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TSCAHT is currently in the process of reorganizing teams that will contact local area hotels and motels to train management and staff to realize, recognize and respond to human trafficking. Current committee members Deb Albert, Mira Mosle, Jodi Tomkins, Mary Lechtenberg, and Suzie Wright have participated in the creation of a video to be usedContinue reading “Coalition Hotel/ Motel Plan Update”

Eileen Miller trained staff at the Cobblestone Inn & Suites in Manchester, Iowa, to realize, recognize and respond to human trafficking. This training is part of a committee’s work through the Coalition. The training is based on the Omaha, Nebraska, model for hotels/motels. Research reveals that 70% of sex trafficking occurs in hotels and motels.Continue reading “Hotel/Motel Training At Cobblestone”

Archdiocese of Dubuque Catholic Women gathered for a day of inspiration, prayer and learning at a Women’s Conference in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Co-Chairs of the Tri-State CAHT hosted a booth at this event in January 2017. Both women were inspired by the number of moms, grandmothers and aunts who stopped to obtain information about theContinue reading “Women’s Conference in Cedar Rapids”

Deb Albert, a member of the Coalition, created the proclamation naming January as National Anti-Human Trafficking Month. Albert contacted the Mayor’s office and Coalition members were then invited to the city council meeting in January of 2017 to present the final document to the Mayor for his signature. Pictured are (L-R) LouAnn Killberg, OSF, LisaContinue reading “Mayor Buol’s 2017 Proclamation”

20 members of the Coalition hosted an informational booth at the Dubuque County Fair this passed July 2021. We spent a total of 50 hours outreaching to the public during the fair. New to our booth were the bright, smiling faces of three University of Dubuque interns, Kira Finifrock, Amber Anderegg, and Nadia Murphy, whoContinue reading “Dubuque County Fair Booth”

A Day to Remember – February 8th – Feast of St. Josephine Bakhita “ The whole of my life has been God’s gift” – Josephine Bakhita (C. 1869-1947) St. Josephine Bakhita was born in southern Sudan in 1869. As a young girl she was kidnapped and sold into slavery. She did not remember her name;Continue reading “The Great Jubilee”

A Jule bus with a strong, new message is traversing Dubuque, Iowa streets. The Tri-State Coalition Against Human Trafficking and Slavery is sponsoring the wrap. It features a photo of a lovely young girl to drive home the growing reality: “Not for Sale: Stop Human Trafficking” and includes the national hotline number: 888-373-7888. The wrappedContinue reading “Jule Bus & Billboard”

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