Jennifer Holmes desperately needed a place to live. It was an awful feeling, standing in front of a landlord in Norfolk as her heart raced, praying he would overlook her criminal record. “I had been turned down so many times,” she said. “I knew I could end up back on the streets.” Holmes’ mother was …
CHESTER, Va. (WWBT)- A local nonprofit is on a mission to raise awareness about human trafficking and funding for a new two-year residential recovery program in central Virginia. Kristin Vaughn knows first-hand about human trafficking because she was once trapped inside of it. “It was the very darkest, worst point of my life,” said Vaughn, …
Written by Shir Gilad Shir Gilad is a first-generation American and undergraduate student at George Washington University, majoring in criminal justice and minoring in law and society. She received an Associate of Arts degree from Broward College in Economics during high school. She is passionate about civil rights enforcement and prosecuting criminal civil rights violations …
Patrick McKenna, co-founder of the Virginia Coalition Against Human Trafficking, said this bill is important for first-year students entering college. “It’s critical that they understand traffickers’ means and methods and how they go about to create vulnerability,” McKenna said. The training will hopefully help students understand their own potential vulnerabilities and be able to see …
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RICHMOND, Va. — Over the next two days, anti-human trafficking advocates will be in Richmond as part of an ongoing effort to eradicate the problem. The 3rd Annual Regional Human Trafficking Summit, hosted by the Regional Interdisciplinary Collaborative Working to Disrupt Human Trafficking (RIC) is being held at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in …
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — Advocates in Montgomery County spoke out about the importance of protecting yourself and those around you from sex trafficking. Their main message? Any of us can become a victim at any moment — but all of us can do something to put a stop to it. The Virginia …
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RICHMOND, Va. (VirginiaBusiness.com)— Legislators raised a few questions with a measure that would deploy hotel staff to help combat human trafficking. The bill introduced by Del. Shelly A. Simonds, D-Newport News, was heard Thursday in a House subcommittee. House Bill 258 would authorize the Department of Criminal Justice Services to create an online mandatory course to help …
RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) — With the 2022 Virginia General Assembly session underway, advocates against human trafficking are vying for lawmakers’ attention to expand the rights of trafficking victims in the commonwealth. Officials with the Virginia Coalition Against Human Trafficking say they have two main goals this session. First, they’re pushing for the non-criminalization of juveniles …
STAUNTON, Va. (The Washington Post) — Kaitlyn Savage wants to bring awareness to what she believes is a major problem in the United States and around the world — human trafficking. According to the Organization for World Peace, while statistics vary, by some estimates there are up to 300,000 individuals trafficked each year in the …
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