Human Powered: Healing From Sexual Assault, Trafficking Through ‘Untold Stories’

Published: June 9, 2021, 5 a.m.

Human trafficking is a reality across Wisconsin: it impacts urban and rural communities. It involves young people and older ones, men and women. The legal difficulties that survivors of trafficking face can be substantial — and the trauma they’ve experienced can be immense. The new podcast from our partners at Wisconsin Humanities called “Human Powered” is exploring that issue in one of its episodes. It looks at program that hopes to promote healing through poetry and sharing stories. (Editor’s Note: This following story talks about sexual assault, human trafficking, and suicide.)