ORLANDO, Fla. – U.S. Fund for UNICEF is hosting Shutout Trafficking, a week long campaign from Nov. 10-14 bringing awareness to human trafficking.
“We are partnering with the council for UCF Athletics/student-athletes to bring awareness about Human Trafficking,” said Ligia Forbes, president of UKNIGHTED for UNICEF. “Florida is third in the nation for Human Trafficking and every day someone in Orlando is taken out of Human Trafficking.”
UCF DeVos Sport Business Management and UCF Athletics has partnered with U.S. Fund for UNICEF and the National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS).
UCF is one of 10 schools selected by UNICEF to promote this campaign.
Human Trafficking has an estimate of 27 million slaves globally. Many of them are brought to major sporting events.
U.S. Fund for UNICEF has different events planned for the week of Nov. 10-14. During this week, they will be teaching athletes about Human Trafficking. Athletes will also help by informing UCF’s campus of its dangers and promoting efforts made to end it.
“The goal of Shutout Trafficking is to educate people by using the sports platform about the evils of human trafficking. And there is a sports connection. At major sports events such as the Super Bowl, the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the NBA All-Star Game and the World Cup, traffickers bring in women and girls to sell sex to men who frequently travel without their spouses and consume significant amounts of alcohol for several days to a week. Police and local authorities have finally started to focus on these events in the months leading up to and during the event. But human trafficking is obviously much bigger than just the sports world with an estimated 27 million slaves globally,” according to DeVos Sport Business Management Program events page.
Events Schedule:
Nov. 10 – Introduction to End Trafficking program in College of Science Building 101 at 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. with special speakers:
1. Panel moderated by Todd Stansbury, UCF Athletics Director
2. Dr. Richard Lapchick, Director of the DeVos Sport Business Management Program
3. Tiffany Roberts-Sahaydak, UCF Women’s Soccer Coach & Olympic gold medalist
4. Allie Gerry, Women’s Soccer scholar-athlete
Nov. 11 – Emily Pasnak-Lapchick speaking in Business Administration II 210 from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
* For DeVos Sport Business Management Graduate Students Only *
Mens Basketball game in the CFE Arena from 11:00 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Nov. 12 – Educational Materials from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Student Union
Screening and Discussion of “Not my Life” in College of Science Building 101 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Tomas Lares, Founder & Executive Director of Florida Abolitionist
Local survivor of human trafficking
*First 250 people will get event-sponsored t-shirts and snacks*
Nov. 13 – Educational Materials from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Student Union Atrium
Nov. 14 – Women’s basketball game in the CFE Arena from 11:00 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Volleyball Game in The Venue at UCF from 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Football Game in the Bright House Stadium from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Click here for more information on Shutout Trafficking!
