Human Trafficking: Pandemic likely to worsen problem
SHERIDAN — Sex trafficking may not be the first danger that comes to mind when considering the impact of COVID-19 on individual communities, but the two are inextricably linked, according to Alexandra Stevenson, co-founder of the [...]
Business That Seeks to End Human Trafficking Housed in UW’s WTBC
Since 2007, there have been 71 cases involving 92-120 victims of human trafficking in Wyoming, according to the National Human Trafficking Hotline. A client of the University of Wyoming’s business incubator for nearly 10 months [...]
Human Trafficking Class Set for Thursday
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month, and in observance the Compass Center for Families will present UPRISING’s Human Trafficking and Exploitation Caregiver class this Thursday in Buffalo. The training is designed to give adults the [...]
Starting a Life-Saving Conversation
We like to think that big problems such as human trafficking don’t affect small towns like Buffalo, said Alexandra Stevenson, co-founder of the Sheridan-based nonprofit Uprising. But the truth, Stevenson said, is that no community [...]
Gov. Gordon Grants Awareness Proclamation
SHERIDAN — Over the past five years, public understanding about human trafficking in Wyoming has increased drastically, according to a study by the Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center. Sheridan-based nonprofit Uprising shares the credit for [...]
Gov. Mark Gordon names January ‘Human Trafficking Prevention and Awareness Month’
Gov. Mark Gordon on Thursday declared January “Human Trafficking Prevention and Awareness Month” to raise awareness of the problem. “It’s important to recognize that it is occurring in Wyoming and that victims and survivors come [...]