HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - PROCLAMATION - 01/07/2020 - PROCLAMATION DECLARING JANUARY 2020 AS SLAVERY ANDPROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, human trafficking is a multibillion-dollar criminal industry that denies
freedom to an estimated 25.9 million people around the world; and
WHEREAS, the Rocky Mountain Innocence Lost Task Force has recovered 612 minors
since 2012, including some from Fort Collins and Northern Colorado; and
WHEREAS, collaborative efforts are being made to create a multidisciplinary team and
task force overseen by the FBI and Larimer County law enforcement; and
WHEREAS, Colorado State University will host the second Northern Colorado Human
Trafficking Symposium on February 6, 2020 to provide awareness and education to citizens,
professionals and educators; and
WHEREAS, this month we rededicate ourselves to assisting victims of Human
Trafficking and combating it in all its forms; and
WHEREAS, it is vital for citizens, businesses, faith communities, law enforcement and
first responders to recognize the vital role they can and should play in preventing and eradicating
all forms of slavery and human trafficking.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Wade Troxell, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby
proclaim the month of January 2020 as
SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
PREVENTION MONTH
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort
Collins this 7th day of January, A.D. 2020.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk