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Fighting the Good Fight – Orange County Business Journal
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Fighting the Good Fight – Orange County Business Journal

Orange County’s affluence has made the area a desirable place to travel, settle down and start a company. Its wealth, however, has also attracted a more sinister business: human trafficking. The area is heavily overrepresented in terms of traffickers and victims, who have come to Orange County from across the U.S. due to demand, according…

‘We get calls everyday’: As human trafficking cases remain high; A Safe Place announces move to expand residential program
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‘We get calls everyday’: As human trafficking cases remain high; A Safe Place announces move to expand residential program

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – One local non-profit, A Safe Place, is looking to expand its program to help survivors free themselves of the trauma that being trafficked can bring. “We get calls every single day, they come from all across the country,” said Director of Charitable Giving Kathleen Peters at A Safe Place. As the…

Black & Veatch Initiates Sponsorship to Help Combat Human Trafficking | News
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Black & Veatch Initiates Sponsorship to Help Combat Human Trafficking | News

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov 3, 2022– The Senior Policy Operating Group, part of a U.S. cabinet-level entity through The President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, estimates there are nearly 25 million adults and children around the world who are victims of human trafficking, a form of modern-day slavery that includes…

WillowBend Farms To Host 5th Annual Run For Their Freedom 5K Run/1 Mile Walk Raising Awareness Of Human Trafficking
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WillowBend Farms To Host 5th Annual Run For Their Freedom 5K Run/1 Mile Walk Raising Awareness Of Human Trafficking

WillowBend Farms will host their fifth annual Run For Their Freedom 5k run/1 mile walk at Greenway Park in Cleveland on Oct. 22. The race begins at 6:30 p.m. “The reality is, we have survivors who are running for their lives, but you have the opportunity to help them run for their freedom” said Sarah…

Latisha's House Earns Safe House Certification Silver Award | Williamsburg Yorktown Daily
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Latisha's House Earns Safe House Certification Silver Award | Williamsburg Yorktown Daily

WILLIAMSBURG — Latisha’s House, a Virginia-based residential home providing therapeutic and restorative services to survivors of trafficking, was on Sept. 9 awarded a silver level of certification from the National Safe House Certification, provided by the Safe House Project. Latisha’s House provides a long-term, transitional housing program for adult, female survivors of sex trafficking and…

Human trafficking awareness event
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Human trafficking awareness event

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) – The non-profit group, Rescued and Redeemed, is holding an anti-sex trafficking awareness event on Saturday, September 17 at 29 Pines in Eau Claire. Watch video here. The event runs from 1-4 p.m. and includes speakers, a silent auction and raffle items. The fundraiser helps fund a long-term residential program for…

A Philadelphia DHS office houses stranded kids, but staff warn it's unsafe
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A Philadelphia DHS office houses stranded kids, but staff warn it's unsafe

By the time a foster home was found for the 8-year-old boy, he refused to go. He’d been sleeping in a conference room at the Philadelphia Department of Human Services for two months, either on a folding cot or an air mattress on the floor. That bare-bones space is not meant for overnight stays. Yet,…

Biographic Information for Members of the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking
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Biographic Information for Members of the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking

Tanya Gould Tanya Gould, a survivor of domestic sex trafficking, is the founder of Identifiable Me, a non-profit that helps move those who have been victimized by sexual violence towards self-discovery and their life’s purpose. Ms. Gould serves as a mentor, consultant, advisor, trainer, and keynote speaker on topics relating to her story. Years after…

Surviving Human Trafficking In The United States
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Surviving Human Trafficking In The United States

“How do you define and measure success?” This question is asked in each Human Trafficking Investigations Law Enforcement Class by Rick Hoffman. Success and achievement can look different to different people. As a nonprofit whose focus is to stop human trafficking, a victim escaping their trafficker, the recovery of a person being trafficked, facilitating 30…