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Irondale mayor proclaims human‑trafficking awareness month, Holocaust remembrance day and honors fallen officer
Summary
At its Jan. 6 meeting Mayor James D. Stewart Jr. read proclamations designating January 2026 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Jan. 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day and Jan. 6 as Lieutenant Mark Meadows Remembrance Day; the city also awarded two $2,500 grants to anti‑trafficking organizations and honored community volunteers.
Mayor James D. Stewart Jr. used the first Irondale City Council meeting of 2026 to present multiple proclamations, announce small grants to local nonprofits and recognize volunteers who supported city events in 2025.
Stewart read a proclamation designating January 2026 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month in Irondale and said the city would give $2,500 to each of two local organizations to support anti‑trafficking work. "Whereas human trafficking is a form of modern day slavery," the proclamation recited, and the mayor urged residents to report suspected trafficking to the…
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