People of Action Summit – Human Trafficking

Liberty Station Conference Center
San Diego, California
October 1, 2022

 

Human Trafficking worldwide is the second largest criminal activity, second only to drugs. Whether forced labor or sex trafficking, it is in every corner of the United States and your community is not immune to this heinous crime. As Rotarians or members of our communities, we need to be at the forefront of combatting modern-day slavery. Leave with an action plan and a play book for your district or club that will allow everyone to protect their families and community.

As we all look to see what we can imagine Rotary to be, several Rotarians in District 5340 found themselves doing something very creative to assist back-to-school students of the Preuss School.  It was a last-minute project for the Rotary Club of San Diego Coastal and several other Rotarians who came to the rescue of students who found themselves at the last minute, prior to school opening, having to take public transportation when their school lost its contract for bus services.  These are disadvantage kids from Southeast San Diego, many of whom have never taken public transportation before and would be faced with one to one-and-a-half hours of travel time.

 

Rotarians collaborated with the school's PTA to get some information out to parents quickly in different languages.  Rotarian of the Year Fernanda Torres volunteered her translation skills to make sure the communication was accurate and understandable.  Volunteers were assigned to greet the students at trolley stops to make sure students made their transfers and got onto the correct trolley to and from school.