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UMOS, Partners Launch New Effort to Stop Labor Trafficking in Wisconsin

April 15, 2023

By Edgar Mendez This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. At some restaurant in the city, a victim of human labor trafficking could be preparing or serving your next meal. “Human labor trafficking is absolutely happening in […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Benjamin Poller, Edgar Mendez, Human Trafficking, Mariana Rodriguez, UMOS

HEMAD asks Men to Take a Stand Against Human Trafficking

November 26, 2022

By Karen Stokes Monday kicked off the fifth annual HEMAD campaign. HEMAD (Human trafficking Educators working with Men and boys to stand Against the Demand) asks men to take a public stand against human trafficking and the commercial sexual exploitation of adults and children. HEMAD is a program of the Convergence Resource Center, which is […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Cavalier Johnson, HEMAD Campaign, Human Trafficking, Karen Stokes, Proclamations

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It Takes a Village to End Human Trafficking

August 28, 2021

By Mara Vanderslice Kelly Human trafficking is the act of compelling someone into work or commercial sex through force, fraud or coercion. It is illegal everywhere but happens every day in big cities and small towns across the United States. Human trafficking takes many forms: A foster care youth forced into commercial sex work by […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Human Trafficking, Mara Vanderslice Kelly

2 Milwaukee Organizations Win Grants to Address Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault

February 20, 2021

By Matt Martinez Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. Two Milwaukee organizations have each received $125,000 grants from Advocate Aurora Health to bolster domestic abuse and sexual assault advocacy programs. United Migrant […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Domestic Violence, Grants Awarded, Human Trafficking, Matt Martinez, The Asha Project, UMOS

Nonprofit Seeks 60,000 Men to Help End Human Trafficking

November 28, 2020

Five-week HEMAD Campaign launched Nov. 23 to raise awareness and seek an end to societal scourge A small faith-based nonprofit community service organization hopes to raise an army of at least 60,000 men before the end of the year to oppose human trafficking and the commercial sex trade. The campaign received the backing of leaders […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Child Sex Trafficking, Convergence Resource Center, HEMAD Campaign, Human Trafficking, Jason Fields

Men Against Human Trafficking

December 21, 2019

By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Human trafficking isn’t just a Milwaukee problem, it’s a global issue. The Polaris Project reported that in 2016, 40.3 million people were victims of human trafficking throughout the world. The Medical College of Wisconsin found that 340 individuals were believed to be victims of sex trafficking in Milwaukee between 2013 to 2016. […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ana Martinez-Ortiz, Human Trafficking

Storytelling Used to Educate Vulnerable Children and Families about Trafficking

August 31, 2019

By Shamim Sarif Around the world – and close to home – as many as four million people each year are trafficked for forced labor and sexual exploitation. Sadly, about 50% of those are children. Now, Headwaters Relief Organization, an international non-profit disaster relief organization, is teaming with me to raise funds to educate communities […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Book Reviews, Human Trafficking, Shamim Sarif, The Athena Protocol

NNPA Foundation launches Anti-Human Trafficking Campaign, UNDress

January 8, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 4, 2016) — The National Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation (NNPAF) commences National Human Trafficking Awareness month by launching its own anti-human trafficking campaign called “UNDress,” which stands for Undermining Nationwide Demand for the Recruitment, Exploitation and Sexual Solicitation of women and children. The campaign will target those who buy and traffic women […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Human Trafficking, NNPA Foundation, Sex Trafficking, UNDress

Human Trafficking Task Force Leader Aims to End Misconceptions, Spread Awareness

September 11, 2015

by Ariele Vaccaro The prevalence of human trafficking in Milwaukee struck Dana World-Patterson when she, an etiquette and image consultant at the time, asked a room of high school girls if they’d ever been touched inappropriately. Fourteen of the fifteen girls present raised their hands. She would later find that some of these girls had […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ariele Vaccaro, Dana World-Patterson, Human Trafficking, Milwaukee Human Trafficking Task Force, Unlucky Thirteen



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