Vulnerability, Identity, & #breakingthemold
So International Women’s Day is this Thursday, and according to the #IWD official website, this year’s theme is #pressforprogress – but what does that really mean? In the general context…
Lessons Learned in Survivor Care
Preparing for the launch of the Grow Free TN safe house, we have spent countless hours examining the best practices of various service providers across the span of human trafficking,…
Transforming Culture with Love
At the Community Coalition Against Human Trafficking, we exist to unite and equip our community to end modern-day slavery through awareness, training, and intervention efforts across upper East Tennessee. At…
East Tennessee, let’s rise together.
Many of us may have seen in the news recently that the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation carried out a sting operation during the first week of August to target those…
Introducing Shantel Standefer, CCAHT Director of Survivor Services!
My name is Shantel Standefer and I am a knowledge geek. I love to learn and I love to share what I learn with others, whether they like it or…
Celebrating One Year
CCAHT + Grow Free Tennessee are celebrating one year with a survivor who came to us in June 2016. These are her words of all that the past year has brought….
Introducing Grow Free Tennessee, powered by CCAHT
You may have noticed we’ve changed our look. We’re still the same leadership and people of CCAHT, but to better reflect our expanded role into aftercare and direct services, we…
Have You Heard? CCAHT to Open New Residential Facility
In 2015, the Community Coalition Against Human Trafficking educated more than 800 people in the Knoxville community and equipped them with the knowledge to recognize, respond to, and report instances of human…