Hello!
The past two weeks I've started becoming more involved at my internship: I sat in on meetings with my onsite adviser and the various other groups she is affiliated with and a training for healthcare providers in Gila River. It was really interesting seeing how the office operated and hearing about the projects that are currently going on.
Two projects that are interesting (that readers could get involved with) are the ask me campaign and the starfish bracelets. The ask me campaign is one where participants receive training on what human trafficking is, what some signs are, and how people can prevent or report it. Once this training is completed, the participants are given an ask me bracelet of their own and encouraged to spread the knowledge. The starfish bracelet is more of a fundraiser: the bracelets are made by various people around the office I'm working at and by survivors of sex trafficking. The proceeds from the sales of the bracelets are all put towards a pop-up drop-in center where victims of sex trafficking can receive everything from a shower and a meal to comprehensive medical care to resume building training to connections to other, more permanent, outreach facilities.
I also am involved with two research projects, one that I am working on with other interns and another I am working on alone. The project I am working on alone is looking at current harm reduction measures in sex work and how to use the information available to best help people who are unable or unwilling to leave sex work. I am looking at 29 websites across 25 cities (a few are national) and looking at data about bad dates going back several years. I am then inputting this data into Excel. I should be done capturing the data sometime this week and will then start analysis.
I am really loving going to work and even the casual conversation around the office is incredibly interesting and stimulating.
Thank you so much for reading!
Savannah
The past two weeks I've started becoming more involved at my internship: I sat in on meetings with my onsite adviser and the various other groups she is affiliated with and a training for healthcare providers in Gila River. It was really interesting seeing how the office operated and hearing about the projects that are currently going on.
Two projects that are interesting (that readers could get involved with) are the ask me campaign and the starfish bracelets. The ask me campaign is one where participants receive training on what human trafficking is, what some signs are, and how people can prevent or report it. Once this training is completed, the participants are given an ask me bracelet of their own and encouraged to spread the knowledge. The starfish bracelet is more of a fundraiser: the bracelets are made by various people around the office I'm working at and by survivors of sex trafficking. The proceeds from the sales of the bracelets are all put towards a pop-up drop-in center where victims of sex trafficking can receive everything from a shower and a meal to comprehensive medical care to resume building training to connections to other, more permanent, outreach facilities.
I also am involved with two research projects, one that I am working on with other interns and another I am working on alone. The project I am working on alone is looking at current harm reduction measures in sex work and how to use the information available to best help people who are unable or unwilling to leave sex work. I am looking at 29 websites across 25 cities (a few are national) and looking at data about bad dates going back several years. I am then inputting this data into Excel. I should be done capturing the data sometime this week and will then start analysis.
I am really loving going to work and even the casual conversation around the office is incredibly interesting and stimulating.
Thank you so much for reading!
Savannah
I think it's really cool that you're doing research on this topic, especially since sex work is so often ignored when it comes to things like working conditions.
ReplyDeleteThis is so impressive! Where can one receive training regarding identifying and preventing human trafficking?
ReplyDeleteI love the level of creativity and care that is involved in this project.
ReplyDeleteI am glad that you are enjoying the interactions in the office. It is great to go to a place that is filled with people working hard on something that you are passionate about. You mentioned that you were working on a project with some interns. What is that project?
ReplyDeleteI love where you are going with this project so far! I can see how all of this will be so beneficial even beyond the time frame of your project.
ReplyDeleteI have one suggestion; is there a way you could possibly make your blog/site more visually appealing? Something as simple as adding a bit of color or a picture to one of your posts. Just something to catch the attention of the visual learners in the audience. Awesome work so far!
So how well do you think these two projects will work? How effective will they be in spreading the information about domestic violence?
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