{"id":3871,"date":"2014-01-14T16:19:42","date_gmt":"2014-01-14T21:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=3871"},"modified":"2014-01-14T16:20:47","modified_gmt":"2014-01-14T21:20:47","slug":"event-aims-to-fast-track-human-trafficking-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=3871","title":{"rendered":"Event aims to fast-track human-trafficking bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><em>Legislation passed in state Senate; awaits action in House<\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3872\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/dinniman_download-200x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3872\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3872 \" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" alt=\"State Sen. Andy Dinniman \" src=\"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/dinniman_download-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"208\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3872\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Sen. Andy Dinniman<\/p><\/div>\n<p>An event designed to facilitate passage of human trafficking legislation will be held on Thursday, Jan. 16, at 7 p.m. at the United Methodist Church of West Chester, said State Sen. Andy Dinniman.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The event will include an update on Senate Bill 75, legislation that would help end human trafficking in Pennsylvania, as well as a panel discussion on what the bill will mean for law enforcement, victim services, private citizens, and the faith community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Philadelphia area is one of the major hubs of human trafficking in America. In passing Senate Bill 75, we will deal a major blow to the local, national and global scourge of human trafficking,\u201d Dinniman said. \u201cPlease join me on Thursday to discuss how you can help this key piece of legislation clear the final hurdles and hear what is next in the battle against this modern-day slavery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Those scheduled to speak at Thursday\u2019s event include\u00a0State Sen. Stewart Greenleaf, prime sponsor of Senate Bill 75 and chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee;\u00a0Jen Horowitz, director of public policy for \u00a0Women\u2019s Way; Jamie Manirakiza, program director of the Salvation Army of Greater Philadelphia;\u00a0John Rafferty, anti-labor trafficking attorney at Friends of Farmworkers in Philadelphia; Rev. Jane DeFord, Central Presbyterian Church, Downingtown; and\u00a0Kathy Weir, chair of the legislative committee for Chester County Anti-Human Trafficking Coalition (CCAT), said a news release from Dinniman.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Bill 75, of which Dinniman is the first co-sponsor, was unanimously passed by the Pennsylvania Senate in December. The bill, which is now before the House, would improve and better define human trafficking laws to protect victims and prosecute offenders, the release said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legislation passed in state Senate; awaits action in House An event designed to facilitate passage of human trafficking legislation will be held on Thursday, Jan. 16, at 7 p.m. at the United Methodist Church of West Chester, said State Sen. Andy Dinniman. The event will include an update on Senate Bill 75, legislation that would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[2584,2585,556,2586],"class_list":["post-3871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-events","tag-chester-county-anti-human-trafficking-coalition-ccat","tag-senate-bill-75","tag-state-sen-andy-dinniman","tag-state-sen-stewart-greenleaf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3871\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}