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"Not on My Watch" kicks off during CWS

The Women’s Fund of Omaha announced brings its new “Not on My Watch” campaign to the College World Series this week. 

Meghan Malik, Trafficking Project Manager for The Women’s Fund of Omaha, says The “Not On My Watch” effort aims to increase community awareness about the signs of sex trafficking and send a strong message that trafficking in our communities will not be tolerated. 

Malik says the Women’s Fund of Omaha will have volunteers in the Capitol District and the Omaha Baseball Village. 

She says there will also be handouts in the CWS Fan Fest.  Additionally, volunteers will be passing out information on palm cards that talk about the signs of sex trafficking and how to respond.

"While we are launching this campaign during the CWS, sex trafficking is happening in our communities every day.  No zip code or neighborhood is immune.  And it’s not only happening in our backyards but it’s happening in our back pockets with the click of a Smartphone.  So it’s really important for community members to get engaged because this will take a community-wide effort to really have an impact on sex trafficking.”

Malik says signs someone may be a victim of sex trafficking include: lack of personal identification or personal items, tattoos that appear possessive, like bar codes or someone who is school age but not in school during the school year.

More information as well as community and national resources are available online at StopTraffickingTogether.org