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    Polaris’ “Human Trafficking 101”: The Training We Need to Prevent and Reduce Human Trafficking

    • January 18, 2022
    Human trafficking, as defined by U.S. law, is the use of force, fraud, or coercion to compel a person into commercial sex acts or labor against their will. Over the…
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      How You Can Help During National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month

      • December 21, 2021
      In 2010, the President proclaimed that the month of January would be National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Since this declaration, there have been multiple anti-trafficking policy achievements such…
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        • Women

        Aspire and act: a world without slavery or servitude can be realized

        • December 21, 2018
        It’s fitting that as the month of December ends, a month where we commemorated the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the month of January is beginning,…
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          • Projects That Inspire

          From Coast to Coast, here’s how The Junior League is fighting the scourge of human trafficking

          • July 30, 2018
          The numbers alone tell the story. 21 million people in the world are victims of human trafficking. 71% of human trafficking victims are women and girls. And when it comes…
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            Moving the Needle on Human Trafficking in Your Community and Across the U.S.

            • January 30, 2017
            Many people do not recognize the critical role they can play in their workplaces and communities to fight human trafficking on a daily basis. From analyzing supply chains in your company’s complex web of services and products, to identifying farm workers or domestic workers
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              • Women

              Sometimes change takes a while

              • January 6, 2017
              Human trafficking has been high on the legislative agenda of the Junior Leagues of the State of New York State Public Affairs Committee since 2006, when NYSPAC members urged members…
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                • Projects That Inspire

                What is CSE/HT? (Hint: It involves children.)

                • October 12, 2016
                It’s a handy catchphrase for Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children/Human Trafficking, which the Junior League of Atlanta adopted as a focus area in 2013. JLA offers up these statistics to…
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                  • Women

                  What Can “We” Do About Human Trafficking?

                  • January 13, 2016
                  It’s hard to remember now, but it was only recently that human trafficking – which is a growing global problem of enormous scale – was something that most people simply…
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                  3 Questions: Caroline Vance Bruister & Virginia Chambers, Co-Chairs of CalSPAC

                  • December 18, 2014
                  Representing 17 member Leagues across the state and acting on behalf of their nearly 10,000 members, the Junior Leagues of California State Public Affairs Committee advocates for policies that improve…
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                  • Civic Leadership

                  3 Questions: Caroline Vance Bruister & Virginia Chambers, Co-Chairs of CalSPAC

                  • December 18, 2014
                  Representing 17 member Leagues across the state and acting on behalf of their nearly 10,000 members, the Junior Leagues of California State Public Affairs Committee advocates for policies that improve…
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