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Nashville council reads resolution recognizing January 2025 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month
Summary
The Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County Council read a resolution recognizing January 2025 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month, outlining vulnerable populations and local partners; the transcript records the presentation but does not show a formal vote.
The Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County Council read a resolution recognizing January 2025 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month.
Council member Stiles presented the resolution, which defined human trafficking as the recruitment, manipulation or obtaining of a person for commercial sexual acts or forced labor through force, fraud, deception or coercion and listed vulnerable groups including children, survivors of abuse, runaway and homeless youth, victims of intimate partner violence, people with substance use disorders and those affected by poverty or system failures. “Now therefore, be it resolved by the council of the Metropolitan Government of Davidson County…the Metropolitan County Council hereby goes on record as recognizing January 2025 as human trafficking awareness month in Nashville and Davidson County,” Stiles read.
The resolution text cited local service providers and partners, naming the Metropolitan Nashville Office of Family Safety, Thistle Farms, and the Nashville Anti-Human Trafficking Coalition, and referenced commitments by the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department and the Davidson County District Attorney’s Office to combat trafficking through legislative and policy work. Amanda McClung was noted as present for the recognition but did not speak.
The transcript records the reading and presentation of the resolution; it does not record a motion, mover/second, roll call or other formal vote adopting the measure during the excerpt provided. The resolution text states it would take effect upon adoption, but the adoption itself is not documented in this transcript segment.
The remainder of the meeting proceeded to photo opportunities and other agenda items, including council presentations and member announcements.
