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HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS MONTH
JANUARY 2024
WHEREAS,human trafficking impacts people across all demographics and ages, including
teenagers and children; and
WHEREAS,an estimated 27.6 million people are subjected to human trafficking globally,
including cases of human trafficking reported in every U.S. state and territory;
and
WHEREAS,the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children estimates that 1 in 6
runaway children in the United States reported to the Center in 2021 were
victims of sex trafficking; and
WHEREAS,Arizona ranks in the top 15 states with the highest rates of human trafficking
per capita; and
WHEREAS,the city of Apache Junction joins schools,churches,non-profit organizations,
law enforcement, federal and state coalitions and the Not In Our City.org
movement in our commitment to increase public awareness of the human
trafficking epidemic that impacts our community, state, nation, and world.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Walter "Chip" Wilson, Mayor of the City of Apache Junction,
Arizona, do hereby proclaim January 2024 as
HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS MONTH
Signed and attested to this day of 2024.
Walter "Chip" Wilson
Mayor
ATTEST:
nifer Pe a
City Clerk