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Does Human Trafficking Happen in North Carolina?

Does Human Trafficking Happen in North Carolina?

Human trafficking occurs in North Carolina every day. The very limited data that is available answers the question, and though it isn’t a full picture, it does provide a snapshot.

It’s Our Problem

It’s Our Problem

A new report (“Forced Labour Risk is Pervasive in the US Land-Based Food Supply”) released in July found that 62% of total forced labor risk in land-based food supply comes from U.S. domestic production or processing.

Leaving No One Behind

Leaving No One Behind

NC Stop Human Trafficking, in 2022, trained 630 first responders and law enforcement officers in how to identify and respond to human trafficking, which is a direct effort to ensure that response to human trafficking in North Carolina is strong and trauma-informed.

The Unseen and Unhelped

The Unseen and Unhelped

What we believe, what we accept, and what think we know leaves a large swath of children unseen and unhelped. Those children are boys.

An Open Letter: How Much Is a Childhood Worth?

An Open Letter: How Much Is a Childhood Worth?

How much is a childhood worth? I learned about child trafficking at a missions conference in 2006, and like many people first learning about the issue, I understood two things: it was selling children for sex, and it happened in foreign countries.

May Edition: Keith Letchworth & Derick Fields of the National Alliance on Mental Illness – Pitt County

May Edition: Keith Letchworth & Derick Fields of the National Alliance on Mental Illness – Pitt County

This month we are recognizing May as Mental Health Awareness Month with our guests, Keith Letchworth, vice president of the Pitt County chapter of NAMI, and Derick Fields, secretary of the Pitt County Chapter of NAMI and certified NAMI Peer Support Facilitator. Join us as we learn about what the National Alliance on Mental Illness has to offer as well as a conversation around destigmatizing mental illness.

PCBRACE April Edition: Pitt County Sheriff’s Office’s Venus Curry, Community Programs Coordinator & Sgt. Lee Darnell, Public Information Officer

PCBRACE April Edition: Pitt County Sheriff’s Office’s Venus Curry, Community Programs Coordinator & Sgt. Lee Darnell, Public Information Officer

This month we welcome representatives from the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office, Venus Curry, community programs coordinator, and Sgt. Lee Darnell, public information officer, to discuss the amazing work the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office is doing to build resilience in the community through its community programming and the programs, such as WEAR and SHARP, being offered at the Pitt County Detention Center.

PCBRACE is here to normalize the conversations about trauma and resilience, pull difficult issues out into the light to obliterate the shame, blame, and secrecy to build a better community for our children and ourselves.

Pitt County Sheriff’s Office Programs:

Learn more about S.U.M.M.E.R. program

Learn more about S.H.A.R.P. and W.E.A.R. programs

Learn more about the GED program

Learn more about Serving Our Seniors program

Click here to learn more about TEDI BEAR Child Advocacy Center.

Sign up for the virtual Stewards of Children
Click here to learn more about NC Stop Human Trafficking.

Check out NC Stop Human Trafficking’s learning opportunities.
Click here to learn more about BRACE (Building Resilience Against Courage to Excel).