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TAT Ambassadors elevate truckers’ perspectives on trafficking
17 TAT Ambassadors 17 events 14 states
Each year, the TAT Ambassador Program taps a select group of the nation’s top professional drivers to be trained to speak for Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT) at a variety of events. This year those events included a state-sponsored safety congress, a college campus event for the local HeForShe chapter, media events for the Everyday Heroes Truck, a sexual assault response team meeting, a CDL school presenta- tion, a law enforcement human trafficking conference, a church human trafficking summit, TAT Coalition Builds and media interviews with Business Insider and Fox News.
““It is such an honor and humbling experience to be a TAT Ambassador. As a mother of five and grandmother of nine, this is a very difficult subject to talk about. But I know personally that any time you can bring light to a darkness, it will make it very hard for a
sex trafficker to hide! Good and decency can only prevail if good and decent people stand up for the victims in our country!” ”
– Rhonda Hartman, ATA Captain and professional driver for Old Dominion
TAT Ambassador James Clark spoke at the Everyday Heroes Truck press conference at SEG Automotive in Detroit.
TAT Ambassador Rhonda Hartman spoke at an event with Cotting- ham & Butler Insurance on why the trucking industry is in such a unique position to fight human trafficking. Through the fundraiser at the organization, they raised $1,565 for TAT the day she spoke.
TAT Ambassadors Steve Brand and James Clark teamed up for a presentation at the gala event of the Ohio State University Chapter of HeForShe. TAT was also the recipient of their year-long fundrais- ing efforts. “Having the TAT Ambassadors Jim and Steve at our gala was absolutely the highlight of the night. Not only were they kind, but incredibly knowledgeable, and they had an intense passion for helping others. We feel so lucky that we were able to be a part of this great movement,” stated Lizzie Howald, HeForShe president at Ohio State University.
TAT Ambassador Nikki Weaver, a driver for FedEx Freight, volunteered at the Freedom Drivers Project during the Mid-Atlantic Coalition Build in Baltimore, Maryland. She presented to people as they toured the exhibit.
TRUCKERS AGAINST TRAFFICKING 2019 ANNUAL REPORT
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Presented to 600+ people Volunteered at events with 800+