Human Trafficking

Senate Passes Bill to Penalize Websites for Sex Trafficking

March 22, 2018 Our friends and partners in the New Jersey Coalition Against Human Trafficking have worked long and hard in support of legislation to penalize those who have enabled the exponential growth of human trafficking in the United States – and just yesterday, they won.…

Special Screening on July 18: I am Jane Doe

July 11, 2017 The Community Foundation of New Jersey is proud to sponsor a special viewing of I am Jane Doe, the eye-opening documentary on human trafficking, in Morris Plains next week. This film describes the long and painful legal process that trafficking victims and their families have endured to hold companies like Backpage.com…

“Modern Day Slavery: Human Trafficking by Any Other Name” Forum is January 31st

This Forum on human trafficking will be moderated by NJ Coalition Facilitator, Melanie Roth Gorelick, and feature  Isabel Vincent; Author of “Bodies and Souls” Investigative Reporter New York Post, Heather Hadley; Assistant Prosecutor Mercer County Human Trafficking Liaison, and Sophia Lane; Sanar Wellness Institute Director of Training & Consultative Services “Modern Day Slavery: Human Trafficking by Any Other Name” January 31st 1pm – 3pm The Jewish Center, 435 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ Sponsored by The Jewish Center, NJ Coalition Against Human Trafficking, Jewish Family and Children’s Services, Center for Jewish Life at Princeton, and Stop Abusive Relationships at Home (S.A.R.A.H.)…

RWJ Human Trafficking Forum on January 27th

The NJ Coalition Against Human Trafficking along with Robert Wood Johnson and its community partners are hosting a forum addressing human trafficking on Wednesday, January 27th, 2016 to increase awareness and knowledge of this modern day slavery. Click here for more info.…

SOAP Outreach Continues

June 10, 2015 At a SOAP outreach event in Morris and Essex Counties on May 31, volunteers distributing Missing Persons posters helped one hotel employee identify a missing 14-year old girl. Another group of volunteers became deeply suspicious of several employees at another establishment, and the New Jersey Coalition Against Human Trafficking (NJCAHT) has since been in touch with the Essex County Prosecutor’s office about possible trafficking taking place on the premises.…

Human Trafficking Events in April & May

April 9, 2015 There are a number of human trafficking-related events in New Jersey in April and May. We encourage you to scan the below list and consider attending one or more of these awareness-raising opportunities. As we said in an editorial in January, “the best way for ordinary citizens to help defeat this scourge is by raising awareness.”…

Trafficking Update: Good News from Arizona

February 25, 2015 Last month we told you about the work the Community Foundation and its fundholders have supported and directly participated in to eliminate the scourge of human trafficking in New Jersey. This month, we’re pleased to share good news from our friends in Arizona, which hosted this year’s Super Bowl.…

On Our 2015 Agenda: Human Trafficking

January 2, 2015 The Community Foundation of New Jersey, on behalf of and in partnership with many of its fundholders, has focused on eliminating the scourge of human trafficking from the Garden State and beyond. This month marks the one-year anniversary of our work to stop human trafficking at the 2014 Super Bowl.…