Tulane Holds Shut Out Trafficking Week
Nov 10, 2014 | General
Photo Gallery NEW ORLEANS - Tulane Athletics, in conjunction with the National Consortium for Academics and Sport (NCAS), held a Shut Out Trafficking Week across the Uptown Campus from Oct. 27-31, helping to raise awareness for one of the most horrific human rights violations existing in our world today.
The NCAS has targeted 10 college and university campuses across the United States to help raise awareness to the plight of human trafficking.
Shut Out Trafficking educated college students on the brutality of human trafficking and the $150 billion dollar industry it has become, and empower students to take action against it. Trafficking is one of the most profitable criminal industries in the world second only to drug trafficking with profits growing by nearly 400 percent in the last five years alone.
At Tulane, members of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) had a table set up outside the Lavin-Bernick Center on campus on Monday, Oct. 27, Tuesday, Oct. 28, and Thursday, Oct. 30, from 11am-2pm in order to educate students, faculty, staff and the general public about the perils of human trafficking.
There were special events throughout the week, as well. Dr. Richard Lapchick, who is the founder and president of NCAS, hosted a kick-off event from in the Multi-Purpose Room at Yulman Stadium on Monday, Oct. 27.
On Wednesday, Oct. 29, a lunch talk with Dr. Laura Murphy - an assistant professor at Loyola University New Orleans who also serves as the head of the anti-human trafficking organization NOLA Human Trafficking - took place in the Race Room at the Lavin-Bernick Center (LBC).
On Thursday, Oct. 30, a free screening of the 2011 documentary Not My Life took place in the Freeman Auditorium in the Woldenberg Art Center on campus. The film documents cases of human trafficking in 13 countries around the globe and addresses many forms of modern-day slavery. Following the screening, a panel discussion and reception will take place.
A plethora of Green Wave student-athletes took part in the events throughout the week, as did members of the general public. Above is a link to a photo gallery that highlighted the events throughout the week.
Additionally, a video below created by Tulane student-athletes and the Tulane video department was put together in order to bring awareness to the horrible situation that is human trafficking.
