Prayer Service and Speaker - Recording
July 30, 2024, 7-8 pm ET / 6-7 pm CT
Join us for a prayer service and speaker on the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons.
Guest Speaker: Rachel Socorro, Co-Founder and Survivor Leader of Total Life Wellness
Learn more about how you can identify and respond to trafficking and learn more about the upcoming resource "Trafficking: Faithful Response and Support."
Anti-Human Trafficking webpage
Learn more about the theme for 2024.
Trafficking: Faithful Response & Support in development now!
Province V and Total Life Wellness are working together to create an online course to help people recognize human trafficking and support those reentering our community after human exploitation.
Watch for more news in the monthly newsletters or on this page.
Guest Speaker: Rachel Socorro, Co-Founder and Survivor Leader of Total Life Wellness
Learn more about how you can identify and respond to trafficking and learn more about the upcoming resource "Trafficking: Faithful Response and Support."
Anti-Human Trafficking webpage
Learn more about the theme for 2024.
Trafficking: Faithful Response & Support in development now!
Province V and Total Life Wellness are working together to create an online course to help people recognize human trafficking and support those reentering our community after human exploitation.
Watch for more news in the monthly newsletters or on this page.
Report Human Trafficking
If you are a victim of human trafficking or have identified someone you think may need help, please contact the National Human Trafficking Resource Center at 888-373-3788, or text 233733.
This national, toll-free hotline, is available to answer calls, texts, and chats from anywhere in the country, 24-hours a day, 7-days a week, every day of the year.
All calls are confidential.
If you are a victim of human trafficking or have identified someone you think may need help, please contact the National Human Trafficking Resource Center at 888-373-3788, or text 233733.
This national, toll-free hotline, is available to answer calls, texts, and chats from anywhere in the country, 24-hours a day, 7-days a week, every day of the year.
All calls are confidential.
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January 11, 2024, 7-8pm ET / 6-7 pm CT
Resources from this event! Video recording Prayer service words and resources Wear Blue on January 11 Download resources to use in your parish and diocese |
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The Synod of Province V passed a resolution at the 2022 meeting.
Resources
Use the Blue Campaign to get resources to share in your parish, your community, and your diocese.
Report Human Trafficking
If you are a victim of human trafficking or have identified someone you think may need help, please contact the National Human Trafficking Resource Center (Polaris) at: 888-373-7888, or text 233733.
Resources
Use the Blue Campaign to get resources to share in your parish, your community, and your diocese.
Report Human Trafficking
If you are a victim of human trafficking or have identified someone you think may need help, please contact the National Human Trafficking Resource Center (Polaris) at: 888-373-7888, or text 233733.
More information
Child Labor Day or World Day Against Child Labor is observed annually on June 12. The day has been around since 2002 when the International Labor Organization (I.L.O.) declared it an international day to raise awareness about child labor and the need to make efforts to prevent it.
Resources from our Prayer service with speakers
Monday, July 31, 2023, 7-8 pm ET / 6-7 pm CT
If you missed the presentation, you can watch the recording.
The words of the prayer service are here.
To see more about our speakers: Total Life Wellness
64 Westgay Dr A, Akron, OH 44313
IG @totallifewellness252
Facebook
Email: [email protected]
Bronsen's book: The 252 Plan
To get resources for yourself and to share with your parish and diocese, visit the Blue Campaign. They have a great variety of printed resources and everything that they have is free!
The words of the prayer service are here.
To see more about our speakers: Total Life Wellness
64 Westgay Dr A, Akron, OH 44313
IG @totallifewellness252
Email: [email protected]
Bronsen's book: The 252 Plan
To get resources for yourself and to share with your parish and diocese, visit the Blue Campaign. They have a great variety of printed resources and everything that they have is free!
Information from the event on January 11, 2023
See the recording
National Human Trafficking Prevention Month
Wear Blue on January 11
Download resources to use in your parish and diocese
See the recording
National Human Trafficking Prevention Month
Wear Blue on January 11
Download resources to use in your parish and diocese
Thank you for joining our conversation!
You can see the recording our the event.
Thank you to Samantha for sharing her story. Thank you to Karen Moore from Sanctum House for sharing some of their resources.
Samantha referenced The Joseph Project.
National Human Trafficking Hotline1 (888) 373-7888
SMS: 233733 (Text "HELP" or "INFO")
Hours: 24 hours, 7 days a week
Languages: English, Spanish and 200 more languages
Website: http://humantraffickinghotline.org
Learn more about National Human Trafficking Prevention Month
Wear Blue on January 11 (and all of January!)
Download resources to use in your parish and diocese
Your challenge:
REFLECT!
2 questions to consider
TAKE ACTION!
We encourage you to find your local resources for victims of Human Trafficking. How can you help those near to you get the help that they need? If you need help in your search, please reach out to Heather, Province V Coordinator.
We had a prayer service on Aug, 1, 2022. You can review that video here.
There are more resources available on the network's webpage.
You can see the recording our the event.
Thank you to Samantha for sharing her story. Thank you to Karen Moore from Sanctum House for sharing some of their resources.
Samantha referenced The Joseph Project.
National Human Trafficking Hotline1 (888) 373-7888
SMS: 233733 (Text "HELP" or "INFO")
Hours: 24 hours, 7 days a week
Languages: English, Spanish and 200 more languages
Website: http://humantraffickinghotline.org
Learn more about National Human Trafficking Prevention Month
Wear Blue on January 11 (and all of January!)
Download resources to use in your parish and diocese
Your challenge:
REFLECT!
2 questions to consider
- What in my/our style of life contributes to the reality of child slavery and forced labor?
- What can I/we do to change the unjust structures that cause suffering from child slavery, forced labor and human trafficking?
TAKE ACTION!
We encourage you to find your local resources for victims of Human Trafficking. How can you help those near to you get the help that they need? If you need help in your search, please reach out to Heather, Province V Coordinator.
We had a prayer service on Aug, 1, 2022. You can review that video here.
There are more resources available on the network's webpage.
Episcopal Church Resources
During the Big Provincial Gathering in April 2022, the Synod Deputies adopted a resolution calling for action by the people of Province V. Read it all here.
Office of Government Relations has a resource section on human trafficking.
Office of Government Relations has a resource section on human trafficking.
Resources
FBI agent tells the story of human trafficking - Rolling Stone, Jan 4, 2024
POLARIS report - Human Trafficking During the COVID and Post-COVID Era
Recognize the signs of trafficking:
Indicators - scroll down on this page.
Helping Victims - From WI, but has a lot of indicators listed.
When foster care kids are sex trafficked, some states fail to figure it out, Ohio Capital Journal, 11/24/23
Programs to transition out of trafficking
CATCH Court, Ohio
Trafficking and Hotels
This is an excellent webinar that talks about trafficking and how to hold hotels accountable.
Child Labor Trafficking
Ending Human Trafficking Podcast on Youth Labor Trafficking
OH: Senate Bill 30 - Allow Person under 16 to work after 7 pm, Jan 2024
FL next state to loosen laws, 9/19/23
Tight Labor Market - Child Labor - 3/10/23
US investigation uncovers two 10-year-olds working at Kentucky McDonald’s, 5/3/23
Three McDonald's in KY fined, 5/2/23
“Dumb and dangerous”: U.S. sees surge in efforts to weaken child-labor regulations, May 2023
Ten states have rolled back child labor laws recently, with a federal bill to allow teens to work in one of the most dangerous industries.
Read in The Guardian
Labor Trafficking in the news
How U.S. policy drives child migrants into dangerous jobs, 3/31/23
U.S. migrant nurses, other health care workers face multiple problems: NBC News, 6/5/23
Enslaved workers are making your breakfast: Wisconsin confronts labor trafficking, 2/28/23
Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S., NYT, 2/25/23
this article as a .pdf
U.S. takes action to prevent migrant child labor amid rise in violations, 2/27/23
Marriott CEO: Human trafficking is a huge problem for hotels — here's what we're doing about it, 2/20/23
Hyundai Subsidiary uses child labor, 7/22/22
Investigation into possible human trafficking in slaughterhouses, 1/19/23
G.H.O.S.T. Certification - a program developed in Michigan
Training videos and resources.
July 30, 2022 - World Day against Trafficking in Persons and the resource page
January 2023 - National Human Trafficking Awareness Month (Jan 11 - if you prefer to name a specific day)
Blue Campaign - so many resources!
Request materials from the Blue Campaign
How to talk to youth about human trafficking - a guide for youth caretakers and individuals working with youth
Documentary:
Men who Buy Sex: Everybody Pays
- Facebook page
- Article from Macomb Daily (MI)
Websites:
Ending Human Trafficking website
Stations of the Cross - video
End Human Trafficking: In Our Backyard
Collaborative to End Human Trafficking
Reclaim 13
Truckers Against Trafficking
Documents:
Human Trafficking and Technology: Youth and Families - a resource from a workshop
5 Tips for keeping kids safe online
Contact your elected officials! A handout from the May 2022 meeting
Labor Trafficking Fact Sheet
Take Action / Legislative Actions
Legislative Notes, May 2022
Sex trafficking is involving young children more and more. Usually as a result of domestic violence and those families in poverty and looking for a way to make money. See this document for more information.
Bills Introduced: Sept 5-8, 2023: Human Trafficking
S. 2744—Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)/Commerce, Science, and Transportation (09/07/23)—A bill to provide grants to transit operators and airports for human trafficking awareness, education, and prevention efforts, and for other purposes. S.2744 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): A bill to provide grants to transit operators and airports for human trafficking awareness, education, and prevention efforts, and for other purposes. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
Hearings This Week:
Child Protection- On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance will hold a hearing, “Children are Not for Sale: Examining the Threat of Exploitation of Children in the U.S. and Abroad.”
Human Trafficking- On Thursday, the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations will hold a hearing, “Children are not for Sale– Global Efforts to Address Child Trafficking.”
Prayers
Prayer for an End to Human Trafficking, World Vision
A Prayer for Victims of Human Trafficking, as shared by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station, N.J.
Flyers from UTO Grant, 2014 - developed by North Dakota
State Attorney General Offices
Check information from your AG's office for what is happening in your state
Illinois - no dedicated webpage found
Indiana - no dedicated webpage found
- 2020 state report from Coalition to End Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking
Michigan - commission
Missouri
Ohio
Wisconsin (also the WI Department of Children and Families)
POLARIS report - Human Trafficking During the COVID and Post-COVID Era
Recognize the signs of trafficking:
Indicators - scroll down on this page.
Helping Victims - From WI, but has a lot of indicators listed.
When foster care kids are sex trafficked, some states fail to figure it out, Ohio Capital Journal, 11/24/23
Programs to transition out of trafficking
CATCH Court, Ohio
Trafficking and Hotels
This is an excellent webinar that talks about trafficking and how to hold hotels accountable.
Child Labor Trafficking
Ending Human Trafficking Podcast on Youth Labor Trafficking
OH: Senate Bill 30 - Allow Person under 16 to work after 7 pm, Jan 2024
FL next state to loosen laws, 9/19/23
Tight Labor Market - Child Labor - 3/10/23
US investigation uncovers two 10-year-olds working at Kentucky McDonald’s, 5/3/23
Three McDonald's in KY fined, 5/2/23
“Dumb and dangerous”: U.S. sees surge in efforts to weaken child-labor regulations, May 2023
Ten states have rolled back child labor laws recently, with a federal bill to allow teens to work in one of the most dangerous industries.
Read in The Guardian
Labor Trafficking in the news
How U.S. policy drives child migrants into dangerous jobs, 3/31/23
U.S. migrant nurses, other health care workers face multiple problems: NBC News, 6/5/23
Enslaved workers are making your breakfast: Wisconsin confronts labor trafficking, 2/28/23
Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S., NYT, 2/25/23
this article as a .pdf
U.S. takes action to prevent migrant child labor amid rise in violations, 2/27/23
Marriott CEO: Human trafficking is a huge problem for hotels — here's what we're doing about it, 2/20/23
Hyundai Subsidiary uses child labor, 7/22/22
Investigation into possible human trafficking in slaughterhouses, 1/19/23
G.H.O.S.T. Certification - a program developed in Michigan
Training videos and resources.
July 30, 2022 - World Day against Trafficking in Persons and the resource page
January 2023 - National Human Trafficking Awareness Month (Jan 11 - if you prefer to name a specific day)
Blue Campaign - so many resources!
Request materials from the Blue Campaign
How to talk to youth about human trafficking - a guide for youth caretakers and individuals working with youth
Documentary:
Men who Buy Sex: Everybody Pays
- Facebook page
- Article from Macomb Daily (MI)
Websites:
Ending Human Trafficking website
Stations of the Cross - video
End Human Trafficking: In Our Backyard
Collaborative to End Human Trafficking
Reclaim 13
Truckers Against Trafficking
Documents:
Human Trafficking and Technology: Youth and Families - a resource from a workshop
5 Tips for keeping kids safe online
Contact your elected officials! A handout from the May 2022 meeting
Labor Trafficking Fact Sheet
Take Action / Legislative Actions
Legislative Notes, May 2022
Sex trafficking is involving young children more and more. Usually as a result of domestic violence and those families in poverty and looking for a way to make money. See this document for more information.
Bills Introduced: Sept 5-8, 2023: Human Trafficking
S. 2744—Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)/Commerce, Science, and Transportation (09/07/23)—A bill to provide grants to transit operators and airports for human trafficking awareness, education, and prevention efforts, and for other purposes. S.2744 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): A bill to provide grants to transit operators and airports for human trafficking awareness, education, and prevention efforts, and for other purposes. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
Hearings This Week:
Child Protection- On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance will hold a hearing, “Children are Not for Sale: Examining the Threat of Exploitation of Children in the U.S. and Abroad.”
Human Trafficking- On Thursday, the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations will hold a hearing, “Children are not for Sale– Global Efforts to Address Child Trafficking.”
Prayers
Prayer for an End to Human Trafficking, World Vision
A Prayer for Victims of Human Trafficking, as shared by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station, N.J.
Flyers from UTO Grant, 2014 - developed by North Dakota
State Attorney General Offices
Check information from your AG's office for what is happening in your state
Illinois - no dedicated webpage found
Indiana - no dedicated webpage found
- 2020 state report from Coalition to End Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking
Michigan - commission
Missouri
Ohio
Wisconsin (also the WI Department of Children and Families)
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