Mayor Sylvester Turner released a 3-year progress report on the City of Houston’s acclaimed Anti-Human Trafficking Strategic Plan at a Monday dinner where he served food to trafficking survivors sheltered in partnership with the Salvation Army. Read More
Mayor Sylvester Turner’s office worked after Hurricane Harvey to diligently mitigate against the trafficking patterns that arose after Hurricane Katrina destroyed parts of Louisiana. One of the most disturbing acts involved trafficking Indian nationals to help rebuild oil and gas assets in violation of visa and trafficking laws (Signal case). Read More
The City of Houston hosted an invitation-only screening of the Hollywood feature film Trafficked on October 24th, 2016 at the Wortham Center in order to raise awareness of human trafficking. Starring Ashley Judd, Anne Archer, Patrick Duffy, and Sean Patrick Flannery, Trafficked is written and produced by Siddharth Kara, an… Read More
The Special Advisor to the Mayor on Human Trafficking presents to the City Council’s Public Safety Committee on what approach the City of Houston is taking to prepare for Super Bowl 51. The presentation draws on a recently-released study that puts in context past claims about increases in human trafficking… Read More
Minal Patel Davis, Special Advisor to the Mayor on Human Trafficking, and Todd Latiolais, Staff Attorney from Children at Risk, present on illicit massage establishments in Houston before City Council’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee on November 19th, 2015. Read More
On October 29, 2015, the City of Houston Mayor’s Office arranged for world renowned panelists to share their thoughts and expertise on human trafficking. Panelists included Bradley Myles (President and CEO, Polaris), Siddharth Kara (Director of the Center on Human Trafficking, Harvard Kennedy School of Government), Dorchen Leidholdt (Legal Director,… Read More