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TRENTON – A Senate Joint Resolution, SJR-44, sponsored by Senators Barbara Buono and Sandra Bolden Cunningham, that would designate January of each year as “Human Trafficking Prevention Month” was unanimously approved today by the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee. This designation would promote ongoing education about the signs and consequences of human trafficking to work to end human trafficking and to encourage support for the victims of human trafficking throughout New Jersey and across the world.

This designated month would coincide with the annual-anniversary of President Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation Proclamation which occurred on January 1, 1863 as well as his signing of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution – outlawing slavery – which occurred on February 1, 1865.

TRENTON – Senators Barbara Buono and Sandra Bolden Cunningham and Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle today introduced a joint resolution that would designate January of each year as “Human Trafficking Prevention Month.” This designation would promote ongoing education about the signs and consequences of human trafficking, to work to end human trafficking, and to encourage support for the victims of human trafficking throughout New Jersey and across the world.

This designated month would coincide with the annual-anniversary of President Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation Proclamation which occurred on January 1, 1863 as well as his signing of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution – outlawing slavery – which occurred on February 1, 1865.

“Human trafficking is a horrific offense that affects millions of people throughout the world. Human traffickers often prey on the poor and destitute, and disproportionally attack the world’s women and children,” said Senator Buono (D-Middlesex). “These captors instill fear in their victims to keep them enslaved, often for prostitution. It is our moral obligation to educate our citizens about human trafficking so that we can put an end to this human tragedy.”