• Jane White, the Director of Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force

LANSING - By Presidential Proclamation, January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Slavery and Human Trafficking still exist in Michigan, and we have people fighting against them. Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force is one of them. They focus primarily on building awareness of human trafficking, supporting prosecutions, and making sure the victims are capable of becoming survivors from their circumstances.

"I have never seen such heinous treatment of people that people can think of doing against people. Slavery is a terrible situation, and what humanity faces when the world turns their back on slavery is pretty awful," said Jane White, the Director of Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force.

She also said that there are uncountable number of people suffering under human trafficking issues, not able to report, and not even know that they are under those circumstances since the victims are extremely isolated from the society, and they don't have any knowledge about this issue.

White says it is very important for public to have responsibility to help identifying the victims, especially the young adults because they are the ones who can change the society and make influences. To prevent human trafficking and slavery, we as a public should watch and listen to how our neighbors are living.