By Heather Boerner Human trafficking isn’t a problem that just takes place elsewhere. Nonprofits, corporations and SVCF are dealing with it right here at home. Stopping Traffic t the end of 2014, fair trade greeting card company Good Paper was overwhelmed. Whole Foods wanted to stock its cards in all its stores, and the five-person team in San Francisco needed help, fast. So Good Paper hired interns. The most conscientious was a woman, around age 20, whom we’ll call Anna for this article. Anna had an eye for detail. She was also a survivor of human trafficking. Both of these factors mattered to Good Paper. As part of its mission, the company hires human trafficking survivors. They found Anna through Not For Sale, a nonprofit that provides employment training to such survivors in the Bay Area. “We loved working with her,” says Erica Vilay, operations executive at Good Paper. “We’ll be hiring from Not For Sale for the foreseeable future.” Anna is one of the hundreds of people who have been exploited in the Bay Area, according to a first-of-its-kind report from Silicon Valley Community Foundation and the Juniper Networks Foundation Fund. The report examines what it means to be a modern-day slave in Silicon Valley. Perhaps more important, it outlines what local organizations can do to help. “These are beautiful, smart women who have incredible vision,” says Stacey Clark Ohara, senior director of community engagement for Juniper. “You just want these incredible women to succeed.” 10 spr i ng 20 1 5 s i l icon v alle ycf . or g a n n leminuit/iStock