JANUARY IS NATIONAL SLAVERY & HUMAN TRAFFICKING

PREVENTION MONTH

January is also National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. NYSCADV encourages you to learn more about this serious crime that leads to grave human rights violations. 

Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery. This crime occurs when a trafficker uses force, fraud or coercion to control another person to engage in commercial sex acts or solicit labor or services against their will.  

Wear blue on January 11th in solidarity to help raise awareness!

JANUARY IS NATIONAL STALKING AWARENESS MONTH

National Stalking Awareness Month (NSAM), which occurs each January, is an annual call to action to recognize and respond to this serious crime.

Stalking is a pattern of behavior directed at a specific person that causes fear involving repeated visual or physical proximity, non-consensual communication, verbal, written or implied threats, or a combination of these acts. Like domestic violence, stalking is a crime of power and control. Many abusers stalk their partners both during and after the relationship has ended. Intimate partner stalkers are the most dangerous stalkers as they are more likely to approach victims and escalate behaviors.