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January Is Human Trafficking Prevention Month



DFPS is committed to eradicating human trafficking through awareness, services, and prevention efforts. There are many exciting and impactful events happening this January across Texas and the United States. Please see DFPS's *2025 Human Trafficking Prevention Month Participation Guide [ [link removed] ]* for events and information to join the fight against human trafficking. 

Wear Blue Day 

January 11 is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, also known as Wear Blue Day. DFPS invites you to take photos of yourself and your friends, family, and colleagues while wearing blue. Then, share those photos on social media. Please use *#WearBlueDay*, tag DFPS in your post by using the handle *@TexasDFPS*, and email your photos to [email protected]. <[email protected]> Anyone can participate. All you need is something blue!

Lunch and Learn Series

Join DFPS for our Light the Way to End Human Trafficking 2025 Lunch and Learn Series. Subject matter experts from across the country will join us during the lunch hour (starting at noon Central Time) to cover various human trafficking topics:


* January 9, 2025 — How to Activate Faith Communities to Protect Their Children [ [link removed] ]
* January 16, 2025 — Child Exploitation: Parenting in the Digital Age [ [link removed] ]
* January 23, 2025 — Groomed to Hide It: Challenges of Victim Identification in Sex Trafficking Cases [ [link removed] ]
* January 30, 2025 — Caught in the System: The Intersection of Human Trafficking and Forced Criminality [ [link removed] ]

Visit DFPS’s Human Trafficking Prevention Month page [ [link removed] ] for information about all the events featured this month, and learn more at TexasEndHumanTrafficking.org [ [link removed] ].





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