A few days ago, I was strolling along the foggy coast in Northern California when I noticed a cormorant flying in “v” formation with a flock of pelicans. A week later, I saw a pelican flying with a flock of cormorants...
The recent annual San Francisco Collaborative Against Human Trafficking conference gathered law enforcement, nonprofit leaders, politicians, technologists and activists to discuss trends and create new ways to stop trafficking. So I went to learn from the experts...
An estimated 40 million people are enslaved worldwide according to the International Labor Organization. Over 50 percent of them are women and girls, and 26 percent are children...
A dangerous trend abounds where many people refuse to engage with one another in civil discourse and critical debate. We've lost grip on emotional intelligence and given up talking about what's important in our lives in a productive way...
The noble people who run Stop the Traffik (STT) are hard to nail down. They’re intensely dedicated to fighting human trafficking, which means they’re working around the clock. Since human traffickers never sleep, neither do the people who are working to stop them...
In January, during Human Trafficking Awareness Month, I had the privilege to talk with one of the foremost abolitionists of our time — Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley. As an expert in the area of human trafficking, she shared her perspective on the successes and challenges of protecting the public against human trafficking and what it takes to prosecute traffickers...
With technological advances, fake news and virtual reality, we started to see accelerated change in 2017. We can expect that 2018 is going to move even faster. So limber up, expand your periphery, and take a look at what I predict will be the trends to prepare for in the coming year...
