AO: Advocating Opportunity

Advocating Opportunity (AO) is unique among legal service providers for people who have experienced human trafficking. We provide comprehensive, holistic legal services to all victims of human trafficking regardless of age, gender identity, nationality, or other factors or characteristics. Services are provided through a human rights-based, trauma-responsive, client-centered approach to combating human trafficking and exploitation. Our approach focuses on the individual circumstances, needs, and rights of our clients; respects the individual’s autonomy, agency, and rights; is empowering and non-judgmental; and connects the rights of the individual to the prosecution of traffickers and exploiters when our clients wish to move forward with prosecution. AO uses its Resilience Model and strives to incorporate principles of transformative justice, anti-racism, intersectional approaches, harm-reduction, trauma-responsive healing, healing-centered engagement, and learning with humility into our daily work.

AO is inclusive, working with clients at any stage of their journey until they choose to leave services. AO works with existing services in the community, so resources are conserved and services are not duplicated. This ensures that our clients receive efficient, effective, and coordinated services which are individually tailored to their needs and goals. AO is committed to employing individuals who will uphold agency standards. AO is an equal opportunity employer.