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Imagine FreedomEpisode 11: Explore The Thrive Space Website
This Imagine Freedom podcast is a little different because we’ve adapted it from a webinar that STAC hosted, where we featured The Thrive Space, a great website created by and for survivors of human trafficking and exploitation.
In this episode, host Robin Hassler Thompson imagines freedom with Jamie Rosseland, an expert and brilliant consultant to STAC who created the Thrive Space website with us. This platform is dedicated to eliminating the noise of other websites and providing clear, empowering information for those impacted by trafficking and other forms of exploitation.
If you wa...
2025-12-1527 min
Imagine FreedomEpisode 10: Katie Papke - Part 2Katie Papke, LMSW, CAADC, CCHTVSP
In this episode, host Robin Hassler Thompson imagines freedom with Katie Papke, LMSW, CAADC, CCHTVSP. Katie is a human trafficking survivor. She is a Licensed Master Social Worker, Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor and a Clinically Certified Human Trafficking Victims Services Provider. Katie has her own private therapy practice and has a passion for providing trauma treatment to survivors of human trafficking, domestic violence, sexual assault, and other traumas.
Katie has years of experience in community education and consultation. She is a School of Social Work Program Associate Professor...
2025-03-1231 minImagine FreedomEpisode 10: Katie Papke - Part 2Katie Papke, LMSW, CAADC, CCHTVSP
In this episode, host Robin Hassler Thompson imagines freedom with Katie Papke, LMSW, CAADC, CCHTVSP. Katie is a human trafficking survivor. She is a Licensed Master Social Worker, Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor and a Clinically Certified Human Trafficking Victims Services Provider. Katie has her own private therapy practice and has a passion for providing trauma treatment to survivors of human trafficking, domestic violence, sexual assault, and other traumas.
Katie has years of experience in community education and consultation. She is a School of Social Work Program Associate Professor...
2025-03-1231 minImagine FreedomEpisode 9: Evelyn ChumbowEvelyn Chumbow
In this episode, host Robin Hassler Thompson imagines freedom with Evelyn Chumbow, a survivor of child labor trafficking turned anti-trafficking activist and public speaker who has focused her life’s work on ending modern-day slavery, a crime impacting some 40 million victims globally.
Ms. Chumbow was brought to the United States from Cameroon at the age of 9 and was forced to cook, clean, and care for her trafficker’s children. She was never paid for her work, and any hope that she might escape was undermined by the constant beatings she received from her traf...
2025-01-1452 minImagine FreedomEpisode 9: Evelyn ChumbowEvelyn Chumbow
In this episode, host Robin Hassler Thompson imagines freedom with Evelyn Chumbow, a survivor of child labor trafficking turned anti-trafficking activist and public speaker who has focused her life’s work on ending modern-day slavery, a crime impacting some 40 million victims globally.
Ms. Chumbow was brought to the United States from Cameroon at the age of 9 and was forced to cook, clean, and care for her trafficker’s children. She was never paid for her work, and any hope that she might escape was undermined by the constant beatings she received from her traf...
2025-01-1452 minImagine FreedomEpisode 8: Katie Papke, LMSW, CAADC, CCHTVSPKatie Papke, LMSW, CAADC, CCHTVSP
In this episode, host Robin Hassler Thompson imagines freedom with Katie Papke, LMSW, CAADC, CCHTVSP. Katie is a human trafficking survivor. She is a Licensed Master Social Worker, Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor and a Clinically Certified Human Trafficking Victims Services Provider. Katie has her own private therapy practice and has a passion for providing trauma treatment to survivors of human trafficking, domestic violence, sexual assault, and other traumas.
Katie has years of experience in community education and consultation. She is a School of Social Work Program Associate Professor...
2024-11-2146 minImagine FreedomEpisode 8: Katie Papke, LMSW, CAADC, CCHTVSPKatie Papke, LMSW, CAADC, CCHTVSP
In this episode, host Robin Hassler Thompson imagines freedom with Katie Papke, LMSW, CAADC, CCHTVSP. Katie is a human trafficking survivor. She is a Licensed Master Social Worker, Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor and a Clinically Certified Human Trafficking Victims Services Provider. Katie has her own private therapy practice and has a passion for providing trauma treatment to survivors of human trafficking, domestic violence, sexual assault, and other traumas.
Katie has years of experience in community education and consultation. She is a School of Social Work Program Associate Professor...
2024-11-2146 min
Voices That Inspire Extended InterviewRobin Hassler Thompson Extended InterviewWhat part can I do to make a difference?
2024-09-1917 minImagine FreedomEpisode 7: Hollie NadelHollie Nadel
In this episode host Robin Hassler Thompson imagines freedom with Hollie Nadel. Hollie’s perspectives and experiences are unique and important to ending human trafficking. They discuss how she trains bankers and anti-money laundering experts all over the country on how to spot human trafficking and detect these crimes throughout the financial sector. Hollie has testified before Congress, advocating for new laws to help survivors. She also shares how traffickers can target anyone with an unmet need, including someone like her.
Hollie opens the door for us to see how traffickers need banks an...
2024-07-0258 minImagine FreedomEpisode 7: Hollie NadelHollie Nadel
In this episode host Robin Hassler Thompson imagines freedom with Hollie Nadel. Hollie’s perspectives and experiences are unique and important to ending human trafficking. They discuss how she trains bankers and anti-money laundering experts all over the country on how to spot human trafficking and detect these crimes throughout the financial sector. Hollie has testified before Congress, advocating for new laws to help survivors. She also shares how traffickers can target anyone with an unmet need, including someone like her.
Hollie opens the door for us to see how traffickers need banks an...
2024-07-0258 min
The Pinwheel Podcast: Hope for Florida's FamiliesInterview with Robin Hassler Thompson, JD, MA, Executive Director of the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC)This episode contains content relating to human trafficking and child abuse. Listener discretion is advised.In this episode, Prevent Child Abuse Florida Project Coordinator Heather Jones speaks with Executive Director of the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC) Robin Hassler Thompson, JD, MA.Episode recorded June 19, 2024.
2024-06-2645 min
Fluent in Floridian101. Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center Executive Director, Robin Hassler ThompsonIn recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, SMPR President Heidi Otway sat down with Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center's Executive Director Robin Hassler Thompson to discuss her journey through politics and navigating her life as a human rights activist. Thompson's political passion was ignited as a high school senior while volunteering for Jimmy Carter's presidential campaign. She shares how this initial spark led her to pursue a law degree and develop a love for public service. However, it wasn't until Thompson witnessed sex and labor trafficking in Bangladesh that her life changed forever. She returned to the S...
2024-04-0830 min
Conversations: Special Guests with Preston ScottHuman Traffickers Are Targeting Kids, Perhaps YoursRobin Hassler-Thompson, Survive & Thrive Advocacy Center, discussed the massive, under reported problem of human trafficking. She talked about how kids are picked off (and it's usually insider social media or video games, not the panel van in a parking lot). Give this a listen.
2024-01-2415 min
Preston Scott ShowEp. 5080: The Coming Constitutional CrisisThis is the full episode of The Morning Show with Preston Scott for Tues. Jan. 23, 2024. Our guests today include: Robert Herjavel, Robin Hassler-Thompson, and Howard Eisenman. Follow the show on Twitter @TMSPrestonScott.Check out Preston’s latest blog by going to wflafm.com/preston. Check out Grant Allen’s blog by going to wflafm.com/grantallen.Listen live to Preston from 6 – 9 a.m. ET and 5 – 8 a.m. CT!WFLA Tallahassee Live stream: https://ihr.fm/3huZWYeWFLA Panama City Live stream: https://ihr.fm/34oufeRFollow WFLA Tallahas...
2024-01-231h 33Imagine FreedomEpisode 2: Christabelle RobinsonChristabelle Robinson
In this episode, host Robin Hassler Thompson speaks with Christabelle Robinson. Christabelle is the communications and media specialist for The Global Center on Human Trafficking, where she is involved in everything from programmatics, media, graphic design and events, to research and training.
A survivor herself, her passion for survivor advocacy and rights is at the forefront of her work. Christabelle has years of survivor advocacy experience including training, consultations, programmatic development, blogs, interviews and public speaking on human trafficking and related issues.
She believes in survivors leading the fight against human tr...
2023-05-1031 min
The EmPower Hour - By Fasig BrooksTalking About Human Trafficking with Robin Hassler ThompsonRobin Hassler Thompson, Executive Director of the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC) joins the panel this week to talk about human trafficking and how you and your business can help combat it. For more information please visit: https://surviveandthriveadvocacy.org/
2022-09-0957 min
How I Got Here with Dave FioreEpisode 38: Robin Hassler ThompsonIn this episode, host Dave Fiore speaks with Robin Hassler Thompson, the executive director of the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center. STAC provides direct support for victims of human trafficking and focuses on community education. Robin says she has always loved learning, but when she got bored with high school in 1976 she jumped into politics – not running for class president – but as a volunteer chair for Jimmy Carter’s successful presidential campaign.
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2022-07-0650 min
How I Got Here with Dave FioreRobin Hassler ThompsonIn this episode, host Dave Fiore speaks with Robin Hassler Thompson, the executive director of the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center. STAC provides direct support for victims of human trafficking and focuses on community education. Robin says she has always loved learning, but when she got bored with high school in 1976 she jumped into politics – not running for class president – but as a volunteer chair for Jimmy Carter's successful presidential campaign. She attended college in Washington, D.C., and went to summer school at Oxford before landing in Tallahassee for a program that combined a master's in inte...
2022-07-0650 min
Heather Solves EverythingHeather Solves Everything - Survive, Thrive, and Move Through FearToday’s topic… scares me. It might scare you, too, and I want you to know that some of our conversation today might be troubling. But I encourage you to listen, because it’s important, and you can help solve a big problem today.We’re talking about a billion-dollar global business, one that is surrounded by controversy, which affects millions of people worldwide, and it’s scary to say, but Florida is one of the nation’s leaders. It’s scary because this business is human trafficking.Human trafficking can happen to anyone but som...
2021-09-2045 min