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ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING INITIATIVE

If you've been to ANY of our events in the past year you have more than likely heard about our initiatives alongside MPI Global to help the fight against human trafficking. A big piece of this has been the partnership we have formed with REHOPEorg, a local organization that provides housing and a recovery program for survivors of sex trafficking in the Greater Kansas City Area.

Recently, MPI KC and ReHope were chosen by Baron Cares to be featured on WDAF-TV FOX4 to share about our partnership and work we are doing around Human Trafficking. We are excited to share this news segment and hope that we can continue to bring awareness, education and resources to our industry to help fight this horrific crime.

We will be sharing more information about our work and have also recently started an Anti Human Trafficking Committee. Please let us know if you are interested in joining the committee or being a part of our AHT initiatives by emailing mpikansascity@gmail.com. 

 

 


*Human trafficking is a multibillion-dollar criminal industry that denies freedom to 24.9 million people.

This is happening in our community - Kansas City is one of the top sex trafficking cities in the country because I-35 and I-70 provide easy access to move victims.

MPI Kansas City, along with MPI Global and the MPI Anti-Human Trafficking Committee, is committed to raising awareness and joining the fight to end all forms of human trafficking. As Meeting Professionals, we have the responsibility to be vigilant in ensuring that our events are safe for all attendees, guests and bystanders. For more information and resources from MPI Global please visit MPI's Global AHT Page and check out MPI's Anti-Human Trafficking Policy.

In conjunction with offering our own AHT education and community resources, MPIKC is proud to partner with REHOPE, a local organization that provides housing, treatment, and lifelong sustainment services for women and children victims of human trafficking. They provide survivors with individual attention and focused programming that promotes sustainable healing and ongoing support. REHOPE runs three programs to carry out its mission.


  • REHOPE Farms

17-acre farm and campus for women survivors with long-term housing, trauma therapy, healing programs, education services, job preparation, reintegration services, and ongoing support. As the largest residential program in the Midwest, REHOPE Farms also partners with providers for medical and psychological needs to the survivors, free of charge.


  • REHOPE Youth

50% of those sex trafficked in the US are minors. REHOPE opened a campus for the restoration of trafficked children, and is the only organization that accepts boys in the Midwest. This campus provides trauma treatment, education, family reintegration, and advanced, trauma-informed foster/adoptive services. RH Youth serves up to 7 girls and 7 boys (11-17 years of age) at a time.


  • REHOPE Market

REHOPE Market is a social enterprise benefiting women and children survivors of human trafficking. They provide jobs, professional skills training, therapeutic and creative outlets, a reintegrated platform into the community, and a place to sell survivor-made products.


AHT Training:

Interested in local free on-site training from local experts? Contact mpikansascity@gmail.com to get more information. 


AHT Local Resources: 

Kansas 


Missouri



AHT US/Global Resources:

  • National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline: 1-888-373-7888 or Text 233733 (BeFree)


Source:
*National Human Trafficking Hotline: https://humantraffickinghotline.org/en/human-trafficking

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