WEBVTT 00:00:10.504 --> 00:00:13.678 It takes so much courage for survivors to 00:00:13.678 --> 00:00:15.379 speak out and tell their stories. 00:00:15.379 --> 00:00:17.379 For one, they are afraid of the 00:00:17.379 --> 00:00:20.179 traffickers finding them, but two, 00:00:20.179 --> 00:00:22.668 it brings up alot of really really hard 00:00:22.668 --> 00:00:27.328 memories. And so I feel privileged to able 00:00:27.328 --> 00:00:32.026 to hear a survivor story and know that 00:00:32.026 --> 00:00:34.466 just by telling their story, they trust me 00:00:34.466 --> 00:00:36.636 enough to hold it for them. 00:00:36.786 --> 00:00:40.476 [MUSIC] 00:00:40.481 --> 00:00:43.591 My name is Lorena. I'm from Philippines. 00:00:43.591 --> 00:00:46.131 My name is Othaya Kante Saldado. 00:00:46.131 --> 00:00:47.461 I'm from Sri Lanka. 00:00:47.501 --> 00:00:49.141 My name is Thige. 00:00:50.165 --> 00:00:51.840 I'm from Eritrea, Asmara. 00:00:52.004 --> 00:00:54.127 My name is Flora and I'm from 00:00:54.127 --> 00:00:55.137 Pablo, Mexico. 00:00:55.142 --> 00:00:57.532 My name is Jason Gusman and 00:00:57.532 --> 00:00:59.122 I am from the Philipinnes. 00:00:59.282 --> 00:01:00.862 So my name is Pichai. 00:01:01.254 --> 00:01:02.724 My name is Suchai. 00:01:02.814 --> 00:01:07.994 [MUSIC] 00:01:08.222 --> 00:01:10.822 I was promised a good job for the house 00:01:10.832 --> 00:01:12.832 and didn't have to worry about anything. 00:01:13.066 --> 00:01:15.396 She said, "you can come with me and work 00:01:15.396 --> 00:01:18.006 with me in restaurant. I have restaurant. 00:01:18.717 --> 00:01:20.367 I- I pay you alot of money." 00:01:20.574 --> 00:01:22.444 I thought it was a great opportunity to 00:01:22.444 --> 00:01:24.052 come over here and work in the 00:01:24.052 --> 00:01:26.862 United State. Because everyone in the 00:01:26.862 --> 00:01:29.152 Philippines like when they heard America 00:01:29.512 --> 00:01:31.372 they wanna go- they wanna come here. 00:01:31.536 --> 00:01:34.836 [MUSIC] 00:01:34.909 --> 00:01:37.957 I wasn't able to talk to anybody. I was 00:01:37.957 --> 00:01:40.467 forbidden to put one step out of the shop. 00:01:40.562 --> 00:01:43.712 We sleep on the floor. Yes. 00:01:43.980 --> 00:01:47.280 I feel numb because I don't know what do, 00:01:47.280 --> 00:01:48.850 I don't know how to do it. 00:01:49.044 --> 00:01:51.254 I had to work 17 hours a day, 00:01:51.364 --> 00:01:53.234 seve- seven days a week. 00:01:53.633 --> 00:01:56.043 I wasn't able to talk to my co-workers. 00:01:56.043 --> 00:01:58.987 Sometime I feel like I wanna kill myself 00:01:59.098 --> 00:02:03.098 because it was to painful like it's really 00:02:03.556 --> 00:02:07.556 it's really like hurt- it's- it's really 00:02:07.607 --> 00:02:11.427 like you know hurtful how you see- 00:02:11.427 --> 00:02:13.864 how you see, um, treat me. 00:02:13.864 --> 00:02:19.371 [MUSIC] 00:02:19.372 --> 00:02:20.412 I don't know. 00:02:20.412 --> 00:02:24.443 [MUSIC] 00:02:24.454 --> 00:02:27.324 Where am I gonna go. I don't have anyone. 00:02:27.324 --> 00:02:30.204 I don't have any money even though she 00:02:30.204 --> 00:02:34.264 promise me to pay me like 150 dollars 00:02:34.264 --> 00:02:36.934 a month but I did not get that money. 00:02:37.057 --> 00:02:39.627 My trafficker often said that dogs have 00:02:39.627 --> 00:02:45.057 more rights in the United States than 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I did. She said, "if I kill a dog I would 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 get in trouble but if I kill you nobody 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 is going to know and nobody is going 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 to care. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 She took my passport. I can go. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I feel afraid. Because I don't know 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 where to go. No passport how can I go back 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 to Thailand. Yeah. I- I don't know- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I don't know how to go. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I don't know friend. No friend. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Just friendly with in her house. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 The trafficker said, if I tell anybody 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 what was going on, nobody will 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 believe me. And if I go to the police, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 they will not believe me. They will put 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 me in jail and she- she knew where my 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 children were and I didn't want to risk 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 my children. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 What she always said that you can't go 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 nowhere. You belong to me. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 [MUSIC] 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 The day that I was escape, umm, the- the 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 woman who helped me like took me to CAST 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 the same day and uh, since then CAST 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 help me alot with, you know, shelter, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 with food, with money, with anything that 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I need to get on my feet. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 They brought you like who was gonna help 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 you to talk or interpreter. Like if you 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 need something. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 For the blanket, for the clothes, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 they give me alot. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Encouraging me to do something like 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 encouraging me like to go to school. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And the CAST help you to know your right. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And they- they make me very strong and 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 independent person. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 CAST open door for me. CAST take me 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 at Alexandra House. CAST take me school, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 now I speak English alittle bit. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 CAST has, uh, helped me through 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 everything. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 [MUSIC] 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 When I spoke like with the congressman 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 or with senator like when we went 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 to Washington DC. I feel like am very 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 important person. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We went to Sacramento and we got the 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 regulations passed. So now thanks to the 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 green card campaign, we are, uh, green 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 card holders. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I want to be the voice of, um, the fixer 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 because I know how it feels to be in 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 that situation. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 In this country, you know, people has 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 a voice no matter who you are even though 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 you are a slave. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We all know we've been- we've been, uh, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 been enslaved and now we survived. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Even though we passed like, but we always 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 talk about that and we're still sharing. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 [MUSIC] 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Free it's, uh, it means alot to me. Like- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 like when you're free, when you became 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 a free, you- it feels like you're 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 a new born child. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Freedom for me is really special thing 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 for me because I never have freedom 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 in my life. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 When I- when I was free, I was scared but 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I was so happy. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Am happy now because I have everything. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I go to school. I have job. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I have green card. I- I- everything. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm happy. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Yes, I love freedom. Anybody love freedom. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I- am proud of myself. I was a slave 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and now I'm survivor, I'm activist and 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm a mother. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Freedom is everything to me. This is, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 you know, everyone deserve to have, uh, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 freedom. It's free. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I wanna be part of it. I wanna be part 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 of the mission to end slavery. I wanna be 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 part of the making of the history of end 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 slavery for good. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And the CAST, uh, help me become 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 an independent- become like a real man. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 [MUSIC] 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 At CAST we have the previlege of working 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 directly with victims, who then transform 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and become survivors after going through 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 our critical programs. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And that's important because we are able 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 to use those experiences and help 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 survivors become leaders and powerful 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 agents of change to impact 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 systemic social change. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Who better to inform us how to end modern 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 day slavery than survivors themselves. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 When survivors tell us they're now happy, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 we know we've done our job at CAST.