© 2024 WNMU-FM
Upper Great Lakes News, Music, and Arts & Culture
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Human trafficking awareness comes to the U.P.

MARQUETTE, MI--   The Upper Peninsula Human Trafficking Task Force is giving presentations across the UP this week as part of Human Trafficking Awareness Month.

The task force has teamed up with the Department of Justice, U.S. Homeland Security Investigations, UP law enforcement agencies, and other experts. Featured speakers will talk about signs to look for in both victims and traffickers, who can be a target of human trafficking, federal and state laws regarding human trafficking, and previous local and national cases.

There will be time for questions and answers after each presentation.

  • Jan. 24, 2018 10:00-11:30 a.m., Lindquist Student and Conference Center-Upper Level Conference Room, Ironwood
  • Jan. 24, 6:30-8p.m., Jutila Center Rm 323, 200 Michigan St., Hancock
  • Jan. 25, 10-11:30 a.m., Memorial Union Building, Ballroom B, Houghton
  • Jan. 25, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College Wabanung, Campus L’Anse, Rm 400
  • Jan. 26, 1-3 p.m., NMU University Center Marquette/Nicolet rooms, Marquette
Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.