Human Trafficking

Help Us Stop Human Trafficking

January 27, 2014 This past weekend, hundreds of volunteers from across New Jersey – including many from the Community Foundation – worked to prepare hotels in the vicinity of the Meadowlands to stop human trafficking and forced prositution during the Super Bowl.…

Join Us to Stop Human Trafficking in New Jersey

January 9, 2014 We know two things for sure about next month’s Super Bowl at the Meadowlands in New Jersey. First, neither the Jets nor the Giants will take the field. And second, the incidence of human trafficking and forced prostitution will spike.…

Community Foundation Uses Soap to Fight Human Trafficking

November 20, 2013 The Community Foundation of New Jersey today announced it is supporting a coalition of organizations utilizing the newest weapon in the fight against human trafficking: soap. With the Community Foundation’s support, the New Jersey Coalition Against Human Trafficking will be distributing thousands of bars of soap on whose wrapping there is a crisis hotline for human trafficking. …

CFNJ Donors Fight Human Trafficking with Soap

August 7, 2013 The Community Foundation of New Jersey first started talking about combating human trafficking in New Jersey last year in an aptly titled piece, “Human Trafficking Comes to New Jersey.”  There we told you that New Jersey’s proximity to New York City, extensive transportation network, and diverse population make it a hub for all forms of human trafficking.…

Human Trafficking in New Jersey

February 11, 2013 Human trafficking impacts innocent people – young and old – all around the world. Child soldiers in the Congo, sexual slavery in Southeast Asia, and even forced slavery here in New Jersey. The footage we see on television or the stories we read in a magazine often focus on the brutal treatment of innocents in countries a world away.…