Saving Jane, New Jersey Coalition Against Human Trafficking, and Student Global Ambassador Program Join Forces to End Human Trafficking
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Nonprofits leverage 1Huddle’s technology to educate thousands of New Jersey students, teachers, and parents about human trafficking
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Online child abuse and exploitation has spiked as students spend more screen-time inside during the pandemic. Our goal is to empower our youth so that they are aware of the dangers of online grooming. NEWARK, N.J. & NEW YORK & ROCKVILLE, Md. (PRWEB) January 14, 2021
Saving Jane, New Jersey Coalition Against Human Trafficking (NJCAHT), and Student Global Ambassador Program (SGAP Leaders), today joined forces with 1Huddle to educate teachers, parents, and children about online grooming. The nonprofits, which are dedicated to fighting human trafficking and empowering survivors, are utilizing 1Huddle’s technology to educate tea
XPO Logistics announces partnership with Truckers Against Trafficking
XPO Logistics, Inc., a leading global provider of supply chain solutions, has announced a new partnership with Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT) to further the company’s stance against human trafficking.
XPO’s $25,000 corporate sponsorship will help fund TAT’s efforts to eradicate trafficking by training commercial drivers to recognize potential traffickers and victims.
“Every day, vulnerable individuals fall prey to human trafficking and many are taken far from their homes,” said LaQuenta Jacobs, XPO’s chief diversity officer. “The transportation industry is in a unique position to alert law enforcement agencies to suspected trafficking activities. We’re proud to support TAT in taking practical measures to end modern-day slavery.”
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To mark National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is pleased to launch the revised Policy on Countering Trafficking in Persons (C-TIP). The updated C-TIP Policy adds new victim-centered, trauma-informed, and survivor-informed approaches, and promotes the intentional integration of efforts to end modern slavery across the Agency’s humanitarian and development programs.
The evil of modern slavery affects an estimated 25 million people around the world, including adults and children subjected to sexual exploitation or bound in domestic servitude; children forced to join armed groups; and victims trapped in forced labor in sectors such as fishing, construction, and agriculture. Since 2001, USAID has invested more than $340 million in 88 countries and regions to fight human trafficking as a high priority. Tailored to vulnerable and marginalized local populations, programs build local capacity in gover
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Demand) is a program of Convergence Resource Center (CRC), a faith-based nonprofit community service organization helping women rebuild their lives after trauma with an emphasis on justice-involved women and female survivors of human trafficking.
“Today is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day and January is recognized as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month,” said CRC co-founder and CEO Debbie Lassiter. “HEMAD helps raise awareness of this horrible crime and provides a mechanism for men to take a stand and influence other men to lessen the demand for the sexual exploitation of women, girls, and boys.”
The HEMAD campaign, now in its third year, kicked off just before Thanksgiving and officially ran through the end of December. Organizers hope 60,000 men will go to CRC’s website (https://www.convergenceresource.org/hemad) to watch a 3-minute video and take the pledge. Men in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Nor
Jacksonville s sheriff joined the FBI s regional special agent in charge in condemning last week s mob that overwhelmed the U.S. Capitol and sent congressional members scurrying for safety.
But as federal officials ramp up security for possible riots at Wednesday s upcoming inauguration, both local law enforcement leaders said they are monitoring the Jacksonville area in case any similar actions occur.
An internal FBI bulletin indicates the agency has received information that armed insurrections are being planned at all 50 state capitols and the U.S. Capitol between now and the inauguration. For Wednesday acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen said he will have no tolerance whatsoever for any attempts to disrupt the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden next week.