Human slavery is not dead but neither are we! At the Crossroads (ATC) Chapter of the Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force is dedicated to ending human slavery for 80 miles of interstate at the crossroads of I-94 and I-69. We are a multi-discipline group of advisers offering prevention, intervention and restoration. ATC is offering a […]
Music is a powerful way to tell a story, convey a message, make a point, or spread awareness according to Mark Sullivan, MHTTF member and Associate Professor and Director of Computer Music Studies at Michigan State University’s College of Music. Concerned that many people can become paralyzed by the overwhelming problem of human trafficking, Sullivan […]
The word itself “Soroptimist” seems to be hard to pronounce for a lot of people. But it’s actually quite easy — Sor and Optimist. Soroptimist means “best for women.” It is a global women’s service organization began in 1921 in California and spread like fire throughout the United States and then to Europe. Soroptimist now […]
Break The Silence! Join us at the Human Trafficking: A Closer Look conference to be held on October 15th and 16th at the Royal Dearborn Hotel and Convention Center in Dearborn, Michigan.Co-Sponsored by the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan and the Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force, conference participants will benefit from engaging presentations and conversations […]
This blog entry is the second in a series offering a few tips for working with human trafficking survivors who are represented by an attorney. This entry discusses attorneys as victim advocates. (The first in the series posted on 8/23/15 and was titled “When Human Trafficking Survivors Have an Attorney: Confidentiality”). Often the University of […]
Every country in the world – including our own – is affected by the heinous crime of human trafficking, whether as a country of origin, transit, or destination for victims.The United Nations General Assembly has designated July 30 as World Day Against Trafficking in Persons to “raise awareness of the situation of victims of human […]
Don’t get me wrong. I am not some sheltered upper middleclass woman that was protected from the evils of this world. I practiced medicine for decades, traveled and provided medical care in some of the poorest areas in the world but it was my experience as the Medical Director of the Juvenile Justice Department during […]
Silent Tears By Amanda Smith shh…listen don’t you hear I’m crying but they are silent tears I’m crying on the inside so you can’t see All the pain running through me I cry for you I cry for me I cry for the times I can’t so if you listen you may hear my silent […]
Human trafficking is not just an issue faced outside of the USA. Unfortunately, it is a real issue in our own communities. Wedgwood’s Manasseh Project began shortly after professional staff at Wedgwood Christian Services helplessly watched as a child they knew and had cared for was trafficked and exploited in Grand Rapids. Despite all our […]
Handing me the newspaper, my husband said, “You are going to want to read this.” The article was about the Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force (MHTTF). He was right – I was interested. —– I had just completed a three-year teaching commitment at a university in Africa. Now back in Michigan, I was reordering my […]