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COUNTY MICHIGAN
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
January 20, 2022
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #22-005
Sponsored By: Janet Jackson
IN RE: Board of Commissioners - Resolution Designating January 11, 2022 as National Human
Trafficking Awareness Day and January 2022 as Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month in
Oakland County
Chairperson and Members of the Board:
WHEREAS human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery and is a crime against humanity that violates
the most basic human rights; and
WHEREAS human trafficking victims are children - boys and girls, along with adults - men and women who
are recruited, harbored, obtained, or exported through force, fraud, or coercion for the purposes of sexual
exploitation, forced labor, involuntary servitude, debt bondage and other methods of slavery; and
WHEREAS an estimated 100,000 to 300,000 American children - boys and girls, some as young as 14 years
old, are at risk of being trafficked for commercial sex in the United States each year as part of the $9.8 billion
U.S. sex trafficking industry, according to a report from anti -trafficking group Shared Hope International; and
WHEREAS even with the diligent efforts of federal, state, and local law enforcement, human trafficking is the
fastest growing and second largest criminal industry in the world today, according to the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services; and
WHEREAS the International Labor Organization estimates that there are over 40 million victims of human
trafficking worldwide; and
WHEREAS the State of Michigan has the 7th largest call volume to the National Human Trafficking Resource
Center hotline; and
WHEREAS in 2019, Michigan had 364 trafficking cases, 184 victims identified, and 145 businesses were
involved in trafficking; and
WHEREAS in 2007, the U.S. Senate designated January I lth as National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
to raise awareness of sexual slavery and human trafficking worldwide; and
WHEREAS in 2010, President Barack Obama continued to address the injustice of modern slavery and human
trafficking and proclaimed January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, culminating
in the annual celebration of National Freedom Day on February 1 st; and
WHEREAS Michigan's Attorney General has identified human trafficking as a serious concern for law
enforcement agencies, coordinating efforts for training, awareness, and victim care; and
WHEREAS the Human Trafficking Commission Act, Act 325 of 2014, established the Michigan Human
Trafficking Commission for the prevention, intervention, and rehabilitation to the illegal act of human
trafficking in the State; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners sponsored a successful event in 2014 to provide
human trafficking professional training and public awareness; and
WHEREAS on January 14, 2015, a majority of the new legislation from the 2014 Human Trafficking
Legislative Package took effect to fight against the horrific crimes of human trafficking. It was in 2015, that the
Oakland County Human Trafficking Task Force was created; and
WHEREAS Oakland County is dedicated to preventing and combating human trafficking and, through a
collaborative effort, has launched the Oakland County Human Trafficking website to enhance public awareness,
conduct outreach in the community, and work with the victims of human trafficking; and
WHEREAS Oakland County remains unrelenting in its efforts to end the exploitation and injustice suffered by
the victims of this crime and in 2018, in partnership with Common Ground, launched the Oakland County
Human Trafficking Hot Line to provide trafficking victims crisis support, intervention and program services;
and
WHEREAS all people must work to dismantle trafficking networks, help survivors rebuild their lives, address
the underlying forces that push so many into bondage, develop economies that create legitimate jobs, and build
a global sense of justice that says no child or adult should ever be exploited.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED the Board of Commissioners recognizes January 11, 2022, as
Human Trafficking Awareness Day and January 2022 as Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month to
bring awareness and prevention to the crime of human trafficking in Oakland County and every day strive to
restore to all people the most basic rights of freedom, dignity, and justice.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds is requested to forward a
copy of this resolution to the Michigan Abolitionist Project, the Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force, the
Michigan Rescue and Reach Coalition, Sheriff Michael Bouchard, Oakland Schools, CARE House of Oakland
County, Common Ground, Sanctum House, Centro Multicultural La Familia, Crossroads for Youth, Jewish
Family Services, and Youth Assistance for Oakland County.
Chairperson, the following Commissioners are sponsoring the foregoing Resolution: Janet Jackson.
Date: January 20, 2022
David Woodward, Commissioner
Date: January 26, 2022
Hil ie Chambers, D✓�
e�puty County Executive II
itl ea-- Date: February 02, 2022
Lisa Brown, County Clerk / Register of Deeds
COMMITTEE TRACKING
2022-01-11 Legislative Affairs & Government Operations - recommend to Board
2022-01-20 Full Board
VOTE TRACKING
Motioned by Commissioner Michael Gingell seconded by Commissioner Penny Luebs to adopt the attached
Resolution: Designating January 11, 2022 as National Human Trafficking Awareness Day and January 2022 as
Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month in Oakland County.
Yes: David Woodward, Michael Gingell, Karen Joliat, Kristen Nelson, Eileen Kowall, Philip Weipert, Gwen
Markham, Angela Powell, Thomas Kuhn, Chuck Moss, Marcia Gershenson, William Miller III, Yolanda
Smith Charles, Charles Cavell, Penny Luebs, Janet Jackson, Gary McGillivray, Robert Hoffman, Adam
Kochenderfer (19)
No: None (0)
Abstain: None (0)
Absent: (0)
The Motion Passed.
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STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lisa Brown, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and
accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on January 20, 2022,
with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Circuit Court at Pontiac,
Michigan on Thursday, January 20, 2022.
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Lisa Brown, Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds