Human Trafficking

Displaying 1 - 11 of 11 in reverse chronological order

#	Title	Date	Summary
1	Pornhub fuels human trafficking Northern Iowan 119:5, p.5	09/12/2022	Guest columnist and UNI student, Codey Gillespie writes about the struggle with human trafficking and how porn sites (Pornhub specifically) enables the trafficking that occurs. Only when Pornhub was summoned to court did they delete 75% of the videos on their website that were not verified by them.
2	Panthers Against Human Trafficking Northern Iowan 118:5, p.5	09/13/2021	Panthers Against Human Trafficking plan their first meeting.
3	Interpreters Theatre hosts social change display Northern Iowan 117:54, p.4	04/29/2021	The Interpreters Theatre hosted an event in Lang Hall on April 27 to showcase four student installations, including performances dealing with sexual assault, climate change, gun-related suicide, and human trafficking; photos.
4	The breakdown on police brutality Northern Iowan 117:51, p.3	04/19/2021	In the author's opinion, a decrease in police violence is a structural impossibility until capitalism is replaced. Rawwas points to capitalism, with its associated emphasis on property and fear of the stranger, for the dehumanization that results in crime and police brutality; photo.
5	IJM holds advocacy and education event Northern Iowan 116:43, p.4	03/12/2020	UNI's International Justice Mission (IJM) held their annual advocacy event to raise awareness and take action against human trafficking. The even was held in Maucker Union Ballroom on March 4, 2020; photo.
6	Student hosts pop-up thrift sale Northern Iowan 116:36, p.1	02/17/2020	Student Reagan Brown discusses how she developed The College Rack, a pop-up clothing business to make thrifting and secondhand clothes shopping more accessible to UNI students; photos.
7	IJM hosts 'Threads' thrift store Northern Iowan 116:16, p.4	10/24/2019	UNI's International Justice Mission (IJM) hosted a pop-up thrift store called "Threads" at the Maucker Union Ballroom. The goal of this activity was to not only raise funds for human trafficking but also to spread awareness of human trafficking around the world. Iowa especially has a strong human trafficking scene due to the two major interstates that run through the state, with 38 cases reported in 2019 so far; photos.
8	UNI alum brings documentary to Lang Northern Iowan 115:50, p.1	04/18/2019	UNI alum Vanessa McNeal (Master's of Social Work, 2017) screened her documentary "Gridshock: A Film about Sex Trafficking in Iowa" and held a question and answer session on April 15 in Lang Hall Auditorium; photo.
9	SipEp raises awareness with See-SAAW Northern Iowan 115:48, p.1	04/11/2019	Sigma Phi Epsilon started Sexual Assault Awareness Week with their annual See-SAAW event to raise money for Riverview Center, a non-profit agency that supports people affected by sexual assault; photo.
10	Human trafficking awareness month Northern Iowan 114:29, p.4	01/18/2018	January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. UNI's International Justice Mission (IJM) is trying to prevent this modern-day slavery by informing others about human trafficking, advocating for victims, and fundraising.
11	Freedom Week exposes modern slavery Northern Iowan 108:46, p.1	03/30/2012	During Freedom Week, UNI students will sponsor several events aimed at raising awareness of human trafficking. Every minute, two children are sold into slavery; photo.