UpdatedMon, Jan 11, 2021 at 5:07 pm ET
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(Courtesy Georgia s Own Credit Union)
ATLANTA, GA Atlanta residents and commuters may have noticed a huge sign in downtown Atlanta that reads, 1,053 children trafficked, and for good reason.
In honor of National Human Trafficking Awareness Day on Monday, Georgia s Own Credit Union partnered with local nonprofit Street Grace to raise awareness about the child victims and survivors of commercial sexual exploitation, according to a Jan. 11 press release. This effort included the displaying of a 174-foot-long digital mural atop the Georgia s Own building on Peachtree Street in Atlanta, that reads 1,053 children trafficked the number of child sex trafficking survivors identified in Georgia in 2020.
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – National Human Trafficking Awareness Day is on January 11th and Saved In America is working to help parents and Law Enforcement to locate missing, runaway and exploited children, the groups most vulnerable to sex trafficking.
Saved in America Case Manager and Law Enforcement Liaison, Joshua Travers, joined Good Morning San Diego to discuss the organization’s 2020 accomplishments and goals for 2021.
The organization is currently raising funds for an emergency transitional safe home for recovered children.