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Human Trafficking
What is Human Trafficking?
Human Trafficking is
known as modern-day slavery and involves the exploitation of people
through force, fraud or coercion for labor or sexual purposes. The
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 made human trafficking a
federal crime.
In conjunction with the Los
Angeles Network to End Slavery (LANES), granted under the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services Rescue and Restore Campaign, the Downtown Women's Center is
working to identify victims of human trafficking using a two-prong approach.
First, by conducting at least twice-weekly street outreach to women living on
the streets who may be victims of human trafficking in an effort to build trust
connect them with services. Second, by conducting educational workshops for the Downtown community as well as
service providers in Central City East.
Workshops
for Central City East Community Members and Service Providers
If you are interested
in setting up an educational workshop for your agency or organization,
or for more information, please contact Volunteer Coordinator
Steven Alvarez at (213)680-0600, ext 210, or
StevenA@DWCweb.org.
Street Outreach
Downtown Women’s
Center conducts street outreach at least twice a week in the Skid Row
community to women living on the streets. Our goal is to assist women
with services and personal hygiene supplies as a means to build long
lasting trusting relationships with our community. Outreach teams carry
backpacks with supplies into the Skid Row area (4th Street, 7th
Street, Main Street, Central Avenue) and engage ladies where they are
located. Outreach staff and volunteers build relationships by
employing a
non-judgmental attitude and a readiness to listen, by assisting with services
the ladies request, and by being a friend.
For more information
about street outreach, please contact Outreach Coordinator
Steven Alvarez,
at (213)680-0600, ext 211.
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