Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission
WHEREAS: January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, dedicated to raising awareness about different forms of human trafficking, ways to support trafficking survivors, and educating communities about issues, so people are equipped to notice the signs of trafficking situations. The Fresno EOC Sanctuary and Support Services Central Valley Against Human Trafficking project has worked towards assisting over 1,500 survivors of human trafficking in our local communities; and
WHEREAS: There are estimated to be more than 24.9 million people, adults, and children, that are subjected to human trafficking around the world. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children estimates that one out of six endangered runaways are likely to be sex trafficked; and
WHEREAS: The U.S. Department of Labor identified 158 goods from 77 different countries to have been made by forced child labor. Human trafficking generates hundreds of billions of dollars in profit by trapping millions of people in horrific situations, domestically and abroad; and
WHEREAS: The City of Fresno reflects on the resilience of those who work tirelessly to prevent and eliminate this form of abuse and exploitation. The need for efforts for greater awareness and accountability regarding the crime of human trafficking.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: that Nelson Esparza, the Fresno City Council, and Mayor do hereby proclaim, the month of January 2023, as:
“National Human Trafficking Prevention
Month”
in the City of Fresno,
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands
and affixed the Seal of The City of Fresno, California, on this 19th day of January 2023.