EP #157: Rescuing People with Whitney Miller
Human trafficking has many forms. All of which are disgusting. Sadly, there is a related industry. On a positive note, there are forces combatting this horrible concept. Lantern Rescue is one of those great organizations fighting against exploited people.
Whitney Miller is the Chief Engagement Officer at Lantern. Her heart for people is inspiriting. The conversation focus on the different types of human trafficking, how Lantern began, and what they are doing to help people in need. Whitney gives some examples of their efforts and shares about the importance of awareness in her work.
What You'll Learn In Today's Episode:
About Lantern Rescue
How human trafficking is alive in our world
How Lantern’s founders have been working on the project for years
Lantern’s model
How networking is essential to Lantern’s efforts
How prosecution is important
What happens to the criminals in trafficking cases
What is CSAM
How Lantern is fighting CSAM
How digital extortion has blown up
What the needs are for investigative work
What Lantern is doing to assist Ukrainians
How Lantern focuses on awareness
About the different forms of trafficking
About the hopelessness of children being trafficked
Whitney’s view of the future in her line of work
Why just one person matters
Why you should pursue that burden on your heart
About Lantern’s Freedom Dinners
About Whitney’s passion for kids
How Whitney got her start in this world
About one of Whitney’s former student’s trafficking story
Ideas Worth Sharing:
“As a non-profit, we’re still a baby.” - Whitney Miller
“We’re pushing through some dark places in the world to make sure these kids and women and children are rescued.” - Whitney Miller
“We’re in every continent except Antarctica.” - Whitney Miller
“There are a lot of people that want to move on the injustices.” -Whitney Miller
“There has to be a sustainable model that allows these countries and these people in these countries to continue after we’re gone.” - Whitney Miller
“At the end of the day we want you to fight for the injustices of your country of your people.” - Whitney Miller
“If that prosecution doesn’t exist, then those people are simply going to go right back out and re-up their product and unfortunately, in these situations, that product is people.” - Whitney Miller
“There’s no denying the level of trafficking that exists.” -Whitney Miller
“While the world slowed down during COVID, we amped up.” - Whitney Miller
“It’s just crazy to consider how many people have fallen pray to exploitation online - especially when we talk about children.” - Whitney Miller
“As the bad advances, so does the good.” - Whitney Miller
“A lot of it comes down to extortion.” - Whitney Miller
“Unfortunately, this is not a problem that’s slowing down. If anything, it’s amping up.” - Whitney Miller
“We work with a lot of people that are already established in that technology field.” - Whitney Miller
“I think we’re nearing 60,000 internally displaced that have been served since we began day eight of the war.” - Whitney Miller
“If you can make them less vulnerable then the idea of exploitation is slimmer.” -Whitney Miller
“Trafficking comes in a lot of different forms.” - Whitney Miller
“That organ harvesting component is the trafficking of a person but for their organs.” - Whitney Miller
“There are children laboring to make bricks in hundred-degree weather.” Whitney Miller
“As much work as we’re doing to counter it, it takes people in their own homes stepping up in some way to continue countering that.” - Whitney Miller
“I wish we could say we’d be on a different path and we’ve worked ourselves out of a job at that point.” - Whitney Miller
“You have to step up and be that one.” - Whitney Miller
“You hate to talk about growth when you’re talking about what we do.” - Whitney Miller
“The digital world - what’s a whole other animal I would imagine.” - Bob DePasquale
“It makes me wonder where technology is taking us.” - Bob DePasquale
Resources In Today's Episode:
Whitney Miller - LinkedIn
Bob’s Book - Personal Finance in a Public World
This week’s E-Impact Blog Entry
Episodes Referenced:
EP #127: Human Services Impact with Vanessa Seltzer and Kim Vassar
