New Orleans Materials

Outreach and awareness are critical components of identifying and preventing human trafficking. The Greater New Orleans Human Trafficking Task Force is committed to supporting the community’s efforts to raise awareness about trafficking, and generate political will and support for the issue.

Below you will find links to download our free awareness materials for the Greater New Orleans community. These materials were created in partnership between several GNOHTTF sub-committees, and were reviewed by the GNOHTTF Core Team and the GNOHTTF Survivor Advisory Board. These materials demonstrate the Task Force’s commitment to representing a wide variety of vulnerable populations in a trauma-informed way that avoids sensationalism. Additionally, these resources uses open source photos that are free to use and reproduce.

PAMPHLETS

This “All Work, No Pay” outreach pamphlet includes a simple explanation of human trafficking, and provides resources for people in the Greater New Orleans community who are seeking services or assistance. These pamphlets are particularly useful to members of vulnerable communities or people who may be experiencing exploitation. This campaign affirms the GNOHTTF’s commitment to inclusive, trauma-informed awareness materials that employ images expressing a diverse range of identities, ages, and work environments. This campaign uses open source photos that are free to use and reproduce. These were created in partnership between several GNOHTTF sub-committees, and were reviewed by the GNOHTTF Survivor Advisory Board.

This pamphlet is available in Arabic, Armenian, French, Haitian - Creole, Hmong, Indonesian, Khmer, Korean, Malay, Punjabi, Russian, Chinese - Mandarin, Chinese - Cantonese, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, and Vietnamese. To access the file in each language, click the language listed above.

Special thank you to HEAL Trafficking for funding the translation of the English brochure into 10+ languages with funding provided by the McNulty Foundation.

POSTERS

This “Hidden in Plain Sight” awareness poster is part of the “All Work, No Pay?” awareness campaign. This campaign affirms the GNOHTTF’s commitment to inclusive, trauma-informed awareness materials that employ images expressing a diverse range of identities, ages, and work environments. These posters are intended for the general public’s awareness of human trafficking. These materials are available in 7 different languages including: English, Spanish, French, Vietnamese, Chinese, Thai, and Arabic. If you would like to request these materials with specific language paired with a specific demographic depicted (age, gender, workplace, race, etc.) please visit the Contact Us page to submit a request. This campaign is committed to representing a wide variety of vulnerable populations in a trauma-informed way that avoids sensationalism. Additionally, this campaign uses open source photos that are free to use and reproduce.

This was created in partnership with GNOHTTF sub-committees, and reviewed by the Survivor Advisory Board.

Louisiana Resources

The state of Louisiana has several options for outreach and awareness materials. This section includes posters created by the GNOHTTF for statewide distribution. These posters include language required by Louisiana law (R.S. 15.541.1), and they are available in English, Spanish, French and Vietnamese. These posters are available with depictions of a wide variety of work environments and demographics, demonstrating the task force’s commitment to inclusive representation.

Are you in compliance with R.S. 15.541.1?

In July of 2019, the Louisiana state legislature passed legislation which mandated that the GNOHTTF create a flyer for statewide distribution that includes information about the National Human Trafficking Hotline. This poster is now available. These posters are available in English, Spanish, French and Vietnamese.

The following businesses are required by R.S. 15.541.1 to post this flyer in the same location where other employee notices required by state or federal law are posted:

  • massage parlors, spas and hotels found to be a "public nuisance for prostitution"

  • strip clubs and sexually-oriented businesses

  • full service fuel facilities adjacent to interstate highways

  • highway rest stops

  • outpatient abortion facilities

  • hotels

  • bus and railroad terminals

  • airports

Copies of these posters are available online on the following websites:

Civil penalties in accordance with R.S. 26.96(A) may be assessed for each violation of this section.

Download the posters by clicking the links below:

English: Agriculture | Bar I | Bar II | Construction I | Housework | Construction II | Restaurant | Cafe | Female I | Female II | Young Male

French: Agriculture | Bar I | Bar II | Construction I | Housework | Construction II | Restaurant | Seafood | Cafe | Female I | Female II | Young Male

Spanish: Agriculture | Bar I | Bar II | Construction I | Housework | Construction II | Restaurant | Seafood | Cafe | Female I | Female II | Young Male

Vietnamese: Agriculture | Bar | Bar II | Construction I | Housework | Construction II | Restaurant | Seafood | Cafe | Female I | Female II | Young Male

National Resources

Beyond the Greater New Orleans community, there are other resources for outreach and awareness materials. Below you’ll find several national organizations and government agencies that have created awareness materials that you can access for free.

  • National Human Trafficking Hotline: This is a national campaign created by the National Human Trafficking Hotline. These resources include the NHTH phone number, and do not require tips are shared with law enforcement (except in cases of mandatory reporting such as elder or child abuse).

  • Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign: This is a national campaign created by the Dept. of Homeland Security Blue Campaign. These resources include contact information for the ICE hotline as well as the National Human Trafficking Hotline. You can request print copies of their materials for free.

  • Department of Health and Human Services: This national campaign is called “Look Beneath the Surface”.

  • Department of State: This national campaign is called “Know Your Rights” and focuses on foreign national guest workers or temporary visa holders travelling to the United States.

  • Department of Justice: This national campaign is called “Faces of Human Trafficking”. It includes fact sheets, videos, and posters.