Raising Awareness Against Human Trafficking with Andi Buerger and Teresa Velardi

Описание: Raising Awareness Against Human Trafficking with Andi Buerger and Teresa Velardi
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What if everything you thought you knew about human trafficking was only the surface?

In this powerful episode of Self-Care for the Soul, Debra Graugnard sits down with survivor, author, and international advocate Andi Buerger, founder of Voices Against Trafficking, alongside publisher and podcast host Teresa Velardi, CEO of Authentic Endeavors Publishing and creator of the Daily Gift Book Series.

Andi courageously shares her lived experience of familial trafficking throughout her childhood and reframes human trafficking to include not only the sex trade, but also labor trafficking and debt repayment. Together, Debra, Andi, and Teresa expose the commercial scale of modern human trafficking, the role of online grooming, and why silence, disbelief, and complacency allow exploitation to continue.

This conversation offers education without fear, practical tools for parents and caregivers, and compassionate insight for survivors. Topics include how predators groom children, why college campuses are high-risk environments, how to have non-shaming conversations with kids, and why listening and believing victims matters. This episode also highlights community-based solutions, prevention resources, and global awareness efforts such as DJs Against Trafficking, showing how ordinary people can become Voices of Courage and part of the solution.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Debra Graugnard Welcomes Her Guests
00:18 Andi Buerger: Survivor, Advocate, Founder of Voices Against Trafficking
02:22 Teresa Velardi: Authentic Endeavors Publishing + Daily Gift Book Series + CTMAD podcast
04:34 “My View of Trafficking Was Too Narrow” - What Is Human Trafficking?
05:35 Forms of Trafficking: Sex Trade, Labor, Debt Repayment
07:26 Andi’s Story: Trafficked by Family from Infancy to 17
08:11 The Moment at Age 5: “Suicide Is Not the Answer”
14:00 Why Trafficking Continues: Supply, Demand, Money, Depravity
16:18 College Campuses + Recruitment Tactics
18:47 Predators + Safer Conversations With Kids
19:58 Prevention Packet
22:32 Grooming Stages
24:13 Taco Night Talk: How to Bring It Up Without Shame
26:12 Family Code Words + What Teens Need to Feel Safe Telling Adults
30:12 Listening + Believing Children And Why Systems Fail
33:06 Trauma Aftereffects: Shame, PTSD, Lifelong Health Impacts
33:35 Voices Against Trafficking Book: “Courage Is Contagious”
34:22 January Awareness + 99-cent ebook day (Jan 22, 2026)
35:59 DJs Against Trafficking Marathon: What It Is + Why It Matters
38:07 Movie: Sound of Freedom: “God’s Children Are Not For Sale”
44:32 Situational Awareness: Big Box Stores + Preventable Risks
47:31 “Hell to the No” + Taking Blinders Off Together
49:13 How to Partner / Join / Support Voices Against Trafficking
58:20 “If You’re a Victim, It’s Not Your Fault” + Shame Switches Sides

If you or someone you love has been affected by abuse or trafficking, this episode is a reminder: you are not alone, and it was never your fault. Thanks for watching.
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