HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS
Soroptimist International of Whitefish combats human trafficking through education and advocacy.
The Soroptimist STOP Trafficking project, launched in 2007, aimed to address and raise awareness about human trafficking, particularly sex trafficking, which disproportionately affects women and girls.
SIW participated by wearing red and handing out anti-trafficking brochures at the Whitefish train station on January 11 th 2008, the first National Human Trafficking Awareness Day and published a letter in the Daily Inter Lake.
Soroptimist International of Whitefish
is proud to be the nonprofit fiscal sponsor of FAST.
We have been championing awareness efforts ever since (History link coming soon) and are proud to be a founder and the fiscal sponsor of the Flathead Alliance to Stop Trafficking (FAST).
MORE RESOURCES COMING SOON
Legislative Info Coming Soon
More Coming Soon…
More Community Awareness Info Coming Soon...
Hosted Documentary Films on Human Trafficking
Call + Response (Hosted in 2009)
Sex + Money (Hosted in 2012)
Very Young Girls (Hosted in 2013)
In Plain Sight (Hosted in 2015)
Production of the Play Body & Sold (2023)
Sponsoring Trainings for Area First Response
More Training Info Coming Soon...
“These are real people being affected, and the hope is that given the right resources we can rescue and restore people back into the community.”
– Diane Yarus, chair of the Soroptimist’s human trafficking committee.
how to help
If you suspect an incident of sex trafficking in the United States, call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center’s 24-hour toll-free hotline number at
1-888-373-7888
Callers can receive a number of services including crisis intervention, urgent and non-urgent referrals, tip reporting and comprehensive anti-trafficking resources.
