Human trafficking is the act of inducing, recruiting, and/or transporting by force, fraud, or coercion a person into sexual acts or labor against their will. (National Black Women’s Justice Institute)

Although Human Trafficking affects all people, sex trafficking of Black Women & Girls are overrepresented. Black women, girls, and gender nonconforming people are disproportionately represented as victims/survivors of trafficking. Black women make up 40% of people who have survived sex trafficking and 20% of identified survivors are Latina. BIPOC and LGBTQ persons are more at-risk of human trafficking.