Dilico Anishinabek Family Care gathering empowers young participants with knowledge and strength – Anishinabek News
April 14, 2026
THUNDER BAY — Dilico Anishinabek Family Care’s Strength Within YOUth gathering featured A Journey Forward: A Lived Experience Perspective on Intimate Partner Trafficking and Youth Vulnerability presentation by Alicia Gordon. Held March 31 at the Valhalla Hotel and Conference Centre in Thunder Bay, the gathering was aimed at youth aged 12–17 and focused on anti-human trafficking awareness and prevention.
“I was invited to speak from a perspective of lived experience as a former victim of intimate partner trafficking, which is a little bit different than human trafficking,” says Gordon, whose family is from a First Nation in Manitoba. “I was brought there to explain what the differences are and to also provide knowledge from my lived experience perspective, while also offering education on some really critical components that can actually put us at risk for trafficking as a young person.”
