Kanthi Salgadu doesn’t want you to think of her as a victim. She is a survivor of human trafficking, certainly. […more…]
Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking
www.castla.org
Director of Development and Communications: Lorena M. Sanchez
(213) 365-1906
Mission
To end human trafficking through education, advocacy and empowering survivors.
Begin to Build a Relationship
We know you care about where your money goes and how it is used. Connect with this organization’s leadership in order to begin to build this important relationship. Your email will be sent directly to this organization’s director of development and/or Executive Director.
Survivors have taught us that healing and prevention are connected. You can’t build resilience against human trafficking without addressing the poverty and instability that traffickers exploit.
Answering the Call
A survivor may call Cast from a park after escaping a trafficker, from a car where they are living with their children, or from a hospital emergency room where they have only just begun to recognize what happened. Cast’s 24-hour hotline (888-539-2373) is the entry point to an emergency response that can lead to safe housing, legal services, and long-term support.
Last year, Cast answered 2,207 hotline calls, the most in the hotline’s history. Yet federal funding that has sustained this work for years is increasingly uncertain. Cast needs private philanthropy to ensure every one of those calls is answered.
Key Supporters
The Ahmanson Foundation
Aileen Adams and
Geoffrey Cowan
Amy Elaine Wakeland
Ben B. and Joyce E.
Eisenberg Foundation
Bonnie Abaunza
California Community
Foundation
Carrie Estelle Doheny
Foundation
The Conrad N. Hilton
Foundation
The Douglas Foundation
Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali
Humanity United
Jessica P. Sarowitz
Jewish Community
Foundation of Los Angeles
Paul Mitchell Schools
The Ralph M. Parsons
Foundation
The Rose Hills Foundation
S. Mark Taper Foundation
Stasia Washington
Steven and Pamela Hirsh
Vera R. Campbell
The Weingart Foundation