Imagine Freedom

This Imagine Freedom podcast is a little different because we’ve adapted it from a webinar that STAC hosted, where we featured The Thrive Space, a great website created by and for survivors of human trafficking and exploitation.

In this episode, host Robin Hassler Thompson imagines freedom with Jamie Rosseland, an expert and brilliant consultant to STAC who created the Thrive Space website with us. This platform is dedicated to eliminating the noise of other websites and providing clear, empowering information for those impacted by trafficking and other forms of exploitation.

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Katie Papke, LMSW, CAADC, CCHTVSP

In this episode, host Robin Hassler Thompson imagines freedom with Katie Papke, LMSW, CAADC, CCHTVSP. Katie is a human trafficking survivor. She is a Licensed Master Social Worker, Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor and a Clinically Certified Human Trafficking Victims Services Provider. Katie has her own private therapy practice and has a passion for providing trauma treatment to survivors of human trafficking, domestic violence, sexual assault, and other traumas.

Katie has years of experience in community education and consultation. She is a School of Social Work Program Associate Professor...

Evelyn Chumbow

In this episode, host Robin Hassler Thompson imagines freedom with Evelyn Chumbow, a survivor of child labor trafficking turned anti-trafficking activist and public speaker who has focused her life’s work on ending modern-day slavery, a crime impacting some 40 million victims globally.

Ms. Chumbow was brought to the United States from Cameroon at the age of 9 and was forced to cook, clean, and care for her trafficker’s children. She was never paid for her work, and any hope that she might escape was undermined by the constant beatings she received from her traf...

Katie Papke, LMSW, CAADC, CCHTVSP

In this episode, host Robin Hassler Thompson imagines freedom with Katie Papke, LMSW, CAADC, CCHTVSP. Katie is a human trafficking survivor. She is a Licensed Master Social Worker, Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor and a Clinically Certified Human Trafficking Victims Services Provider. Katie has her own private therapy practice and has a passion for providing trauma treatment to survivors of human trafficking, domestic violence, sexual assault, and other traumas.

Katie has years of experience in community education and consultation. She is a School of Social Work Program Associate Professor...

Hollie Nadel

In this episode host Robin Hassler Thompson imagines freedom with Hollie Nadel. Hollie’s perspectives and experiences are unique and important to ending human trafficking. They discuss how she trains bankers and anti-money laundering experts all over the country on how to spot human trafficking and detect these crimes throughout the financial sector. Hollie has testified before Congress, advocating for new laws to help survivors. She also shares how traffickers can target anyone with an unmet need, including someone like her.

Hollie opens the door for us to see how traffickers need banks an...

Every year, STAC hosts an event called Imagine Freedom to recognize community leaders who have made a difference in the lives of people who have been sex and labor trafficked. And we use this event to raise funds to support the comprehensive services that STAC provides to survivors.

We also acknowledge and thank those who have worked hard to prevent trafficking from happening in the first place. This year at 621 Gallery, we decided to bring a bit of Imagine Freedom, the event, on this Imagine Freedom podcast.

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Jamie Rosseland

In this episode, we imagine freedom with Jamie Rosseland. Jamie is a lived-experience expert on the topic of human trafficking – and she brings a wealth of knowledge, compassion and incisive analysis to our conversation.

We go deep to examine the context of how traffickers target people, especially youth, and what we can do. Jamie is one of several survivor experts who consults with STAC and grounds our work.

Related Resources

STACPRO Human Trafficking Business Training

National Human Trafficking Hotline

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Sameer Jain

In this episode, we Imagine Freedom with Sameer Jain. Sameer is a survivor of labor trafficking. He also is an immigrant who The Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center had the honor of working with when he and his family came to Tallahassee after being trafficked.

Sameer is a compelling and thoughtful person. He reflects deeply, and in a common-sense way, about how our systems need to look at this issue of human trafficking differently and what we as individuals can do to help so that, as he says, even one person can realize...

Dr. Jacquelynn Hairston

In this episode, we imagine freedom with Dr. Jacquelynn Hairston, a public health consultant and human trafficking survivor with a PhD in public health education who is a passionate and involved community advocate here in the Big Bend of Florida.

During our conversation, you will hear how she takes a wide-angle lens to how human trafficking happens, especially to children, both in our communities and within families. Dr. Hairston offers advice and support to those impacted by this issue, whether as a child or later as an adult. Her experiences as a...

Christabelle Robinson

In this episode, we imagine freedom with Christabelle Robinson. Christabelle is the communications and media specialist for The Global Center on Human Trafficking, where she is involved in everything from programmatics, media, graphic design and events, to research and training.

A survivor herself, her passion for survivor advocacy and rights is at the forefront of her work. Christabelle has years of survivor advocacy experience including training, consultations, programmatic development, blogs, interviews and public speaking on human trafficking and related issues.

She believes in survivors leading the fight against human trafficking, and it...

Liz Kimbel

In this episode, we imagine freedom with Liz Kimbel, program specialist and board member at the Restoring Ivy Collective. She is a survivor advocate with the Global Center on Human Trafficking at Montclair State University and secretary of the Maryland Survivor Network. Liz is a Survivor/Lived Experience Expert of minor domestic sex trafficking and has been working in the Anti-Trafficking field for over a decade. In our conversation, Liz shares her life experiences, wisdom on how we can empower youth and families to be safe from sex and labor traffickers, and much more.