Human Trafficking is a grave problem in America and likely in your city. Misinformation, manipulation, and demand allow human trafficking to flourish in the shadows. Our goal at The US Institute Against Human Trafficking is to end human trafficking in America by educating citizens and lawmakers, disrupting sex trade activities and demand, and partnering with like-minded organizations to fight human trafficking together. In this podcast, survivors will tell their stories and truths about human trafficking and share what is actively decreasing human trafficking. By listening to this podcast, you are learning how you can grow your community to unite against human trafficking. This war will not be won overnight, but it can be won together.
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Human Trafficking is a grave problem in America and likely in your city. Misinformation, manipulation, and demand allow human trafficking to flourish in the shadows. Our goal at The US Institute Against Human Trafficking is to end human trafficking in America by educating citizens and lawmakers, disrupting sex trade activities and demand, and partnering with like-minded organizations to fight human trafficking together. In this podcast, survivors will tell their stories and truths about human trafficking and share what is actively decreasing human trafficking. By listening to this podcast, you are learning how you can grow your community to unite against human trafficking. This war will not be won overnight, but it can be won together.
BONUS: Survivor Oree Freeman on Healing, Forgiveness & How the Church Can Truly Show Up | Advocate Series Deep Dive
Trafficking Free America
1 hour 17 minutes
1 month ago
BONUS: Survivor Oree Freeman on Healing, Forgiveness & How the Church Can Truly Show Up | Advocate Series Deep Dive
In this bonus episode of the Trafficking Free America Podcast, we take a deeper look into Episode 2 of the Advocate Series, joined by survivor and abolitionist Oree Freeman. Oree shares her powerful story of redemption, healing, and faith—and challenges the Church to move beyond awareness into real relationship, compassion, and action.
This conversation expands on the Advocate Series—a 5-part Bible study led by Francis Chan—produced by the U.S. Institute Against Human Trafficking to help believers confront trafficking with a Christ-centered mindset and heart posture.
💡 Hear how one survivor went from exploitation to advocacy, what "tough love" really looks like in healing, and why the Church must learn to love without expectation.
🔗 Watch the full Advocate Series for free: AdvocateSeries.com
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🕒 Episode Timestamps
0:00 – Welcome back to the Advocate Series deep dive
0:35 – Introducing Oree Freeman and her advocacy work
2:20 – From surviving to thriving: Oree's journey to healing
4:00 – Facing PTSD and learning to rest in God
6:00 – Discovering God as Father, Comforter, and King
8:15 – The importance of restoration and rest for survivors
10:10 – How gratitude and faith shape Oree's healing process
13:00 – Planting seeds: how small acts of kindness change lives
16:00 – Why "noticing" is sacred—seeing the unseen
18:00 – How to respond when you sense something is wrong
21:30 – What trafficking looks like in everyday life
25:00 – Planting seeds vs. rescuing: what the Church can do
29:00 – Stories of love that changed Oree's life
33:00 – The Church's role in building consistent, patient relationships
38:00 – Showing up with the right heart: love without expectation
43:00 – Tough love vs. enabling: what real support looks like
52:00 – Serving with discernment and compassion
1:02:00 – Staying committed even when the story isn't "finished"
1:07:00 – Oree's final message: love people without expectation
Trafficking Free America
Human Trafficking is a grave problem in America and likely in your city. Misinformation, manipulation, and demand allow human trafficking to flourish in the shadows. Our goal at The US Institute Against Human Trafficking is to end human trafficking in America by educating citizens and lawmakers, disrupting sex trade activities and demand, and partnering with like-minded organizations to fight human trafficking together. In this podcast, survivors will tell their stories and truths about human trafficking and share what is actively decreasing human trafficking. By listening to this podcast, you are learning how you can grow your community to unite against human trafficking. This war will not be won overnight, but it can be won together.
