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Volume 2, Issue 1
April 2011

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Hello friends and supporters,

We've updated the format of our newsletter to make it easier to read and to enable access right from your email box. We're excited to let you know about what's been happening with Truckers Against Trafficking in 2011. Thank you for your continued support! We couldn't do it without each and every one of you.

Truckers Against Trafficking
Chapter 61

 

 

Training video is now available!! 

 

We are thrilled to announce that our training video is complete and available for download and use. This is a first-of-its-kind training DVD on human trafficking and the critical role members of the trucking/travel plaza industry can have in fighting it.

 

The DVD features interviews with the FBI, a prosecuting attorney, truckers who have seen human trafficking taking place on their routes, a trafficking victim rescued from a truck stop through the call of a trucker, actual footage of prostituted women at a travel plaza and information on concrete ways members of the trucking/travel plaza industry can fight this crime in the course of their daily work. It was produced by iEmpathize, an arts and advocacy non profit (www.iempathize.com) that creates opportunities for people to explore and engage in issues of injustice.

 

View the video on our website:

www.truckersagainsttrafficking.com

 

OR

 

Download the video at:

http://vimeo.com/21392891

 

You can also request a copy of the DVD by emailing:

chapter61@gmail.com

 
Speaking Engagements for TATTAT Booth at Mid American Trucking Show

1.     January - National Human Trafficking Awareness Day - Kylla Leeburg, representing Chapter 61 Ministries and Truckers Against Trafficking, took part in a Tulsa-area press conference with other Oklahoma abolitionist groups.

 

 2. February - Human Trafficking conference in Houston, TX, hosted by Free the Captives - Crystal Chandler spoke on behalf of TAT.

 

3.     March - Tammy Stauffer, Transport for Christ, spoke on behalf of Truckers Against Trafficking at Liberty University's Abolishing Slavery week.

 

4.     March-April - TAT represented at MATS by Chapter 61 Ministries members

 

5.   April - OATH Human Trafficking Awareness Conference in Tulsa and Oklahoma City - Kirsta Melton will be speaking on behalf of TAT and Chapter 61. 

 

6.    May - Kendis Paris speaking about TAT at the first Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition conference in San Diego, bringing together representatives from every mode of transportation, government agencies and abolitionist groups, to strategize how to more effectively mobilize all the transportation industries in the fight against human trafficking.


 

Articles and Stories on TAT

 

1. Mia Magazine article in March on TAT 

 

2. RPM for Truckers Magazine article in April on TAT 

(www.rpmfortruckers.com)

 

3. Pilot Flying J Challenge Magazine upcoming article on 

TAT

 

 4. Tulsa's News on 6 story and video on TAT in 

March:

 (http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=14318316)

 

5. Story on TAT picked up by the AP Wire in March: (http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/d495dc21fcbf4cf5a5 862e436c5a964b/OK-Truckers-Against-Trafficking/)

 

What can I do?

How do you know if someone is a victim of human trafficking? Some signs could include:

· Few or no personal possessions.
· Lack of knowledge about their community or    
  whereabouts.
· Not in control of their own identification 
  documents (ID/passport).
· Restricted or controlled communication - not allowed 
  to speak for self/third party insists on interpreting.
· Signs of malnourishment.
· Demeanor: fear, anxiety, depression, submissive, 
  tense, nervous.
· Unpaid or paid very little. Not in control of own money.

Ask the right questions:

· Where were you living before you started working here?
· Were you recruited? Were you promised anything?
· Are you being paid?
· Are you being watched or followed?
· Are you free to leave? Come and go as you please?
· Are you physically or sexually abused?
· Are you or your family threatened? What is the nature 
  of these threats?
· How many hours do you work each day?
· What are your living conditions?
· Where do you eat and sleep?

Report the incident:

· Call the National Hotline at 1-888-373-7888
· Report by email: Report@PolarisProject.org

What is TAT?

 

Truckers Against Trafficking (www.truckersaginsttrafficking.com) is an initiative of Chapter 61 (www.chapter61.com) to educate and raise awareness among members of the trucking industry about the issue of domestic sex trafficking. To a great extent, domestic sex trafficking occurs along our nation's highways and at its truck stops, where traffickers can sell their victims to a transient population they believe are less likely to attempt rescue. In response, Chapter 61 Ministries is asking the 3.5 million domestic truckers, as well as other members of the trucking industry, to become aware of this issue, and, when they suspect a human trafficking case, to call the national hotline and report it.