To CONNECT education stakeholders to join the fight FOR FREEDOM from online exploitation and human trafficking in their schools and communities. We believe that awareness and prevention education is the key to ending online exploitation and human trafficking.
Connect for Freedom is a non-profit that was founded in 2023. Its mission is to connect education stakeholders in K-12 schools to join the fight FOR FREEDOM from online exploitation and human trafficking in their schools and communities. United, we can END HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
Connect for Freedom provides a wealth of resources, information and much needed guidance to education stakeholders on the unique role educators can play in combatting human trafficking. Educating students on online safety and human trafficking awareness is a main objective of Connect for Freedom (CFF) and keeps children safe from the dangers of online exploitation and human trafficking. We also provide education stakeholders with an implementation guide that highlights a coordinated and collaborated response with law enforcement and health care providers.
The Connect for Freedom training resources are curated from The Department of Homeland Security’s Blue Campaign and other reputable organizations which will prepare faculty and staff on the topics included in our program. It is imperative that teachers and school staff feel comfortable with the material that they will then be teaching the students.
Connect for Freedom also provides parent/caregiver education materials and tips and tools for parents/guardians to better monitor and control their child’s online activity. It will guide parents on where to go for help.
All resources and materials, including school display kits, are free and downloadable. They are intended and encouraged as a guide for education stakeholders to create awareness while providing a multi-disciplinary response to sustaining safe schools and communities.
We believe that education stakeholders can play a significant role in combatting online exploitation and human trafficking. Connect for Freedom is excited to share our program with superintendents, principals, teachers, and SRO’s, to help keep their communities safe. By harnessing these resources, education stakeholders can be the change agents needed to make a difference.
Connect for Freedom is a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. All donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Connect for Freedom started with humble beginnings. The idea of educating K-12 students on the dangers of human trafficking and online exploitation had its roots in a think tank at Montclair State University in 2018, whose mission at the time was to study the issue of human trafficking and provide innovative and novel solutions to prevent it. After much research and years of study, Montclair State opened the Global Center on Human Trafficking, to formalize its commitment to study the issue. One of the core missions of the Center at the time was to provide global prevention education to children because children are especially vulnerable to being exploited and trafficked.
Connect for Freedom was an outgrowth of that lofty goal. Connect for Freedom is a separate 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is to support the goal of educating children thru an easy, downloadable resource center that could be accessed by superintendents, principals, and teachers for the purpose of educating students and their parents on how to stay safe.
