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Upcoming RRCAHT Events

RRCAHT Human Trafficking and Social Justice Conference

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Wednesday, May 20, 2020

8 am to 5 pm

St. John Fisher College, Cleary Auditorium in Kearney Hall

3690 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14618

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We have been closely monitoring the situation with COVID-19 or coronavirus. For the health and safety of our attendees, volunteers, and staff, we have decided to cancel the May 20, 2020, RRCAHT Inaugural Human Trafficking and Social Justice Conference.

 

We appreciate your support, willingness to be a speaker, or to volunteer and we wish you all the best in this difficult time.

 

We plan to reschedule the conference for May 2021. We will keep you informed of any updates and changes. 

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Emergency Contacts

If you need help or you think you have come into contact with a victim of human trafficking...

 

 

National Human Trafficking
Resource Center 

call 1.888.373.7888 / Text HELP or

INFO to BeFree (233733)

 

 

Center For Youth

905 Monroe Ave

Rochester, NY 14620

(585) 271-7670 24 hrs

Emergency Contacts

If you need help or you think you have come into contact with a victim of human trafficking...

 

 

National Human Trafficking
Resource Center 

call 1.888.373.7888 / Text HELP or

INFO to BeFree (233733)

 

 

Center For Youth

905 Monroe Ave

Rochester, NY 14620

(585) 271-7670 24 hrs

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Willow Domestic Violence Center

24/7 HOTLINE: (585) 222-SAFE

24/7 TEXT LINE: (585) 348-SAFE

What Is Human Trafficking?

Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery where people profit from the control and exploitation of others. As defined under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA)

 

Sex Trafficking is the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age; or

 

Labor Trafficking is the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purpose of labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.

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For comprehensive information about Human Trafficking, including links to videos, refer to the Human Trafficking Awareness Manual of the Sisters of Charity of New York.

Featured news story

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Rochester human trafficking court to expand

(RochesterFirst.com - October 29, 2019

Yes, Here!
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Federal Jury Convicts Rochester Man Of Sex Trafficking

U.S. Attorney for the Western District, New York - November 15, 2018

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Irondequoit sex trafficker John Spencer sentenced to 17 to 21 years in prison

Democrat and Chronicle - April 20, 2018

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Sex trafficker John Spencer convicted of trafficking, promoting prostitution, assault

Democrat and Chronicle - March 13, 2018

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Human Trafficking as close as next door

Democrat and Chronicle - February 2, 2018

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Dozens of Rochester kids acknowledge they've been sold for sex

Democrat and Chronicle - February 3, 2018

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Violent sex trafficker Stephen Jones sentenced to 25 years in federal prison​

Democrat and Chronicle - December 21, 2017

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Slaughter pledges $600k to fight human trafficking​

Rochester Business Journal - October 11, 2017

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Husband And Wife Plead Guilty To Sex Trafficking​

U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of NY - August 2, 2017

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Man sentenced for sex trafficking of girl

Democrat and Chronicle - November 23, 2016

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Battle rages over human trafficking - Courts, nonprofits help local

victims recover and thrive​

Democrat and Chronicle - November 22, 2016

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Police: Massage parlor a front for prostitution

Democrat and Chronicle - November 3, 2016

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Sex trafficker suspected in new crime

Democrat and Chronicle - August 26, 2016

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Click here for our Yes, Here page.

Latest Traffic Report

Regional

 

How Do You Care for Sex-Trafficking Victims if You Can’t Hold On to Them?

New York Times - December 6, 2017

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House Democrats seek answers after ICE agents arrest possible victim of human trafficking​

New York Daily News - July 14, 2017

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Human trafficking 'a significant issue in Western New York'

Buffalo Law Journal - July 10, 2017

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Sex sting bust nets 12, including local school bus driver, Glens Falls radio DJ

WTEN, Albany - June 12, 2017

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Bill Seeks to Enlist New York Hotels to Help Fight Sex Trafficking

New York Times - April 16, 2017

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A Guardian Is Accused of Holding 2 Teenagers Captive in Queens for Years

New York Times - January 12, 2017

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The January RRCAHT Newsletter is now available.

 

You can read it here and you can join the mailing list for future editions by clicking here.

Thank you to the Vignelli Center for Design Studies at RIT for your sponsorship and contributions to our branding and Yes, Here. marketing campaign.

National
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Who buys a child for sex? Otherwise ordinary men

IndyStar - January 30, 2018

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Task Force In Santa Rosa County Focuses On Human Trafficking​

WUWF (NW Florida) - October 18, 2017

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Woman was trapped by sex trafficking life

Albuquerque Journal - July 17, 2017

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Services, funding for sex trafficking victims in short supply

Albuquerque Journal - July 17, 2017

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Helping sex trafficking victims is a challenge

Albuquerque Journal - July 16, 2017

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More than 1,000 police officers underwent human trafficking training in last fiscal year 

Topeka Capital Journal - July 16, 2017

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Wisconsin Hospital Works to Educate About Trafficked Youth

WDIO-TV (Duluth) - July 15, 2017

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Chance encounter leads to prosecutions

Albuquerque Journal - July 15, 2017

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How Cleveland has become a leader in trying to eradicate human trafficking​

Christian Science Monitor - July 9, 2017

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21 Across U.S. Are Indicted in ‘Modern-Day Sex Slave’ Ring

New York Times - May 25, 2017

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Flight Attendants Fight Human Trafficking With Eyes in the Sky

New York Times - February 7, 2017

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