14th Annual Dragon Party to Benefit the US Institute Against Human Trafficking
The Italian Club in Ybor City, FL. and will be hosts to a performance by music artist Cutty Jones featuring Jay Slay supporting The U.S. Institute Against Human Trafficking. USIAHT is working to end Human Trafficking in the United States through prevention, combating demand, rescuing victims, influencing government policy and providing safe refuge for the restoration of survivors.
THREE ALABAMA CITIES DECLARED HUMAN TRAFFICKING-FREE ZONES
According to the USIAHT website, TFZ is a community-based initiative to reduce the number of buyers in the sex trade. The program is implemented in collaboration with community members and leaders, law enforcement, businesses, schools, health care organizations, churches and the media. The effort uses technology to reach buyers and victims on a massive scale.
Eyes & ears: City workers learning to spot signs of human trafficking
The training city employees will receive is provided primarily by the U.S. Institute Against Human Trafficking and is available online. Cullman County Human Trafficking Chair Kathy Wilson joined with the coalition to bring the TraffickingFree Zone to Cullman.
Vestavia, Birmingham + Mountain Brook are now TraffickingFree Zones
The cities of Vestavia, Birmingham and Mountain Brook, AL. have recently declared themselves TraffickingFree Zones in advance of the 2021 World Games. Find out what this means and why it matters.
Pornography consumption: The overlooked public health crisis
Moreover, its widespread use among adolescents is creating social pressure on youth to engage in what they’ve seen, even inspiring them to act it out on younger children. Pornography use is linked to adverse changes in the brain and harms areas of the mind-controlling motivation and decision-making, impaired impulse control, as well as sexual desensitization.
Pasco commission combats human trafficking
The Pasco County Commission on Human Trafficking was established in 2014 to address human trafficking within the county. Stephanie Costolo, the commission’s vice chair, is a representative of the U.S. Institute Against Human Trafficking with Liana Dean is the chairperson. Both are among its 11 members.
Council approves resolution declaring Birmingham nation’s largest Trafficking Free Zone
According to the U.S Institute Against Human Trafficking, “The (TFZ) Trafficking Free Zone program is a community-based initiative to reduce the number of buyers, whose continuous financial investments create an illicit market for traffickers to exploit young victims.
Cullman to proclaim Trafficking Free Zone
The Trafficking Free Zone is a nation-wide program of the U.S. Institute Against Human Trafficking and local anti-trafficking coalition, the Child Trafficking Solutions Project, an initiative of Alabama’s Children’s Policy Council and the Jefferson Family Court.
Vestavia Hills first city in Alabama to make effort in becoming ‘trafficking free zone’
During Monday night’s city council meeting, Vestavia Hills, AL. laid groundwork to become the first “trafficking free zone” city in the state of Alabama. This means all city employees, including first responders, will undergo human trafficking training.
USIAHT Co-Founder Kevin Malone Appointed By President Donald J. Trump To Presidential Advisory Council To End Human Trafficking
The Public-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End Human Trafficking Act was established as a result of the passage of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017 to provide advice and recommendations to the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking. The Advisory Council brings together representatives from non-governmental organizations with proven results in […]
