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UP task force to show movie bringing awareness to human trafficking
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UP task force to show movie bringing awareness to human trafficking

ByEyes on Trafficking News

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) – An Upper Peninsula organization is bringing a special movie to a theater near you. The Upper Peninsula Human Traffic Task Force is partnering with Angel Studios to show the movie “Sound of Freedom” to raise awareness about human trafficking. Showings are at Rogers Cinema in Houghton for $7.50 and at all…

January is National Human Trafficking Prevention month – The Mining Gazette
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January is National Human Trafficking Prevention month – The Mining Gazette

ByEyes on Trafficking News

By GRAHAM JAEHNIG [email protected] [Editor’s note: This is the first in a monthlong series intended to raise public awareness of human trafficking, particularly in the Upper Peninsula.] HOUGHTON — January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month and Stalking Awareness Month. Human trafficking, also known as trafficking in persons, includes both forced labor and sex trafficking….

Northern Michigan University Department of Continuing Education and Workforce hosts human trafficking training
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Northern Michigan University Department of Continuing Education and Workforce hosts human trafficking training

ByEyes on Trafficking News

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) – National Human trafficking hotline data showed that in 2021, 1,186 cases of human trafficking were identified in Michigan. In response to this data, Northern Michigan University’s (NMU) Department of Continuing Education and Workforce is planning for the future. On Tuesday morning, NMU hosted a virtual human trafficking training session. “Today’s goal…