The 2025 Trafficking in Persons Report outlines where governments stand in the fight against human trafficking — but survivors know that statistics and rankings only tell part of the story. Behind the charts are underfunded services, harmful myths, and policies that fail to meet the real needs of survivors. This article looks at where the report falls short, why survivor voices must shape anti-trafficking work, and what you can do — right now — to close the gap. From funding local organizations to pushing for survivor-led policy, real change begins with action at the community level.
Survivor Advocacy
A Call to Action
A Call to Action”
“This isn’t a scandal. It’s a system. One that feeds on silence, protects predators, and punishes truth-tellers. If you’ve ever looked away, this is your moment to turn toward justice.
In this post, Kimberly Revis Callis issues a survivor-led call to expose the networks behind sexual abuse and trafficking. A demand for truth, accountability, and collective action to end exploitation.
Don’t Tell Them to Get Over It
Don’t Tell Them to Get Over It”
“Survivors aren’t stuck. They’re surviving. What looks like rumination is often the body remembering what the world refused to hold. Telling someone to get over it isn’t healing. It’s erasure.
In this post, Kimberly Revis Callis challenges the cultural demand for emotional suppression and premature forgiveness. A survivor-led call to honor pain, name harm, and reject the myth of moving on without reckoning.
What Will You Do Now?
What Will You Do Now?
“The truth has been spoken. The silence has been broken. So, what happens next? Will you look away, reframe the harm, protect the comfort of denial? Or will you stay, listen, and let the truth change you?”
This post is a survivor-led meditation on what it means to name abuse in a culture that prefers silence. Kimberly Revis Callis offers a call to witness, to reckon, and to choose justice over comfort.


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