2023)  Welcome to this Season 1 re-run of the Trafficking Free America podcast, brought to you by the U.S. Institute Against Human Trafficking (USIAHT). In this gripping episode, we share the courageous story of Oree Freeman, a survivor, educator, and now the Director of Operations for USIAHT, the very organization behind this podcast series.  Oree's journey is raw, heartbreaking, and full of resilience. From growing up in a vulnerable environment, to experiencing repeated abuse and trafficking, to becoming a national voice in the fight to end human trafficking—her story is a must-hear for anyone who wants to understand what trafficking really looks like in America. Â
🕒 Timestamps:Â
00:00 – Introduction to the podcast and USIAHT's mission
01:31 – Meet Oree Freeman: survivor, advocate, abolitionist
02:23 – Breaking trafficking myths: It's not just kidnappings and basements
04:00 – Oree's sheltered childhood and early family dynamics
07:02 – First memory of sexual abuse at age five
08:24 – Identity crisis, bullying, and emotional neglect
11:09 – Molestation by a family friend becomes normalized
13:26 – Rape at summer camp and first thoughts of running away
17:21 – Trauma triggers resurface in adulthood after childbirth
19:03 – Discovering she was adopted and losing her sense of identity
27:13 – Arrest, probation, and entering alternative education programs
32:37 – Running away and being taken to a trafficker's house Â
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Trafficking Free America
Human Trafficking is a grave problem in America and likely in your city. Misinformation, manipulation, and demand allow human trafficking to flourish in the shadows. Our goal at The US Institute Against Human Trafficking is to end human trafficking in America by educating citizens and lawmakers, disrupting sex trade activities and demand, and partnering with like-minded organizations to fight human trafficking together. In this podcast, survivors will tell their stories and truths about human trafficking and share what is actively decreasing human trafficking. By listening to this podcast, you are learning how you can grow your community to unite against human trafficking. This war will not be won overnight, but it can be won together.
