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Our country has faced momentous challenges to start off 2021 – the ongoing battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, the swearing-in of a new Congress, abhorrent violence at the Capitol, and the inauguration of a new president after a highly contentious election. While these events have saturated the news cycles and captured our attention, we must not forget what the month of January is dedicated to – National Human Trafficking Awareness.
A horrific epidemic that too often goes unreported and unnoticed, the scourge of human trafficking penetrates our communities and ruins the lives of Americans of every race, religion, and creed.
Alabama truckers join in fight against human trafficking
By Chuck Chandler
January 29, 2021
Truckers Against Trafficking has had a major impact across the nation and in Alabama, where truckers urged the Legislature to pass a 2019 law requiring anti-trafficking training for anyone holding a commercial driver s license. (Truckers Against Trafficking)
More than 110,000 truckers across Alabama are on the lookout during National Human Trafficking Awareness Month, hoping to drive out “one of the most egregious human rights violations in the USA and around the world.”
Alabama Trucking Association President and CEO Mark Colson said his organization and Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT) helped generate bipartisan support in 2019 in the Alabama Legislature that led to a law which went into effect one year ago. All new commercial driver’s license holders are now required to be trained in how to spot and report human trafficking.
In Our Backyard returning to Super Bowl for anti-human trafficking efforts
(Update: adding video, comments from In Our Backyard s executive director)
Efforts to follow National Human Trafficking Awareness Month
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) For the 12th time, Bend nonprofit In Our Backyard will be overseeing anti-human trafficking efforts at the Super Bowl. this year in Tampa, Florida. We are out there, identifying minors and missing children who could be human trafficked in the area,” said Cheryl Csiky, executive director of In Our Backyard, said Thursday
Csiky knows first-hand how important these efforts are. My story began very young, around 9 years old fourth grade,” she told NewsChannel 21. “For me, as a survivor, I don t want anyone to experience what I went through, and the healing process I have endured.”
Jan. 1 marked the start of National Human Trafficking Awareness Month. As the chair of the Delaware Human Trafficking Interagency Coordinating Council, I would like to take this opportunity to discuss with you what human trafficking is, what it.