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First Place to Turn...
TurnAround's E-Newsletter
 January 2014
Human trafficking or "modern-day slavery" affects nearly 2 million people worldwide each year.
 

 

January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Month and we want to start the year off by raising awareness about this important issue. In the United States any minor under 18 years of age involved in prostitution is considered trafficked. Human trafficking is defined as the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for commercial sex, labor or services through the use of force, fraud, or coercion, for the purpose of subjecting that person to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage or slavery. In the United States any minor under 18 years of age involved in prostitution is considered trafficked.

 

Also known as "Modern Day Slavery," human trafficking is a global industry estimated to make $32 billion annually. It is the fastest growing and second largest criminal activity in the world, tied with arms and after drug dealing. There is no one type of victim. Trafficking can happen to people of many different backgrounds, including men and women, boys and girls, people of all sexual orientations or gender identities, and people who are born in the United States, or in many countries around the world; all are vulnerable. Victims come from our neighborhoods, every corner of our nation, and every part of the globe.

 
Given the magnitude of human trafficking, combating it will require international effort as well as community action. We hope every community and every individual will raise awareness and fight human trafficking wherever it exists; declaring as one that slavery has no place in our world.

 
  

Know Your Rights!

 

 

Be treated and paid fairly

 

A safe and healthy workplace

 

Not be held in a job against their will

 

Keep their passport and other identification documents in their possession

 

Report abuse without retaliation

 

Be free from discrimination and harassment of any kind

 

Leave an abusive employment situation

 

Request help from unions and immigrant labor rights groups

 

Seek justice in U.S. courts

  
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Happening at TurnAround

NOMORE CAMPAIGN

TurnAround is proud to be an official community partner with the NO MORE movement in our continued effort to spread awareness about forms of abuse everywhere. NO MORE is a movement centered on a powerful new symbol that brings together all people who want to end domestic violence and sexual  assault. 

 

The goal of the NO MORE campaign is to help spark a national  dialogue and move the issues of domestic violence and sexual assault  higher on the public's agenda. For more information of ways to get  involved, please visit www.nomore.org. You can sign up to get updates or follow them on Instagram and Twitter @NOMOREorg.

 
IMPORTANT ANNOUCMENT: TurnAround's free self defense classes have been discontinued until further notice. We extend our deepest apologies for any inconvenience.
  
We will make great effort to try to keep survivors and advocates aware of other safe places throughout Baltimore City and County where free self defense classes are being offered. Again, our sincere apologies.
 
JOB OPENINGS

Full-Time Residential Manager: Provides evening, overnight and morning coverage at TurnAround's Transitional Home for survivors of sex trafficking. Residential Manager is responsible for the supervision of residents and management of the home. The Residential Manager insures a safe, supportive and productive environment for survivors to rebuild.

 

Part-time Master's Level Therapist: Needed to work with adult victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, and sex trafficking. Two evenings required.

 

: This is a part-time/contractual position to co-facilitate psycho-educational groups for Domestic Violence Offenders. We have openings for both LCSW-C/LCPC and LGSW/LGPC (licensed in Maryland). Prior experience with domestic violence groups preferred.

 

If interested please follow link for further instruction.  http://turnaroundinc.org/jobopenings.html  

 

In the News

 

Worker Abuse by Diplomats a Problem, Advocates Say

 

The prosecution of an Indian consular official in New York accused of forcing her maid to toil for little pay highlights a problem advocates say is all too common - workers for foreign governments who bring along the baggage of human trafficking to the U.S.

 

Maryland's Domestic Abuse Victims Deserve Better Protections

 

Past efforts to change the outdated law never got very far in a hidebound legislature, and advocates became so discouraged that they didn't even raise the matter in recent years.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sincerely,

Angeles Evans, Editor
TurnAround, Inc.