Stop Human Trafficking! Join CMSHTC Thursday, May 2, 6p Awareness-To-Action Monthly Meeting

* 2008 ~ 2019* 11 Years in the Fight Against Human Trafficking and in Service to Survivors *

MAY 2019

STOP HUMAN TRAFFICKING!

Join with Fellow Modern Slavery Abolitionists

Thursday, May 2, 6-7:30 pm

Awareness-To-Action Monthly Community Meeting

Parkade Center, Downstairs Chairman's Room

601 Business Loop 70W, Columbia, MO

Your donations of toilet paper, paper towels, dish soap, laundry soap, dryer sheets, and disinfecting wipes are welcome anytime! Thanks!

CMSHTC is currently serving 25 survivors.

Guest Speaker Merideth Hogan

Meredith Hogan

is pictured far right at the Missouri Sex Trafficking Awareness Rally

at the Capitol January 2019.

Ms. Hogan is with Legal Aid of Western Missouri located in Kansas City.

Pictured with Ms. Hogan are (L to R) CMSHTC's Terri Eiffert and Karen Mickey, Senator Jamilah Nasheed,

and CMSHTC's Nanette Ward.

Merideth J. Hogan is an Equal Justice Works Crime Victims Justice Corps Fellow (attorney) at Legal Aid of Western Missouri (LAWMO). Merideth Graduated from Washburn University School of Law and previously clerked at the Kansas Court of Appeals for Judge G. Gordon Atcheson, and worked in private practice. At LAWMO, Merideth provides civil legal services to survivors of human trafficking, including assistance regarding immigration, domestic relationships, name changes, employment, and more. She is able to assist survivors whether or not the legal issue is related to the trafficking. Merideth can provide services to residents within LAWMO’s 40-county coverage area of western Missouri, or to residents of any Missouri county if the survivor was once a farmworker. Click for more info about Legal Aid of Western Missouri

May is Mental Health Month

It is critical that both professionals who provide care to and community members who care about human trafficking victims are aware of mental health concerns. Due to their exposure to traumatic events, human trafficking victims experience distressing psychological consequences, such as anxiety, depression, panic disorder, dissociation, substance abuse, suicical tendencies, traumatic bonding, Post-traumaic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Emotional trauma can result in feelings of hopelessness, guilt, reoccurring nightmares, denial, distrust, and low self-esteem. These mental health issues may make it difficult to seek help and can lead to drugs or alcohol to cope. The Central Missouri Stop Human Trafficking Coalition has provided educational programs to mental health professionals and often partners directly with them to provide services to survivors. With all survivors served by the Coalition, we strive to offer consistent care and compassion, knowing that the journey towards healing and wholeness is typically a long and difficult one. It hs been a privilege to be along side survivors to witness their transformation to better

CMSHTC Video: Essence of culture, passion, and non-judgmental love and work of the Coalition

Video: High Levels of Mental Illness Reported by Victims of Human Trafficking in the UK

MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR UPCOMING 1st-THURSDAY MEETINGS

Unless a change is announced,

Same Time: 6-7:30 pm

Same Location:

Parkade Center, 601 Business Loop 70W, Columbia, MO

June 6

July 11 (skip the 4th of July)

August 1

September 5

October 3

November 7

December 5

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Call Toll-Free 866-90-5959 or Email help@stophumantraffickingmo.com

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