SPECIAL EVENT ON AUG 1.
Next meeting: Aug 9, 2022, 6:30 pm ET / 5:30 pm CT
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Quarterly meetings in 2022: Feb 8, May 10, Aug 9, Nov 8 (2nd Tuesdays)
Network description:
This network provides people and parishes that are interested in or currently working on Human Trafficking methods of prevention and sharing ways to raise awareness. We will be sharing educational information, ideas, strategies, and programs. The network will provide opportunities for our parishes and dioceses to connect with each other, and also connect with the whole Episcopal Church.
Convener: Cheryl Gray, Ohio
Executive Board Liaison: Edie Wakevainen, Michigan
This network provides people and parishes that are interested in or currently working on Human Trafficking methods of prevention and sharing ways to raise awareness. We will be sharing educational information, ideas, strategies, and programs. The network will provide opportunities for our parishes and dioceses to connect with each other, and also connect with the whole Episcopal Church.
Convener: Cheryl Gray, Ohio
Executive Board Liaison: Edie Wakevainen, Michigan
SPECIAL EVENT
Anti-Human Trafficking: Prayer service and speaker
It Happens Here, Too
Monday, Aug. 1, 7 pm ET / 6 pm CT
Registration is required
Anti-Human Trafficking Prayer Service and Speaker
It happens here, too. In our backyards, in our communities. Human Trafficking is the exploitation of humans for profit, often categorized by sex and labor trafficking. It occurs in every city and state across the United States.
What can we do about this complex problem in our communities? Let’s begin by increasing our awareness about the issue. See the global statistics according to the International Labor Organization at the bottom of this article.
Scary. But, there’s hope.
Join us as we offer prayers for survivors of human trafficking and listen to Cleveland Municipal Judge Marilyn B. Cassidy. Judge Cassidy will present her work on the Court’s special docket which assists survivors of trafficking to recover
Monday, Aug. 1, 7 pm ET / 6 pm CT
Registration is required
Anti-Human Trafficking Prayer Service and Speaker
It happens here, too. In our backyards, in our communities. Human Trafficking is the exploitation of humans for profit, often categorized by sex and labor trafficking. It occurs in every city and state across the United States.
What can we do about this complex problem in our communities? Let’s begin by increasing our awareness about the issue. See the global statistics according to the International Labor Organization at the bottom of this article.
Scary. But, there’s hope.
Join us as we offer prayers for survivors of human trafficking and listen to Cleveland Municipal Judge Marilyn B. Cassidy. Judge Cassidy will present her work on the Court’s special docket which assists survivors of trafficking to recover
Province V Resolution 2022
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.
Resources
July 30, 2022 - World Day against Trafficking in Persons
January 2023 - National Human Trafficking Awareness Month (Jan 11 - if you prefer to name a specific day)
Documentary:
Men who Buy Sex: Everybody Pays
- Facebook page
- Article from Macomb Daily (MI)
Websites:
Stations of the Cross - video
End Human Trafficking: In Our Backyard
Collaborative to End Human 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 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.
January 2023 - National Human Trafficking Awareness Month (Jan 11 - if you prefer to name a specific day)
Documentary:
Men who Buy Sex: Everybody Pays
- Facebook page
- Article from Macomb Daily (MI)
Websites:
Stations of the Cross - video
End Human Trafficking: In Our Backyard
Collaborative to End Human 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 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.
