Arts and Drama

1. You can increase awareness about human trafficking through your own art and art exhibitions. As a bonus, art exhibitions can be good fundraising opportunities.
   
2. You can partner with an organization to put on a public display. For example, ECPAT-USA (http://www.ecpatusa.org/) held street theatre displays to educate NYC residents about human trafficking.
3. You can run art therapy sessions for victims of abuse and human trafficking.
   
4. The Polaris Project (http://www.polarisproject.org/) offers fellowships in Graphic Design. Action to End Exploitation (http://endexploitation.org/) is based in Toronto and Cambodia, and is also looking for Graphic Designer volunteers. These organizations are not alone in recruiting volunteers and interns who can help in design, so be on the look out for these opportunities with other organizations!
   
5. Connect with a local theater company, perhaps associated with a school or community college to see if you can perform a drama to raise awareness about child sex trafficking and exploitation.  Get local businesses to sponsor the production.

Business and management

1. International Justice Mission has staff positions for students and professionals trained in accounting and finance; positions include account manager, international payrolls manager, director of marketing.* IJM also has volunteer positions in finance and accounting. Get involved with expense reports, donation processing, tracking fixed assets, and budgeting! (www.ijm.org)
2. Trained and experienced in management, you are highly qualified to take on leadership positions like program or development director, staff or volunteer recruiter and coordinator, etc. You are poised to lead an anti-human trafficking non-profit to new heights!
   
3. As one of the root causes of the human trafficking problem is poverty, you can initiate ways to improve the economic situation of individuals and communities. Think, for example, of microfinance (http://www.microfinancegateway.org/).
   
4. Partner with a local non profit business working against child sex trafficking and put your talents to use.  Think of ways that child sex trafficking and exploitation is connected with various other causes such as poverty or family situations and get connected with organizations working on this issue.

News and communications

1. The Polaris Project (www.polarisproject.org) offers a fellowship in Media and Communications.
   
2. Good writing is a skill that is useful for almost every anti-human trafficking non-profit organization. As a writer, you can volunteer your time to write for websites, newsletters, and blogs. You can write reports and grants, communicate with donors and draft promotions for organizations. Take this skill to your favorite non-profit!
   
3. Talk to your local news channel to see if they would do a study on human trafficking in your area.  Pair up with a non-profit for research and see what comes out!

Health care

1. Health care professionals like physicians, nurses and physician assistants should learn to recognize signs of human trafficking. The US Department of Health and Human Services has developed resources to educate health care workers about identifying victims of human trafficking in the clinics. With some common sense and awareness of the existence of human traffcking in North America, health care professionals play a key role in identifying and helping victims of human trafficking. See http://www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking/campaign_kits/index.html#health for the resources from the US government.
2. Physicians can volunteer in free clinics, as they may encounter anti-human trafficking issues there. One example is the Venice Family Clinic in L.A. (http://www.venicefamilyclinic.org/#).
3. You can join Physicians for Human Rights (http://physiciansforhumanrights.org) to participate in advocacy, regardless of whether you are a health care professional. Licensed physicians, mental health professionals and dentists can volunteer to evaluate asylum seekers in the US.
4. Countries like Vietnam do not have complete vaccination programs for diseases like hepatitis B that can be sexually transmitted, which leaves unvaccinated sex workers at higher risk for the disease. Health care workers can participate in hepatitis B vaccination programs, such as the Hue Vaccination Drive (http://endexploitation.org/vaccination.html) by Action to End Exploitation and Aid to Children Without Parents.
   
5. Medical specialties that have more direct relevance to anti-human trafficking include emergency medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics and forensic medicine.
   

Law

1. International Justice Mission uses the expertise of professionals in law, investigation and aftercare to target slavery and oppression. Although IJM has few opportunies for attorneys to do pro-bono work, it offers the Legal Fellowship Program (6-12 months).*
   
2. IJM also offers (for foreign nationals of select countries like India and Kenya) staff positions for advocates, who must have legal education and training.*
   
3. IJM lists a staff position called Investigative Specialist, who would be responsible for criminal investigations, training and security assessments.*
4. Polaris Project (http://www.polarisproject.org/) offers competitive fellowships, including the legal and policy fellowship.
   
5. Florida State University Center for Advancement of Human Rights offers FSU law school students many opportunities for anti-human trafficking work. While these opportunities are limited to FSU students, law school students everywhere may gain inspiration from the FSU program options, which include placements at the International Bar Association, UN War Crimes Tribunals, UN Development Program, and Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center.
   
6. You can be a human rights lawyer, or an attorney that focuses on child protective work
7. You can be a UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking.
8. The US government has developed resources for law enforcement officers for identifying and aiding victims of human trafficking. See the publications by the Department of Health and Human Services: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking/campaign_kits/index.html#law.
   

*IJM may change their job opportunities and fellowship opportunities over time. Please consult the official IJM website (http://www.ijm.org/) for the most updated opportunities.

Science and technology

1. If you are trained in biomedical research, you can research topics relevant to caring for the health of human trafficking victims. For example, sexually transmitted diseases include HIV/AIDS, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia trachomatis. Psychiatric disorders associated with abuse include post traumatic stress disorder, rape trauma syndrome, anxiety and depression. Antibiotic therapy is also a very relevant research topic.
   

Teaching

1. Action to End Exploitation (http://endexploitation.org/) requests volunteers to develop a Primary Education Program.
   
2. You can educate your class about the realities of human trafficking.
   
3. Talk to local school boards about doing presentations about human trafficking in civics, government, or any humanities classes.