Trafficking Awareness Day

Hi Everyone,

Sorry for the late posting on this, but please see the events below for Trafficking Awareness Day this Tuesday, January 11th. Please pass this e-mail along to anyone that might be interested in these events. Remember that action against this horrific injustice starts with each and every one of you!

Best,

Shelley

Tuesday is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day! There are three different events taking place in Washington, DC on this day.

If you enjoy sports please join Polaris Project and the DC Human Trafficking Task Force (DCHTTF) at the Washington Wizards v. Sacramento Kings game at 7:00 p.m. at the Verizon Center! The event will bring attention to human trafficking at a widely publicized sports game. During the game there will be an announcement encouraging the thousands of spectators to visit the DCHTTF information booth in the stadium to get more information on human trafficking.

Where: Verizon Center (601 F St. NW)
When: Tuesday, 1/11/2011 at 7:00 p.m.
Details: Purchase your tickets here. When prompted just enter: WIZARDS

Click here for more details.

If you attended the DC Stop Modern Slavery Walk in October please wear your red shirts from the walk which highlight the DCHTTF and the National Human Trafficking Hotline (1-888-3737-888). If you weren’t at the walk and do not have a t-shirt please feel free to wear any red shirt to show your solidarity.

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There are also two events organized by Florida International University. First, a Congressional Forum on Human Trafficking, where panelists will discuss the issue. The details are as follows:

Where: Rayburn House Office Building 2200
When: Tuesday, 1/11/2011 at 2:00 p.m.
Details: This event is open to the general public

The second, a theater production of Body & Sold at the Kennedy Center. This is a play performed by students from Florida International University and based on transcripts extracted from interviews conducted by playwright Debora Fortson in which ten young victims of human trafficking share their experiences and journeys of loss, innocence and redemption. If you’re more of a theater enthusiast, please consider joining us for the evening’s performance! The details are as follows:

Where: The Kennedy Center
When: Tuesday 1/11/2011 at 7:30 p.m.
Details: Tickets are $30. Please click here to purchase your tickets now.

We hope that you can make it out to at least one of these events to commemorate National Human Trafficking Awareness Day with us (we’ll have staff and supporters at all three venues).

We look forward to seeing you there!

Johanna Olivas
Program Associate
Public Outreach and Communications