On Saturday, Aug. 13, Oakland County Commissioner Janet Jackson will join with the “Save Our Adolescents from Prostitution,” S.O.A.P. Metro Detroit, an organization founded by Theresa Flores, a local human trafficking survivor and author of “The Slave Across the Street,” to promote awareness about the issue of Human Trafficking.
The informational event and training will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the City of Southfield Public Library Auditorium located at 26300 Evergreen Road in Southfield. Participants will have the opportunity to disburse into teams to distribute soap labeled with the National Human Trafficking Hotline phone number and missing area youth information to local hotels and motels as part of a community outreach effort in Oakland County. A free lunch will be served.
Initiatives such as S.O.A.P. Metro Detroit annually continue to reflect an ongoing commitment of many past and present individuals, officials, and organizations like Oakland County Commissioner Janet Jackson, the City of Southfield Police Department, Dr. Lloyd Crews, Oakland County Commissioner Nancy Quarles, Love Run, Northridge Church, and NCBW.
For more information about the S.O.A.P Up Metro Detroit effort under the leadership of Rhonda Hines and Devaun Chandler, call 734-796-0643 or 734-354-8055.
Jackson has served on the Oakland County Human Trafficking Workshop Committee and helped to host a very successful Human Trafficking educational and informational public forum, which was supported by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners in November 2014. Many youth service groups, law enforcement agencies and survivors participated in the event.
This most recent awareness effort is in keeping with Jackson’s ongoing work with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to promote a series of community outreach efforts which she has hosted in Oakland County.
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