Salvation Army of Connecticut & Rhode Island holds Anti-Human Trafficking Community Event

May 23, 2022

HARTFORD – The Salvation Army, in conjunction with MetroHartford Alliance, hosted a community event to raise awareness about combating human trafficking in Connecticut. The event took place on Thursday, May 19th at the Pond House Café in Elizabeth Park in West Hartford.

 

For more than 150 years, The Salvation Army has stood firmly behind men, women, and children subjected to organized commercial human trafficking.

 

In Connecticut, The Salvation Army operates our Anti-Human Trafficking Bloom Initiative from our Hartford, New London, and Willimantic locations. Along with providing immediate emergency direct services for victims of human trafficking, we take a holistic approach to healing and supporting each survivor’s unique journey from victimization to hope for a future free from exploitation.

 

The community event was proudly sponsored by Bank of America. [insert BOA quote]

It moderated by Ray Andrewsen, Executive Director of the Quinnipiac Chamber of Commerce. [insert Ray quote]

 

Speaking at the morning’s event was Wendy, an undercover Special Agent with the FBI Human Trafficking & Crimes Against Children Unit from the New Haven Division, Joe Gianni, President and Public Policy Executive from Bank of America, Jennifer Abbott, a survivor of human trafficking with Jasmine Grace Outreach, and Melissa Garden, LPC, Department of Children & Families.

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For more information about The Salvation Army’s Anti-Human Trafficking Bloom Initiative visit tinyurl.com/SABloom

 

To donate text BloomSA to 71777 or visit: tinyurl.com/BloomSA


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