Nampa issues proclamations honoring Women's Century Club and naming January Human Trafficking and Stalking Awareness Month

The Nampa City Council read proclamations on Jan. 7 recognizing the Women’s Century Club’s 125th anniversary and declaring January as Human Trafficking and Stalking Awareness and Prevention Month.

Mayor Debbie Kling presented a proclamation honoring the Women’s Century Club, citing the organization’s founding in 1900, its role in securing a Carnegie grant to build Nampa’s first library and decades of community service, including scholarships and local nonprofit support.

The council also presented a proclamation to recognize human trafficking and stalking awareness month. Taylor Cook, human‑trafficking task‑force manager at the Nampa Family Justice Center (NFJC), thanked the council and the Nampa Police Department for their partnership and said the crimes are often hidden, underreported and misidentified — a reason she said the proclamation’s awareness focus matters. Olivia (project coordinator at NFJC) described two recent client stories in which advocates and counselors helped survivors secure protection orders, address medical and mental‑health needs, obtain long‑term housing and access counseling and recovery services.

Union and community supporters also spoke in public forum about trafficking in local industries. Mario Martinez, representing local carpenters in the Treasure Valley, commended the proclamation and urged increased attention to labor and sex‑trafficking risks that can occur in construction, including exploitation of migrant workers by labor brokers (referred to in testimony as ‘‘coyotes’’).

The council received the proclamations and recognized the work of the NFJC and Nampa Police Department in responding to trafficking and stalking.