The New Jersey Coalition Against Human Trafficking is a survivor-inclusive, all volunteer organization that coordinates statewide community efforts to end sex and labor trafficking taking place in New Jersey. Our mission is to unite the state’s communities to end human trafficking by organizing speaking events, outreach, educational programs, and policy advocacy. We aim to help communities empower residents with the knowledge of what human trafficking is, how to prevent it, and how to support those affected by it. To date, we have successfully advocated for the 2013 New Jersey Prevention, Protection, and Treatment Act, which passed unanimously and is now law, and have educated 7,100+ community members including students, educators, law enforcement, healthcare workers, and the public sector about the issue of human trafficking, have reached 900+ hotels and motels across 9 New Jersey counties, providing critical resources in multiple languages to help prevent trafficking in their establishments, and last year we hired 28 lived experience consultants to inform, teach about how we can make our organization the most effective organization in the United States that is fighting human trafficking. NJCAHT is volunteer-led and our volunteers are located throughout the entire state of NJ.

FREEDOM GALA  is a celebration of our human trafficking survivors!

The NJ FREEDOM GALA is designed to celebrate human trafficking survivors and their role in making New Jersey safer for everyone. We have been fortunate to have Gina Cavallo, a Sought-After Leader, Speaker, and Mentor, as our Survivor Consultant. Gina has testified many times in the New Jersey State House, ensuring the passage of our bills. It was especially poignant to her to testify on behalf of the bill to clear criminal records, because, as she says: “Without the New Jersey Coalition Against Human Trafficking, I would not have found the Volunteer Lawyers for Justice, who worked to clear my own records in other states. Working as the NJCAHT’s Survivor Consultant and serving on their Board of Trustees has helped me become the leader I am today.”  

 The funds we hope you will help us raise at the NJ FREEDOM GALA will support our free online and in-person programming, our free school lesson plans, and our free Speaker’s Bureau, and will enable us to continue to employ our amazing Survivor Consultant and the dozens of other lived experience experts she brings to the table, empowering them to educate our communities.