Trinity Valley Community College is offering students, staff, faculty, and community members the opportunity to understand the significant issues of human trafficking through a traveling exhibit called “Not Alone: Working Together in the Fight Against Human Trafficking.”

Not Alone centers on a series of questions that guide visitors to understand what human trafficking is, who can be a target, the tools and techniques traffickers use to target individuals and keep them captive, and the roles healthy relationships and social media play in trafficking.

The exhibition, produced by the Bullock Texas State History Museum, is geared towards empowering visitors to not be bystanders, but upstanders in identifying trafficking and becoming advocates.

Not Alone will be available Oct. 6 through Nov. 16 on the first floor of the Learning Resource Center on the TVCC – Athens Campus and available for viewing during business hours Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The exhibit will be presented in both English and Spanish. In each exhibition section, a QR code allows visitors to view original videos featuring survivors and advocates who answer the exhibit’s guiding answers.

While there is no graphic content, the exhibition contains definitions of sex trafficking and references to emotional, physical, and sexual abuse that may be triggering for some visitors. References are provided within the exhibition.

If you suspect human trafficking or need help, contact the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888. You can also text “Help” or “Info” to 233733 or email Report@PolarisProject.org.