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Junior, Autumn Kephart, is partnering with Damascus Road to create awareness and raise funds to help fight human trafficking in our community. Damascus Road is a non-profit organization that focuses on helping to locate and help victims of human trafficking, specifically women over the age of 18. According to nationalhumantrafficking.org, in 2017 there were 91 cases of human trafficking in Wisconsin alone, 8,524 nationwide. Milwaukee was tied with Las Vegas for the number of young people rescued during FBI raids, according to theguardian.com. Autumn and Damascus Road are working towards creating a large event in order to raise the maximum amount of funds possible to help the young victims of human trafficking. The money will go towards not only helping to locate these young women but also towards relocating them. As reported by polarisproject.org, the number of human trafficking cases has increased by 13% in 2017. This is becoming a large problem in our community, but people like Autumn Kephart, and organizations like Damascus Road, are working towards making a positive impact on this issue. Autumn and Damascus Road have created a “Human Trafficking Week” where they will be holding a chalk walk at Oshkosh North high school, a documentary night for the public and a social media campaign. They are hoping to create awareness for this growing issue.

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