PROTECT, which stands for PRevention Organized To Educate Children on Trafficking, is a joint collaboration between three non-profit organizations, 3Strands Global Foundation, Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives, and Love Never Fails, in partnership with the California Department of Education and the Office of the Attorney General for the State of California. The focus of the program is not only to educate adults and children about human trafficking, but empower them to identify signs of trauma as a means of preventing exploitation. Trauma and trafficking are inherently connected, and in order for us to really understand how this impacts our community we must all come together to learn more about it. The more we know, the more we can keep ourselves and others safe.