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Speaker 1: I am excited to talk right now with Becky Rasmussen
Speaker 1: with Call to Freedom and Becky, you are a busy,
Speaker 1: busy lady. This time of year, We've got so many
Speaker 1: things going on. First of all, this is Human Trafficking
Speaker 1: Prevention Month, all month long. Tomorrow is Human Trafficking Prevention Day,
Speaker 1: and you've got some special things kind of kicking off today,
Speaker 1: don't you.
Speaker 2: Absolutely Today we will be lighting up the Arch of
Speaker 2: Dreams blue for National Human Trafficking Prevention. It'll be January
Speaker 2: tenth through the sixteenth. You can go downtown, take a
Speaker 2: picture posted on social media, hashtag wear blue, hashtag end it,
Speaker 2: and hashtag called the freedom and just build awareness. So
Speaker 2: that will be happening as well as Saturday, January eleventh
Speaker 2: will be National Human Trafficking Prevention Day. And we've done
Speaker 2: this for years where you wear blue and this is
Speaker 2: all in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security. So
Speaker 2: it's a national movement that we're bringing locally through Calls
Speaker 2: of Freedom, and you can wear blue and then also
Speaker 2: we do the blue X and you can take a
Speaker 2: picture with yourself, your co workers, your colleagues, your family members,
Speaker 2: post it on all your social media platforms, hashtag called
Speaker 2: the Freedom, hashtag wear blue as well as hashtag ended,
Speaker 2: and just share that awareness. Human trafficking is the second
Speaker 2: largest growing criminal activity and over forty million people are
Speaker 2: impacted by that, and so we want to make sure
Speaker 2: that we're spreading awareness through our platforms that we can
Speaker 2: and keeping that in front of our community for prevention
Speaker 2: and awareness time. And then we also if you want
Speaker 2: to learn more about this issue, on Thursday, January sixteenth,
Speaker 2: we will have an informational lunch and and you can
Speaker 2: go to Call Tofreedom dot org and get information and
Speaker 2: sign up for the luncheon, but also information on all
Speaker 2: of these events under our events page. But that luncheon
Speaker 2: really allows you to hear the work that Calls the
Speaker 2: Freedom is doing as well as what are we seeing
Speaker 2: here in South Dakota. If this is kind of a
Speaker 2: new topic to you, you know, we want to share
Speaker 2: some of the lived experience of those who walked through
Speaker 2: the doors have called the freedom, how it's facilitated here,
Speaker 2: and you'll learn a lot of information and data about
Speaker 2: the topic of human trafficking as well. And then we
Speaker 2: are looking at Tuesday February fourth, so we want to
Speaker 2: schedule in January didn't happen, so we're a little bit
Speaker 2: into February with some of these events. But Tuesday February fourth,
Speaker 2: we will be downtown State Theater. This event is free
Speaker 2: and we will be doing a special screening of the
Speaker 2: movie Trapped Doors will open at six events starts at
Speaker 2: six point thirty. The producer whose name is e. JZ. Cohen,
Speaker 2: and he is actually coming to South Dakota for a
Speaker 2: Q and A after the movie, and his experience is
Speaker 2: that he was actually impacted by somebody who had been trafficked,
Speaker 2: learned her story and wanted to make a difference. So
Speaker 2: he actually interviewed eighty one other survivors across the United
Speaker 2: States and came up with this movie that he filmed
Speaker 2: out in North Dakota because he realized that this is
Speaker 2: happening in rural communities. After interviewing eighty one people. He's like,
Speaker 2: I want to give a real, true perspective of how
Speaker 2: this is happening within small communities communities across the United States.
Speaker 2: And so it's a pretty you know, it's a pretty
Speaker 2: close to what we see in South Dakota. And that's
Speaker 2: why I wanted to show it here in South Dakota
Speaker 2: to give people really what does this look like. And
Speaker 2: it features two young girls who have been impacted by
Speaker 2: sexual abuse, human trafficking, and commercial sexual exploitations. So there's
Speaker 2: two different storylines that are happening during this movie, but
Speaker 2: it really gives you a perspective of how it happens
Speaker 2: in world communities and how nobody's really immune to it
Speaker 2: if they're vulnerable and living in vulnerable situations. So got
Speaker 2: called afreedom dot org to get registered for the movie.
Speaker 2: We have limited seating and so it is free to
Speaker 2: the community. So register at called the Freedom dot org
Speaker 2: and we'll reserve vie with seats. And then at the
Speaker 2: end of the movie again we'll do a Q and
Speaker 2: a question and answer with the producer as well as
Speaker 2: we'll have two individuals interviewing people as they're exiting about
Speaker 2: their experience and their thoughts and how the movie impacted them,
Speaker 2: and those actual interviews will be used nationally to promote
Speaker 2: the movie. So we're excited about that night and excited
Speaker 2: to be able to help spread awareness in the month
Speaker 2: of January and February, and.
Speaker 1: Again the thing that's nice the movie is February fourth,
Speaker 1: so that's out a little ways. Next week, the sixteenth
Speaker 1: is when that luncheon is, and then again tonight is
Speaker 1: when they turn the lights blue at the Arch of
Speaker 1: Dreams downtown. And if you listening to this or going, man,
Speaker 1: I would love to help somehow, Well, here's the way
Speaker 1: you can help without even writing a check. You can
Speaker 1: help by just spreading the word, letting people know, going
Speaker 1: on social media and using the hashtag wear blue Day,
Speaker 1: hashtag called the freedom hashtag ended. Those are simple ways
Speaker 1: that you can help. Or if you're saying, hey, I'd
Speaker 1: like to help, and I happen to have a checkbook candy,
Speaker 1: you can you can certainly make a donation as well,
Speaker 1: and that is certainly welcome. I call the freedom, isn't.
Speaker 2: It It is? We appreciate that, And you know this
Speaker 2: is every voice matters, every action counts, and together we
Speaker 2: can make a difference and I want to leave you
Speaker 2: that this isn't just a call the freedom issue. This
Speaker 2: is a community issue, and so we welcome our community
Speaker 2: get involved in John, thank you so much for covering
Speaker 2: this topic. You know, we need resources to continue this work.
Speaker 2: You know, in twenty twenty three we serve four hundred
Speaker 2: and nineteen individuals. In twenty twenty four we end of
Speaker 2: the year of serving five hundred and thirty six. Yeah,
Speaker 2: so we are increasing numbers yearly and the more awareness
Speaker 2: that goes out, more people that are walking through our
Speaker 2: doors for services.
Speaker 1: Well, thank you for doing what you're doing. And I
Speaker 1: know it's been a busy month for you guys, but
Speaker 1: keep up the good work. And again, thank you for
Speaker 1: taking the time to share with us what you have
Speaker 1: going on.
Speaker 2: Thank you so much for allowing us to have a
Speaker 2: voice at the table.
Speaker 1: Absolutely again. Becky is with Call to Freedom. Their website
Speaker 1: Call to Freedom dot org and it's the word two
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