Against the
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, N
South Carolina AG releases 2020 Human Trafficking annual report (Source: WBRC video) By Laurel Mallory | January 11, 2021 at 9:59 AM EST - Updated January 11 at 12:54 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Monday is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. To mark the day, South Carolina’s attorney general released the state’s annual Human Trafficking report for 2020.
Attorney General Alan Wilson said there were 139 cases of human trafficking and 179 victims reported in South Carolina in 2020.
The following are the top five counties for reports of human trafficking, in order:
Horry County
Anderson County
Wilson pointed out that a high number of reports does not necessarily mean these counties have more cases of human trafficking.
Survivor speaks out on National Trafficking Awareness Day
Human trafficking survivor shares story
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HAMPTON ROADS, Va. â Monday is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day and right now there are adults and children being victimized in our region.
There are different types of trafficking to include forced labor, domestic servitude and the sex trade.
At 18-years-old Tanya Gould was graduating high school. She said she she met a man on her senior class trip who started to traffic her.
She said when he came into her life, she was vulnerable. âI wasn t feeling like I belonged to my community. I was sexually abused as a child that was unchecked trauma,â said Gould.