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As we come together to celebrate the holidays with friends and family, we wanted to take a moment to celebrate all that you have helped Polaris achieve in 2016. 

Polaris was built on a promise—and donors have helped us keep that promise in communities all across the country. 

We can’t just depend on law enforcement, service providers, or concerned citizens to intervene in a potential trafficking situation. We have to equip individuals with the tools to recognize and respond to trafficking within their own communities.

This is an issue that we can all unite around: victims of human trafficking still need our support while we pursue the traffickers who rob individuals of their freedom.

Healthcare providers are in a unique position to identify victims and provide them with support, but one study found that less than 5% of emergency department personnel were trained how to recognize signs of human trafficking.

As the streets chill this November, we at Polaris recognize National Runaway Prevention Month. According to the National Runaway Safeline, between 1.6 and 2.8 million youth run away from home each year.

Human trafficking survivors on either side of the U.S.-Mexico border can now seek and receive help.

This is a major blow against an organization that many have called the “world’s top online brothel."

Our justice system needs to provide victims with the tools required to help them rebuild their lives.