As we enter 2026, we want to begin with sincere thanks. Your support continues to
make this work possible. Because of you, adults and youth are better equipped to
recognize exploitation and respond with care. This report reflects what your partnership
helped sustain and strengthen over the past year.
Prevention happens in real places, with real people. It happens when first responders,
health care providers, educators, and community members are given space to learn and
prepare together. Over the past year, your support helped bring this kind of training into
communities.
One example was a community training event in Rockford, Illinois, using the Apathy
Effect Exhibit and the Intersect Response sector-based training. The event included a
guided walk-through of the immersive exhibit and our survivor-informed, sector based
training for health care professionals, police officers, and first responders. Each 90-
minute session created time for participants to better understand exploitation and
prevention, recognize warning signs, and consider how they respond in their own roles
and sectors.
After the training, a City of Rockford official shared,
“I have worked with survivors and victims since 2009 and I have never experienced a
training like this.”
— City Attorney, City of Rockford, IL
Inside this report, you will find highlights from the year and the outcomes made possible
through your continued commitment. We are grateful to walk this work with you.
make this work possible. Because of you, adults and youth are better equipped to
recognize exploitation and respond with care. This report reflects what your partnership
helped sustain and strengthen over the past year.
Prevention happens in real places, with real people. It happens when first responders,
health care providers, educators, and community members are given space to learn and
prepare together. Over the past year, your support helped bring this kind of training into
communities.
One example was a community training event in Rockford, Illinois, using the Apathy
Effect Exhibit and the Intersect Response sector-based training. The event included a
guided walk-through of the immersive exhibit and our survivor-informed, sector based
training for health care professionals, police officers, and first responders. Each 90-
minute session created time for participants to better understand exploitation and
prevention, recognize warning signs, and consider how they respond in their own roles
and sectors.
After the training, a City of Rockford official shared,
“I have worked with survivors and victims since 2009 and I have never experienced a
training like this.”
— City Attorney, City of Rockford, IL
Inside this report, you will find highlights from the year and the outcomes made possible
through your continued commitment. We are grateful to walk this work with you.
We have a dream - in the next 5 years, we will train over 1 MILLION YOUTH and 2 MILLION ADULTS to prevent and identify human exploitation and trafficking. That's a huge dream! To kick this dream off for this coming year, iEmpathize has a goal of raising $100k toward the fight to end exploitation.
Will you join us in this dream? Here's how you can help.
FIRST, take one of our free online training courses. They take about 30 mins to
complete. Go a step further and encourage friends and co-workers to do the same.
SECOND, help spread awareness of our free training programs on social media and inform your community leaders about these free training programs.
THIRD, consider financially giving to a current dream below. With your gift, you are equipping iEmpathize to attend trade shows, speak at public events, host training summits, create industry-specific training programs, and reach more industries and communities.
Additionally, your gift will help iEmpathize reach more adults and youth with prevention education at a community base level.
Will you join us in this dream? Here's how you can help.
FIRST, take one of our free online training courses. They take about 30 mins to
complete. Go a step further and encourage friends and co-workers to do the same.
SECOND, help spread awareness of our free training programs on social media and inform your community leaders about these free training programs.
THIRD, consider financially giving to a current dream below. With your gift, you are equipping iEmpathize to attend trade shows, speak at public events, host training summits, create industry-specific training programs, and reach more industries and communities.
Additionally, your gift will help iEmpathize reach more adults and youth with prevention education at a community base level.
