Prevention Starts Now. Prevention is a Spectrum.
January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month, a presidentially designated observance that calls on all sectors to take action to prevent exploitation before it occurs.
This toolkit supports coalition partners, organizations, and community leaders with ready-to-use messages, graphics, events, and action steps that advance a prevention-centered approach to human trafficking. Partners are encouraged to use the pieces that best fit their role, capacity, and community context.
How to Use This Toolkit:
This toolkit is designed to be flexible and practical. You can use it to:
- Share prevention-focused messages on social media or in newsletters
- Promote and attend trainings and community events
- Engage staff, partners, or community members in prevention conversations
- Support prevention-focused policy and systems change
Every action—at any level—helps strengthen prevention and reduce harm.
Explore the Four Focus Weeks
Human Trafficking Prevention Month is organized around four focus weeks that reflect how prevention works across the spectrum of prevention, from individual knowledge to systems and policy change.
Week 1: Prevention Starts with Knowledge
Focus: Human Trafficking 101, minors, consent, and the law
Purpose: Build shared understanding and reduce harm caused by misinformation
Week 2: Connecting the Dots
Focus: Prevention as a public health strategy
Purpose: Highlight shared risk factors and the importance of addressing root causes
Week 3: Power, Demand, and Exploitation
Focus: Buyer accountability, misogyny, and cultural drivers of exploitation
Purpose: Address demand and the social norms that fuel trafficking
Week 4: Prevention Through Policy and Collective Action
Focus: Legislative solutions and systems change
Purpose: Advance prevention-focused policies and coordinated action
Partners are encouraged to engage in the weeks and activities that best align with their role and capacity.
Toolkit Resources:
Share Messages —
- Human Trafficking Prevention Month key messages
- Ready-to-use sample social media posts
- Click to access the Human Trafficking Prevention Month messaging content
Attend & Promote Events —
- January calendar of events and programming
- Event registration links for trainings and webinars
- Click to access the calendar and registration
Use Social Media Graphics —
- Click to access social media graphics (PDF) (graphics may be downloaded, saved, or captured via screenshot for use in social media and newsletters.)
- Click to access downloadable graphics for LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram
All resources are designed to support individuals, organizations, and coalition partners in advancing prevention—not just awareness.
