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Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.50,0:00:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It takes so much courage for survivors
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.34,0:00:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to speak out and tell their stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.38,0:00:19.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For one, they are afraid of the traffickers\Nfinding them,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.61,0:00:23.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but two, it brings up\Na lot of really really hard memories.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.17,0:00:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I feel privileged to be able to hear\Na survivor story
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.48,0:00:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and know that just by telling their story,\Nthey trust me enough to hold it for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.79,0:00:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.48,0:00:43.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Lorena.\NI'm from Philippines.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.59,0:00:46.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Othaya Kante Saldado.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.13,0:00:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm from Sri Lanka.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.50,0:00:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Thige.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.16,0:00:51.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm from Eritrea, Asmara.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.00,0:00:54.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Flora\Nand I'm from Pablo, Mexico.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.14,0:00:58.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Jason Gusman\Nand I am from the Philippines.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.28,0:01:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So my name is Pichai.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.25,0:01:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Suchai.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.81,0:01:07.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.22,0:01:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was promised a good job for the house
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.82,0:01:12.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and didn't have to worry about anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.07,0:01:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said, "you can come with me\Nand work with me in restaurant.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.46,0:01:20.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have restaurant.\NI pay you a lot of money."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.57,0:01:24.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought it was a great opportunity\Nto come over here and work in the US.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.89,0:01:28.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because everyone in the Philippines, \Nlike when they heard America,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.98,0:01:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they wanna go- they wanna come here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.54,0:01:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.91,0:01:37.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't able to talk to anybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.61,0:01:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was forbidden\Nto put one step out of the shop.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.29,0:01:43.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We sleep on the floor. Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.98,0:01:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel numb because I don't know what do,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.28,0:01:48.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know how to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.04,0:01:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to work 17 hours a day,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.36,0:01:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seve- seven days a week.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.63,0:01:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't able to talk to my co-workers.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.04,0:01:58.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometime I feel like I wanna kill myself
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.10,0:02:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it was so painful like it's really
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.56,0:02:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's really like hurt- it's- it's really
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.61,0:02:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, you know, hurtful how you see-
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.43,0:02:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how you see, um, treat me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.86,0:02:19.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.37,0:02:20.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.41,0:02:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.45,0:02:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where am I gonna go. I don't have anyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.32,0:02:32.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't have any money even though\Nshe promise me to pay me
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.55,0:02:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like 150 dollars a month\Nbut I did not get that money.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.06,0:02:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My trafficker often said
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.80,0:02:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that dogs have more rights\Nin the United States, that I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.26,0:02:46.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said: "If I kill a dog,\NI would get in trouble
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.87,0:02:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if I kill you,\Nnobody is going to know
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.48,0:02:50.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and nobody is going to care."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.89,0:02:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She took my passport. I can't go.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.71,0:02:58.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel afraid.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.91,0:03:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I don't know where to go.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.62,0:03:05.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No passport how can I go back to Thailand.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.40,0:03:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah. I- I don't know-
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.85,0:03:14.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know how to go.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.51,0:03:16.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know friend. No friend.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.51,0:03:19.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just friendly with in- in her house.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.14,0:03:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The trafficker said, if I tell anybody
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.64,0:03:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what was going on,\Nnobody will believe me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.10,0:03:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if I go to the police,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.47,0:03:29.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they will not believe me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.18,0:03:33.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They will put me in jail\Nand she knew where my children were
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.21,0:03:35.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I didn't want to risk my children.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.40,0:03:39.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What she always said\Nthat you can't go nowhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.51,0:03:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You belong to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.54,0:03:45.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MUSIC]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.56,0:03:49.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The day that I was escape, umm,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.36,0:03:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the woman who helped me,\Nlike took me to CAST
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.62,0:03:56.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same day and uh,\Nsince then CAST help me a lot
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.46,0:04:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with, you know, shelter, with food,\Nwith money,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.11,0:04:06.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with anything that I need\Nto get on my feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.85,0:04:11.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They brought you like who was gonna help\Nyou to talk or interpreter.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.76,0:04:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like if you need something.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.32,0:04:15.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the blanket, for the clothes,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.87,0:04:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they give me a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.86,0:04:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.10,0:04:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Encouraging me to do something like
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.72,0:04:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,encouraging me like to go to school.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.32,0:04:26.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the CAST help you to know your right.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.85,0:04:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they- they make me a very strong\Nand independent person.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.46,0:04:35.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CAST open door for me.\NCAST take me at Alexandra House.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.66,0:04:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CAST take me school,\Nnow I speak English a little bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.32,0:04:45.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CAST has helped me through everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.76,0:04:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.14,0:04:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I spoke like with the congressman
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.91,0:04:55.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or with senator\Nlike when we went to Washington DC.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.47,0:04:58.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel like am very important person.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.51,0:05:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We went to Sacramento\Nand we got the regulations pass.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.01,0:05:08.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now, thanks to the green card campaign,\Nwe are, uh, green card holders.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.12,0:05:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to be the voice of, um, the fixer
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.88,0:05:14.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I know\Nhow it feels to be in that situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.21,0:05:18.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this country, you know,\Npeople has a voice,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.45,0:05:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter who you are,\Neven though you are a slave.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.77,0:05:27.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all know we've been enslaved\Nand now we survived.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.57,0:05:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even though we passed like,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.81,0:05:33.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we always talk about\Nthat and we're still sharing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.68,0:05:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.35,0:05:41.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Free it's, uh, it means a lot to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.86,0:05:45.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like when you're free,\Nwhen you became a free,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.45,0:05:48.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it feels like you're a new born child.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.62,0:05:52.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Freedom for me is really special thing\Nfor me
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.75,0:05:55.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I never have freedom in my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.19,0:06:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was free, I was scared\Nbut I was so happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.29,0:06:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm happy now because I have everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.42,0:06:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I go to school. I have job.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.33,0:06:08.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have green card. I have everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.60,0:06:09.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.79,0:06:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, I love freedom. Anybody love freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.38,0:06:19.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am proud of myself.\NI was a slave and now I'm survivor,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.31,0:06:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm activist and I'm a mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.52,0:06:28.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Freedom is everything to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.28,0:06:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is, you know, everyone deserve\Nto have a freedom. It's free.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.77,0:06:35.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanna be part of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.51,0:06:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanna be part of the mission\Nto end slavery.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.10,0:06:44.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanna be part of the making\Nof the history of end slavery for good.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.10,0:06:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the CAST help me\Nbecome an independent,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.65,0:06:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,become like a real man.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.44,0:07:03.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At CAST we have the privilege of working\Ndirectly with victims,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.74,0:07:08.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who then transform and become survivors\Nafter going through our critical programs.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.50,0:07:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's important because we are able\Nto use those experiences
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.93,0:07:18.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and help survivors become leaders\Nand powerful agents of change
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.26,0:07:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to impact systemic social change.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.12,0:07:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who better to inform us\Nhow to end modern day slavery
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.96,0:07:27.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that survivors themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.49,0:07:31.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When survivors tell us they're now happy,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.80,0:07:33.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we know we've done our job at CAST.