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Human Trafficking In Our Communities
Maureen Lomahaptewa is on today's newscast to talk about her work with The Life Link. And deputy managing editor Jourdan Bennett-Begaye is back from her trip through a 5-hour gauntlet as she walked through preparations for the presidential inauguration. This month is national slavery and human trafficking prevention month has the creed by presidential proclamation. January is also known as human trafficking awareness month. This is an issue that severely impacts Indian Country. Indigenous people are at a higher risk of human trafficking, according to the national Indigenous women's resource center. But one nonprofit is dedicated to helping others who are coming out of human trafficking. Hopi citizen Maureen Lomahaptewa is a certified peer victim specialist at The Life Link and she has been working with the program for 10 years. She joins us today to talk about how this issue impacts families and what you can do to spot the warning signs. It's a maze in Washington D.C. Locals are reporting that it's taking twice as long to get to work and it's not due to traffic, but rather the huge barriers that are now set up all around the Capitol and White House. Our deputy managing editor Jourdan Bennett-Begaye spent five hours navigating the massive security and she takes us on her tour that started at 1:00 PM and ended as the sun went down around 6: 00 PM. Jordan joins the newscast to tell us more about the preparations.
