Human Trafficking Awareness Event
Posted/updated on: March 24, 2011 at 5:49 pm
TYLER — A couple of area organizations team up to draw attention to human trafficking. The East Texas Crisis Center and 21AM are joining hands for a community awareness seminar tonight from 6:30 till 8:30 at Tyler’s Green Acres Baptist Church. According to press materials, Texas has been identified as a major hub for the growing crime of human trafficking within the United States. According to Crisis Center spokespeople, over 100,000 American minors are trafficked within the U.S. every year.
Tonight’s event is free, but registration is required; you can go to http://www.etcc.org to register. An all-day professional training conference & awareness seminar on the topic is underway at Green Acres. The Crisis Center works to address family violence, sexual assault, and other violent crime. Spokespeople say 21AM is a community partnership in East Texas committed to abolishing human trafficking at the local level.
