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Update from Not For Sale Georgia
The Peach State is turning Orange!
NFS State Directors Mark & Keisha Hoerrner give us their remarkable update on the anti-trafficking movement in Gerogia…
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“It’s been a very busy time here at the NFS Georgia campaign. We started our mapping project with students from Kennesaw State and are working to bring in other student groups from UGA, GSU, GC&SU, Emory, Ga. Tech and other local schools.
In addition, we have been putting together a day-long summit on human trafficking.
We’ve been meeting and networking with state and federal law enforcement, state and federal government agencies, and with partners from the Georgia Rescue & Restore coalition.
We have been assisting the national campaign with finalizing many of the documents we are making available to the public at no charge. We’re working to put together a logical framework for a statewide annual report on human trafficking and slavery. We’re authoring a handbook for starting community coalitions. We’re examining international trafficking data in order to produce groundbreaking research on human trafficking statistics and the environmental effects of trafficking on a community.
This is not to brag about how tired we are but how committed we are to ensuring that the scourge of human trafficking is eliminated in our lifetime. We can’t do it alone. We need you. We’re seeing some great things happen – such as the recent arrests in China at the same time our local law enforcement is busting up forced labor rings here in Georgia. But the Atlanta Journal-Constitution article also brought to light that as soon as six different illegal employment agencies were brought down, two new agencies had opened their doors to do the same business. This only underlines the need for constant vigilance and the need for organizations like NFS to exist.”
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