Survivors of sex trafficking have been inaccurately represented in the media and narrowly represented in academic research. Solely focusing on a person's experience of being trafficked limits our acknowledgment and understanding of the other identities that influence their lives, such as race, economic status, gender identity, and sexual identity. This talk will discuss creative approaches that people involved in the anti-sex trafficking movement can utilize to foster a more human-centered approach in the way we portray survivors in the media and in our research. Lauren Vollinger is a doctoral candidate in the Ecological-Community Psychology program at MSU where she researches community response to human trafficking. This year marks 20 years since the passing of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act in the United States, which established human trafficking as a federal crime. In her time at MSU, Lauren has had the opportunity to work with and learn from numerous task forces, service providers, and survivors about the state of domestic human trafficking in Michigan and across the Midwest.This talk will pull from those experiences, her research, and the work of others in the field to envision what the next 20 years of the anti-trafficking movement should strive to accomplish. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at
Survivors of sex trafficking have been inaccurately represented in the media and narrowly represented in academic research. Solely focusing on a person's experience of being trafficked limits our acknowledgment and understanding of the other identities that influence their lives, such as race, economic status, gender identity, and sexual identity. This talk will discuss creative approaches that people involved in the anti-sex trafficking movement can utilize to foster a more human-centered approach in the way we portray survivors in the media and in our research. Lauren Vollinger is a doctoral candidate in the Ecological-Community Psychology program at MSU where she researches community response to human trafficking. This year marks 20 years since the passing of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act in the United States, which established human trafficking as a federal crime. In her time at MSU, Lauren has had the opportunity to work with and learn from numerous task forces, service providers, and survivors about the state of domestic human trafficking in Michigan and across the Midwest.This talk will pull from those experiences, her research, and the work of others in the field to envision what the next 20 years of the anti-trafficking movement should strive to accomplish. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at
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