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 Kendis Paris
Letter from the Executive Director
  Key to combating human trafficking is the battle for the heart and mind. It’s imperative that each individual understand the realities of the crime, while also recognizing the horrors such victims endure. From there we see, in most individuals, a perspective shift away from blaming or disregarding the prostituted person toward seek- ing to aid and assist them. As an anti-trafficking organization, an essential next step becomes helping the individual, organization or agency develop practical ways they can uniquely make a difference.
At TAT, this type of targeted systems change informs every programming goal, as we seek to develop pathways for engagement within our partners’ existing infrastructures, allowing them
to implement anti-trafficking policies and protocols where none previously existed. From carriers uploading TAT training into their learning management systems and ensuring all drivers know the signs to look for:
... to legislators creating a law which makes anti-trafficking training an essential component for the CDL schools in their state ... to a company who works to guarantee that every carrier hauling their products from point A to point B becomes TAT trained
... to a truck stop chain seeking to use their locations to support the vulnerable
... to a state Department of Education ensuring that every school bus driver receives Busing on the Lookout training
... to a truck driver who takes a second look and makes the necessary phone call
... to law enforcement officers who now offer a prostituted
person victim services instead of placing them under arrest, targeted systems change makes the broader vision of discovering and disrupting human trafficking networks actionable and provides a sense of focus.
As you will discover throughout this report, TAT partners are doing an extraordinary job evaluating and tweaking their systems
in order to ensure that key market sectors, including the millions
of professional drivers that traverse our nations’ roadways on a daily basis, are receiving the necessary information to ultimately aid in victim recovery. As always, we salute and thank them for turning their outrage and pity into life-saving action.
 TRUCKERS AGAINST TRAFFICKING 2019 ANNUAL REPORT
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