Not Alone

A series of questions guide visitors through the exhibition:

1. What is human trafficking?

The first section of the exhibition explains what human trafficking is—including both sex trafficking and labor trafficking—and defines key terms, such as force, fraud, coercion, and various types of abuse.

2. Who does trafficking affect?

Trafficking can happen to anyone. Section two explores the characteristics that can make someone particularly vulnerable and increase the likelihood they will be trafficked. This section also introduces visitors to the survivors and advocates they will meet in the exhibition.

3. What role do healthy relationships play in trafficking?

Section three explores the ways a lack of healthy relationships can make someone vulnerable to trafficking and outlines labor rights in the United States. 

4. What role does technology and social media play?

Traffickers often use social media to seek out individuals online. This section examines the ways traffickers utilize technology, and defines the process of grooming and recruiting. This section also highlights the ways social media platforms can be positive tools for survivors, educators, and advocates to connect and find support.

5. What can I do?

The final section allows visitors to gain resources to assist those exploited and concrete steps for enlisting aid. Visitors learn common red flags and what to do if they or someone they know is being trafficked, and they can take home an art activity that also provides additional resources and contacts. 

• National Trafficking Hotline
  1-888-373-7888
  Text "help" to 233733
  Email report@polarisproject.org

• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)
  1-800-843-5678
  www.missingkids.org

• Love146 offers a variety of training and resources for youth, caregivers, and professionals

• Polaris Project aims to end human trafficking. It operates the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline and provides resources on sex and labor trafficking

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Trafficking in Persons

• Office of the Governor Public Safety Office and the Texas Human Trafficking Task Force
• Governor's Commission for Women
• McCain Institute
• National Center for Mission and Exploited Children
• Love146

• Member Exclusive: Not Alone Exhibition Conversation
  January 22, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  Member-only virtual conversation and panel discussion around the Not Alone exhibition.
• High Noon Talk: Managed Migrations
  February 4, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
  Join Dr. Cristina Salinas for a virtual conversation about her award-winning book, Manage Migrations, which examines the concurrent development of a border agricultural industry and changing methods of border enforcement in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas over the past century.
• Workshop: Prevent Trafficking and Exploitation
  March 11, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
  Join us for a workshop with representatives from Love146, an organization dedicated to ending human trafficking. The workshop will provide an introduction on the reality of human trafficking and give attendees some tools they can take with them to safeguard their communities.
• New Perspectives: Trafficking, Smuggling, and Policing
  April 8, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
  Join us for a discussion with Dr. Jessica Pliley on the history of efforts to police human trafficking and smuggling. This important look back will provide historical context for today's efforts and shed light on an often unspoken issue.

Lead Sponsorship by Nancy Ann and Ray L. Hunt. Major funding from the Texas Bar Foundation.

The Bullock Museum, a division of the Texas State Preservation Board, is funded by Museum members, donors, and patrons, the Texas State History Museum Foundation, and the State of Texas.

The traveling version of the exhibition is available for booking to schools, museums, libraries, and community centers across Texas free of charge for a display period of up to five weeks at each venue. Please contact TSHM.TravelingExhibits@TheStoryofTexas.com for additional information and date availability.