National Human Trafficking Prevention Month 2025
In 2010 President Barack Obama designated January as National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. It was established with the intention of re-dedicating ourselves to preventing and ending human trafficking.
During January, we collectively pause to acknowledge the impact to communities around the world, including our own. We stand with survivors, allied individuals and agencies from every discipline and commit to building a future where generations to come may thrive free from exploitation.
We invite you to kick off 2025 with a commitment to a year of informed action #EndTrafficking
PACT’s 2025 Social Media Guide & Downloadable Toolkit
PACT’s Social Media Guide and Downloadable Toolkit includes graphics, posts, banners & zoom backgrounds. Be sure to check out our templates too: a proclamation, email and free images for developing your own outreach material.
Inspire your local agencies, tribes and communities to consider ways to raise awareness and take action during January and all year-around!
Additional National Awareness Materials
National Human Trafficking Hotline
Administration for Children & Families
- ACF – Look Beneath the Surface – Free Images for use in Outreach Material
- 2024 National Prevention Month Toolkit
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
- Take it Down – Outreach Material on Removing Sexually Explicit Images Online
- Printable for Familes on how to report when exposed to CSAM
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Labor
Department of State
About “A Reclamation,” Virtual Gallery and Event
“A Reclamation” is a virtual art gallery featuring creative expression from California artists, leaders and lived experience experts. Be inspired, as this year’s collection takes viewers on a journey exploring themes of healing, reclamation and resilience through a variety of mediums including poetry, spoken word, creative writing, graphic art and photography.
The collection includes submissions from the Preventing and Addressing Child Trafficking (PACT) Consultant Network and the CSEC Action Team’s Advisory Board.
Don't Miss the Virtual Event on ZOOM with our Reclamation Artists on January 27th, 2025! Register Now!
Take Action To Generate Change
We hope you get inspired to raise awareness and generate change. Here’s some ideas to get you started!
Be An Ally
- Pay a lived expert to speak or train at your event. Tip: Book a PACT Consultant – Check out the 2025 Training Flier for topics & training rates
- Visit StoryCorps Human Trafficking Freedom Voices Archive to hear from survivor leaders, activists and those who have informed, shaped, and contributed to the anti-trafficking movement.
- Volunteer, Donate or Raise Funds for Survivor Needs Tip: Check out our CA Service Provider Directory
- Purchase fairly sourced products and Fair Trade products – and share why!
Advocate for Change
- Issue a Community Wide Proclamation – Engage local city officials and your county’s board of supervisors. Tip: Customize PACT’s Proclamation Template & Make it Your Own!
- Learn about local, state and federal legislation and support policies that enact positive change.
- Start a weekly zoom gathering, school club, or community coalition to bring people together for collective action
Communicate
- Leverage social media – share content grounded in reliable data and real life-experience. Tip: Download PACT’s Social Media Guide – ADD LINK
- Announce National Human Trafficking Prevention Month with an email or recorded video message. Tip: Download PACT’s Email Template
- Wear blue on January 11th in honor of National Human Trafficking Prevention Day.
Educate
Educate youth, caregivers and providers to prevent and identify human trafficking!
- Host your own local training or event
- Visit PACT’s Training Page for free on demand or ongoing training
- Check out PACT’s Calendar for California virtual and in person events
Be Creative
- Host or attend an art event! Tip: Visit PACT’s Virtual “A Reclamation: Gallery to view art and register for the live ZOOM event now!
- Red Sand Project – gather a group in your community to raise awareness by creating a sidewalk installation. Tip: Order Free sand HERE.
- Host a Book Club! Check out PACT's Amazon Book List
- Screen a film followed by a panel of key experts or facilitated discussion.
Explore Our List of Film Titles
All We Carry | American Street Kid | Animal Kingdom | Black Girl Missing | Black Gold | Boys | California’s Forgotten Children | Dark Side of Chocolate | Fruits Of Labor | Ghislaine Maxwell: Filthy Rich | Ghost Fleet | I Am All Girls | I Am Jane Doe | Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich | Lost Girls | Nona | Sex and Money | Sex Trafficking in America | Sextortion | Food Chains | Shiny Happy Family – Duggar Family Secrets | Slaughterhouse Children | Stopping Traffic | Surviving R. Kelly | This Adventure Called California | Under the Same Moon| Untouchable – The Inside Story of the Harvey Weinstein Scandal | Very Young Girls | We Need to Talk About Cosby | Which Way Home
Help Is Available
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
24-Hour Hotline: 1-800-843-5678
report.cybertip.org
NCMEC is the nation’s largest and most influential child protection organization, leading the fight to protect children and creating resources for them and the people who keep them safe.
The Preventing and Addressing Child Trafficking Network
PACT Preventing and Addressing Child Trafficking (PACT) supports a collaborative platform for county child welfare agencies to address and prevent child sex and labor trafficking through a peer support network. Visit the PACT Website to learn more about our work or the National Human Trafficking Prevention Month Page for available resources.