The Solution
Our 3-year strategy will focus on the Solution – Hold buyers who purchase humans for exploitation accountable, thereby decreasing the demand for Human Trafficking.
The Plan
- identifies how the International Human Trafficking Institute (IHTI) will coordinate efforts and support partners to dramatically reduce human trafficking across metro Atlanta
- aligns with the ITHI’s intended objective of reducing demand
- uses multi-prong approaches of technology, training, public policy agenda & compliance, and outreach & education
- encourages collaboration and ownership amongst partners
- incorporates inputs from all participating partners
- addresses everyday Demand, as well as targeted efforts, to reduce demand at major events
Action Items
- are prioritized by impact on Demand reduction in the Metro Atlanta area
- currently being executed by partners will be leveraged and shared across the Coalition as a best practice
- will help to build a community culture of intolerance for buyers
Why Focus on Demand?
Most efforts to combat human trafficking focus on solely on removing and restoring victims or stopping the traffickers.
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How We Got Here
The anti-human trafficking project team completed hours of online research and interviews with non-profit organizations and city representatives since January 2018.
The common themes pulled from successful anti-human trafficking efforts can included law enforcement prioritizing demand penalization, private sector involvement, coalition building, and technology utilization.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN WAS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT ACROSS MANY SECTORS IN THE METRO ATLANTA AREA.
KEYPARTNERS:
- Accenture
- Atlanta Super Bowl Host Committee
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS:
- 4Sarah, Inc.
- Demand Abolition
- ECPAT USA
- GAIN
- National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
- Out of Darkness
- Tahirih Justice Center
- Wellspring Living
- YouthSpark
GOVERNMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT:
- Central Atlanta Progress
- Atlanta Regional Commission
- Fulton County
- Dunwoody Police Department
- Georgia Public Service Commission
- Office of DeKalb County District Attorney
- Georgia Attorney General
- PRIVATE SECTOR:
- The Blank Family of Business
- The Coca-Cola Company
- Deloitte
- Delta
- Lexicon Strategies
- Metro Atlanta Chamber
- Moxie
- PHILANTHROPIC & NON-PROFIT:
- Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
- Full Circle Living
- Jack and Jill of America, Inc.
- Robert and Polly Dunn Foundation
- SafeAmerica Foundation
- Tocqueville Women's Leadership Council
FAITH COMMUNITY:
- Ahavath Achim Synagogue
- Church Women United
- Congregation Or Hadash
- Ebenezer Baptist Church
- Emory Candler School of Theology
- Interfaith Children's Movement
- National Council of Jewish Women - Atlanta Section
- The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta
- The Temple
THE IHTI WILL CONTINUE TO CONVENE AND COLLABORATE WITH ITS PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THE EXECUTION OF THE PLAN.
Strategic Plan Development Approach
ASSESS
- Captured baseline research and contextual insights via client interviews
- Facilitated stakeholder interviews for best practices, lessons learned, and outreach support
- Conducted online research to identify
- Attend local events and national webcasts to better understand the landscape for trafficking statistics and the partners working to combat statistics
DESIGN
- Designed multiple group activities, with agenda reviews from Accenture Design Thinking SMEs
- Facilitated three workshops for 60+ partners
- Compiled and synthesized outputs into themes
PLAN
- Prioritized action items across a three-year timeline
- Consolidated action items, best practices, and workshop outputs into final deliverable
Our strategic plan was created in partnership with Accenture.