Event

An event is a planned occurrence or happening, typically one that is of public interest. Events can be large or small, and they can take place in a variety of different settings, such as schools, community centers, or public spaces. Events can be organized for a variety of reasons, including to celebrate a holiday or special occasion, to raise awareness about an issue, or to entertain or educate people. Events may be open to the general public, or they may be private and only open to invited guests. Events can be a fun and engaging way to bring people together, and they can provide opportunities for learning, networking, and socializing.

Fight for Freedom: Tomoka Christian Church holds human trafficking awareness event | Observer Local News
| |

Fight for Freedom: Tomoka Christian Church holds human trafficking awareness event | Observer Local News

A mock tattoo parlor drew people into the walk-through experience, highlighting who is at risk of human trafficking. As viewers moved further into the exhibition, dimly lit boys’ and girls’ bedrooms were visible. A table with surgical instruments — alluding to illegal organ harvesting — and 90 photos of the faces of missing children completed…

Santa Clarita Unit – SCV Human Trafficking Prevention Summit (3 CEU) on September 29
|

Santa Clarita Unit – SCV Human Trafficking Prevention Summit (3 CEU) on September 29

This is a hybrid event but CEUs will only be granted for those who attend in person.  Please join the Santa Clarita Valley Human Trafficking Task Force, Santa Clarita NASW, College of the Canyons, Henry Mayo Hospital, Child and Family Center, Zoe, Saving Innocence, and Higher Ground in the SCV Human Trafficking Summit on September…

Australia Works to Combat Modern Slavery
| |

Australia Works to Combat Modern Slavery

This week Australia held a conference on ending modern slavery. The conference was designed to identify mechanisms that can build both cross-border and cross-sector collaboration to negate the different forms of modern slavery, as well as deal with its effects. It was a reflection of how serious the Australian government views this issue that both…

Arizona changed how it sells prisoners to companies. The state raked in millions, but workers were neglected
| | | |

Arizona changed how it sells prisoners to companies. The state raked in millions, but workers were neglected

Clothed in orange with elbow-high rubber gloves and large black masks, a line of workers along a conveyor belt pull lead from cathode-ray tubes. At a construction warehouse, more workers in orange jumpsuits piece together wall frames for single-family homes until one shoots a nail into his knee with a nail gun. At a canning…

More Models Come Forward With Disturbing Claims of Sex and Labor Trafficking
| |

More Models Come Forward With Disturbing Claims of Sex and Labor Trafficking

  Kaja Sokola, one of the women who came forward with accusations against Harvey Weinstein during the #Me Too movement, says that the culture of the industry still provides men like Weinstein special access and proximity to the young models, many of whom are still teenagers launched into New York City with essentially no adult…

Human Trafficking Awareness Event Sheds Light on Dark Issue
| |

Human Trafficking Awareness Event Sheds Light on Dark Issue

Beacon Bags, in partnership with Cornwall Police Services and Victim Services, held an information session at Cornwall Pentecostal Church on human trafficking in Ontario. The event was open to the public and livestreamed on the Beacon Bags Facebook page. Human trafficking is a crime where traffickers exploit and profit from adults and children by coercing…

A journalist’s guide to interviewing trafficking survivors
|

A journalist’s guide to interviewing trafficking survivors

Finally, you need to teach them how to behave in front of journalists. Journalists are always working. They’ll turn on the microphone, you talk, they turn it off, and then say: ‘oh, let me ask you about this other thing.’ Then they start getting more information out of you. Survivors should know that anything they…

DHS’s Blue Campaign Releases Human Trafficking Awareness Toolkit for Tribal Gaming and Hospitality Industry – HS Today
|

DHS’s Blue Campaign Releases Human Trafficking Awareness Toolkit for Tribal Gaming and Hospitality Industry – HS Today

Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Blue Campaign announced the release of a new human trafficking awareness toolkit tailored to tribal gaming and hospitality professionals. Developed by DHS, the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC), the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the “Human Trafficking Response Guide for the Tribal Gaming and Hospitality Industry” marks the first…

Girls in the Know and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Host Human Trafficking Awareness Seminar
|

Girls in the Know and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Host Human Trafficking Awareness Seminar

St. Louis-based Girls in the Know (GITK) and the Omicron Theta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Sorority have announced that it will host a free, interactive seminar on human trafficking awareness and prevention. Open to girls ages 9-13 and their trusted adults, the four-hour event in June is being sponsored by Ameren Missouri….

Outcome of May 31st Pieper Lewis Hearing – Network Against Human Trafficking and Slavery
|

Outcome of May 31st Pieper Lewis Hearing – Network Against Human Trafficking and Slavery

Outcome of May 31st Pieper Lewis Hearing Please tap the following link for a May 31st Des Moines Register article: “Pieper Lewis Gets 20-Year Sentence, But Then is Placed on Probation Again.” written by Philip Jones who has been covering the case since the June 1st, 2020 arrest of trafficking victim, Pieper Lewis. The NAHT…