We are a diverse group of professionals and not just diverse in appearance for its own sake but diverse in backgrounds, experiences, identities, incomes, and an assortment of other identity factors.

We use this diversity to challenge each other, consistently interrogate our assumptions and methods, and enrich the service that we provide to clients so that we not only live up to our mission, but we embody it.

We value this diversity not just within our organization but also among our clients.

We embrace a perpetual state of learning and celebrate opportunities to learn in non-traditional way from people and circumstances we do not anticipate. 

We believe this is key to the innovation effective anti-trafficking work requires.

As an organization, we value input that mirrors and identifies with the experiences of our clients. Our clients are the architects of their journey and our work.

We are client-led. This means the following:

• We avoid paternalistic solutions and instead seek out collaborative solutions, opportunities for cooperation, and eschew competition;

• We listen to survivors;

• We recognize that both labor and sex trafficking happen across identity spectrums and embracing both that reality and how those identities inform our responses is best for our clients, our work, and the anti-human trafficking movement;

• We do not sensationalize our client’s stories and experiences but instead honor their stories by respecting their privacy and acknowledging their exclusive right to share what they want, when they want, how they want. 

All of our interactions, including those with staff and partners, are trauma-responsive.

We acknowledge both the necessity of our work and how taxing it can be and therefore prioritize self-care and holistic solutions to preserving our peace and sustaining our talents.

We strive to create and maintain a barrier free intake process and a judgment free participation experience.

We prioritize integrity by implementing high standards and ethical practices.

We are a collective body of individuals and we are stronger because we contribute our individual gifts to a common goal by finding a piece of each of ourselves in this work.

We are Advocating Opportunity.