Coalition Subcommittees

We invite you to join one of the following coalition subcommittees to affect practical action in our region.

Public Awareness: This committee considers and takes action on collaborative efforts to raise the public awareness of human trafficking through media, event planning, and outreach.

Victim Assistance: Do you want to help find better ways to help meet the practical and felt needs of victims of human trafficking? Join this committee to help coordinate assistance efforts for victims.

Law Enforcement/Legal Liaison: This specialized committee considers how to better coordinate with law enforcement for bringing traffickers to justice, identifying potential victims, and providing specialized legal services for victims.

Please take a moment to email us indicating which committee you would like to join. One of our subcommittee members will contact you.

Exodus Inc Upcoming Events

April 27, 2008

The Fourth Annual "A Time of Hope and Healing Service, Auction, Concert and Candlelight Ceremony"

Exodus, Inc. is still in great need of iteme (any that would make great auction pieces), tons more needed, we want this to be the best auction ever for domestic violence, child abuse, rape, incest and human trafficking victims. In honor of victims we plan to donate 10% of proceeds to the newly founded Human Trafficking Coalition of Nashville. We also plan to open up a home dedicated to victims in April-with a ribbon cutting ceremony and the works, when you donate you are also invited to this major event. And your name will be listed as a giver. We really need your help. And if you would just like to make a donation or contribution to our "Give Them Hope to Dream Again Campaign Tour 2008" please contact us at 615-732-6155 or stop our offices at 725 Cool Springs Blvd., Ste 600, Franklin, TN. 37067 Come out also to hear stories of hope. We are also in great need of local and national Artists (singers and art works) for the 4 hour concert/art show at the Reception and during the Silent Auction.

Retreats

The Winter/Spring Retreats for former victims of abuse, has a special just for March, April and May only, we are offering $100.00 off with "Give Her Hope to Dream Again Scholarships" off the current rate, so the cost would only be $250.00 (The first 100 women who call about the ad and sign up qualify). This special time can be just for you or a group of women who have been through any kind of abusive torture and trauma and need this time just for themselves,God and a loving and caring support system around them. The retreats can be any days you want. And can go for 2-3 days,. When you sign up Exodus, Inc. will donate $25.00 to The Human Trafficking Coilation of Nashville, in which Exodus, Inc. is a proud members of. So please by all means call and sign up today. This will be a time in your life you do not want to miss and yes, you do deserve it. For more information call 615-732-6155 or 686-6524, www.exodusinc.org

About Nashville Rescue and Restore

We are a coalition of community service organizations, health clinics, churches, law enforcement, government agencies, media professionals, students, teachers, and individuals united in a common mission to eliminate human trafficking in Middle Tennessee through raising community awareness, coordinating assistance to victims, and holding traffickers accountable.

Raising Community Awareness
Through direct outreach and public awareness campaigns, our goal is to help identify, rescue and serve victims of trafficking so that every individual forced, coerced, or fraudulently induced into exploitive work will have the courage and support to come forward and receive the full protection and benefits by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000.

Coordinating Assistance to Victims
By coordinating assistance through local social service organizations, our goal is to help protect and serve victims of trafficking in Middle Tennessee. Such services include emergency housing, food, clothing, medical care, translation, legal services, and psychological care.

Holding Traffickers Accountable
We recognize and value the strategic importance of working directly with local, state, and federal law enforcement. Our common goal is to develop an effective partnership to help identify more victims and hold the traffickers accountable for their crimes.

We work directly with the National Rescue and Restore Campaign initiated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

For more information about how to join the Nashville Rescue and Restore Coalition, download this sign-up form (doc 440KB) or email us at info@nasvillerescueandrestore.org

Middle TN Updates on Trafficking

Links to relevant news articles regarding Human Trafficking in Middle Tennessee:

News Coverage on NBC
October, 2007 - WSMV.com (NBC-Nashville)

Human Trafficking Close to Home
July 24, 2007 - By Dwayne Hastings, The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission

Natalie Grant Helps Expand Efforts Against Human Trafficking
July 22, 2007 - By Kevin Jackson, The Christian Post

Human Trafficking Coalition Aims to Tackle Growing Problem
July 17, 2007 - WKRN.com (CBS-Nashville)

Human Trafficking Victims Alive, Still Unidentified in Nashville
July 16, 2007 - By Jared Allen, The City Paper

Middle Tennessee sees rise in Human Trafficking
June 22, 2007 - By Katie Allison Granju, WBIR.com (NBC-Knoxville)

Metro Police Work with FBI to Bust Brothels
May 18, 2007 - NewsChannel5.com

Human Trafficking Suspected, Busted Brothels Further Investigated
May 17, 2007 - WKRN.com (CBS-Nashville)

Police Raid Mexican Brothel in Madison
March 8, 2007 - NewsChannel5.com

U.S. Trafficking in Persons Report 2007

Letter from Secretary Condoleezza Rice
Released by the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
June 12, 2007

Dear Reader:

Two hundred years ago, the British Parliament outlawed the trans-Atlantic slave trade, culminating a decades-long struggle led by William Wilberforce.

Trafficking in persons is a modern-day form of slavery, a new type of global slave trade. Perpetrators prey on the most weak among us, primarily women and children, for profit and gain. They lure victims into involuntary servitude and sexual slavery. Today we are again called by conscience to end the debasement of our fellow men and women. As in the 19th century, committed abolitionists around the world have come together in a global movement to confront this repulsive crime. President George W. Bush has committed the United States Government to lead in combating this serious 21st century challenge, and all nations that are resolved to end human trafficking have a strong partner in the United States.

The seventh annual Trafficking in Persons Report documents efforts by foreign governments to prevent human trafficking, prosecute criminals, and protect their victims. The report probes even the darkest places, calling to account any country, friend or foe, that is not doing enough to combat human trafficking.

The power of shame has stirred many to action and sparked unprecedented reforms; and the growing awareness has prompted important progress in combating this crime and assisting its victims wherever they are found.

Defeating human trafficking is a great moral calling of our day. Together with our allies and friends, we will continue our efforts to bring this cruel practice to an end. Thank you for joining the new abolitionist movement. Together we can make a difference, and together we can build a safer, freer, and more prosperous world for all.

Sincerely,

Condoleezza Rice

PDF Version: Trafficking in Persons Report 2007 (22MB)