NOT HERE Presents:  The Governor’s Summit on Human Trafficking

November 12 & 13, 2015

The Countdown: 96 days remaining

 

August 4th began our 100 day countdown leading up to The Governor’s Summit on Human Trafficking in Maine. Over these 100 days, we will be sharing a fact, a resource, or a perspective each day, to raise awareness, encourage discussion, and inspire action against injustice, both domestically, and globally.

Today’s Featured Resource: Labor Trafficking in Sales Crews 

Last month, Polaris, a leader in the global fight against human trafficking, released a disturbing report detailing labor trafficking within the traveling sales crew industry in the United States – and it’s impact on America’s youth. The industry, largely unregulated, employs young people as traveling door to door sales personnel selling everything from magazines to cleaning products.

 

Youth are often controlled by their traffickers with threats, psychological manipulation, and abuse. Traffickers are able to make substantial profits while often avoiding detection by law enforcement officials. Young people end up trapped, often in unfamiliar cities far from home, isolated from their friends and families, and unprotected from their abusers. 

 

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Be a part of the movement that declares Not Here!  

 

We invite you to like us on facebook, follow us on twitter, and share these resources in your social networks to help us raise awareness that yes, human trafficking DOES happen in Maine AND around the globe, and EVERYONE needs to be involved to stop it. 

 

 

Looking for more information on The Governor’s Summit on Human Trafficking?

Stay tuned! Registration information for the Summit will be coming soon!