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Bettendorf mayor proclaims January 2025 Human Trafficking Awareness Month; advocates urge $1 million state survivor fund
Summary
Mayor Robert Gallagher issued a proclamation recognizing January 2025 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month in Bettendorf. Maggie Tinsman and others urged residents to contact state legislators to support a $1 million survivor-services fund.
Mayor Robert Gallagher proclaimed January 2025 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month for Bettendorf and presented the proclamation during the Jan. 7 council meeting.
The proclamation, requested by Maggie Tinsman, chair of the Breaking Traffic advisory effort associated with anti‑trafficking work and a leader with the Network Against Human Trafficking, recognizes human trafficking as “modern day slavery” and urges residents to report…
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