Dr. Sandie Morgan and Dave Stachowiak interview Liliana Yanez, Esq, a managing Director of the Center for Legal Services at My Sisters' Place. She is a lawyer with over 20 years of experience. Prior to working at MSP,  Liliana taught in the immigration clinic at the City University School of Law. They discuss the detrimental effects of labeling people as other.
Liliana Yanez, Esq

Liliana Yanez, Esq is the Managing Director of the Center for Legal Services at My Sisters' Place.  A lawyer with over 20 years of experience.  Prior to working at MSP,  Liliana taught in the immigration clinic at the City University School of Law.

Key Points

When vulnerable people are labeled as other, it is much easier for them to be taken advantage of.
How do we begin to see people who differ from us in education, immigration status, or socioeconomic level not as other, but as a part of our community?
My Sisters' Place is an organization with the goal to educate people about and help. people who have experienced human trafficking.

Resources


My Sisters' Place New York
Episode 187 - Why is Labor Trafficking so Hard to Find?
103 – Labor Trafficking: An Interview with Alameda Deputy District Attorney Dan Roisman
My Sisters' Place NY Facebook
My Sisters' Place NY Twitter



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Transcript
Dave [00:00:00] You're listening to the Ending Human Trafficking podcast, this is episode number 231, the Intersection of Diversity and Human Trafficking Vulnerabilities.

Production Credits [00:00:10] Produced by Innovate Learning, Maximizing Human Potential.

Dave [00:00:31] Welcome to the Ending Human Trafficking podcast. My name is Dave Stachowiak.

Sandie [00:00:37] My name is Sandie Morgan.

Dave [00:00:39] And this is the show where we empower you to study the issues, be your voice and make a difference in ending human trafficking and Sandie today I'm so glad for us to welcome to the show, Liliana Yanez. She is the managing director of the Center for Legal Services at My Sisters' Place. She's a lawyer with over 20 years of experience and prior to working at My Sisters' Place, Liliana taught at the immigration clinic at the City University's School of Law. Liliana, we're so glad to welcome you to the show today.

Liliana [00:01:11] Thank you. Happy to be here.

Sandie [00:01:13] I met Liliana through the CEO of My Sisters' Place, Karen Cheeks-Lomax, also an attorney. And Karen Cheeks-Lomax serves on the Public Private Partnership Advisory Council to end human trafficking with me. When we started talking about this, I wanted to know more about My Sisters' Place, and Liliana one of the things I love about your web page is your tag line, providing hope, achieving justice, and changing lives. So, before we get into our conversation, would you give us kind of an overview of My Sisters' Place?

Liliana [00:01:56] Yes, thank you. So, My Sisters' Place is an organization that works, to serve survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking in many facets. The Center for Legal Services, of which I am the managing director, provides legal assistance in family law and immigration law to survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking. We also have a domestic violence education and prevention department that targets young people in learning to talk about relationships. What's a healthy relationship? What's not a healthy relationship? And to identify signs of abuse. We have counseling services, supportive counseling services for both adults and children that survivors can access. We also have a human trafficking department again,