Campaign Against Human Trafficking - SouthShore

10/21/2022

Clothing, toiletries, and rescue back packs donations given by Bonnie Doll on behalf of CAHT and accepted by Heather, a resident manager of Created Women Safe Home of Tampa.

10/13/2022

CAHT (Campaign Against Human Trafficking – Southshore) holds their first mental health workshop series, Oct. 27 ,9-11 am.

The Zoom workshop title is Trauma Services at Crisis Center of Tampa Bay. Presenters Josephine McCormick, MSW, LCSW, and Patricia Townsend, MSW, LCSW will discuss an overview of Crisis Center services, types of trauma-focused treatments, understanding trauma and its relationship to our brains, and tools to assist trauma patients, students, family members and friends.

The Crisis Center of Tampa Bay will be opening a new treatment center in Ruskin later this fall. Their expertise in handling sexual exploitation and r**e cases is well known in the Tampa Bay region. This workshop offers the opportunity to explore trauma scenarios that can be applied to domestic violence issues and other mental health struggles. Reservations for zoom meeting at [email protected] or call 434-409-1618, There is no fee. Open to everyone.

CAHT is a registered 501©(3) nonprofit serving the south shore area. Its mission is to support the fight against human trafficking and related domestic violence issues by providing educational awareness and prevention activities to schools and the community- at- large. The eleven-year-old, all-volunteer nonprofit works with multi-cultural groups in providing short-term housing and other basic needs to families as well as mentoring, scholarships, and referral services. They also donate needed funding and/or tangible items to at-risk youth, law enforcement, regional anti-human trafficking nonprofits, and rehabilitation homes and centers.

Campaign Against Human Trafficking-Southshore, Inc | PO Box 5491, Sun City Center, FL 33573CAHT (Campaign Against Human Trafficking – Southshore) holds their first mental health workshop series, Oct. 27 ,9-11 am.

10/12/2022

10/11/2022

OCTOBER IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.

>>>IT HAPPENS EVERYDAY RIGHT IN OUR COMMUNITY!

>>>1 IN 4 WOMEN EXPERIENCE SOME FORM OF DOMESTIC ABUSE.

>>>DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS AT THE ROOT OF ALL HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS.

>>>CAHT'S SAFE SHELTER PROGRAM SUPPORTS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS IN OUR AREA BY PROVIDING SAFE SHELTER, COUNSELING, RENTAL ASSISTANCE, CLOTHING, FOOD AND OTHER BASIC NEEDS..

>>> FACT: 4,774,000 WOMEN IN THE U.S. EXPERIENCE PHYSICAL VIOLENCE BY AN INTIMATE PARTNER EVERY YEAR.

>>> FACT: EACH YEAR 2 MILLION INJURIES AND 1,300 DEATHS ARE CAUSED AS A RESULT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. THREE WOMEN ARE MURDERED EVERY DAY BY AN INTIMATE PARTNER.

>>> FACT: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LONG TERM EFFECT HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON A WOMEN'S MENTAL HEALTH, PHYSICAL HEALTH, PRODUCTIVITY AND OVERALL FINANCIAL STABILITY.

>>> FACT: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IMPACT'S CHILDREN AND TEENS MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH ALSO, LEAVING LONG-TERM IMPACTS, CAUSING RUNAWAYS, HOMELESSNESS, AND DESPAIR.


>>> SOME WARNING SIGNS OF EMOTIONAL ABUSE ARE LISTED BELOW. DO YOU RECOGNIZE ANY?

>>> 1. Your partner attacks your self-worth and criticizes you.

>>> 2. Your partner controls your appearance.

>>> 3. Your partner shares sensitive information about you.

>>> 4. Your partner shuts conversation down.

>>> 5. Your partner gaslights you-turns your sense of reality or makes you doubt what you experience.

>>> 6. Your partner uses boundaries that are unrealistic.

>>> 7. Your partner monitors your activities and conversations.

>>> 8. Your partner isolates you from your friends and family.

>>> 9. Your partner accuses you of having relationships with other men.

>>> 10. Your partner insists that you ask permission to leave the house and monitors your work life.

>>> 11. Your partner asks you to compromise your moral integrity.

>>> 12. Your partner causes you to be fearful, anxious and making excuses for him to others.

>>> TAKE ACTION! HELP YOURSELF AND OTHER WOMEN BY CONTACTING CAHT, WE CAN HELP.

CALL US AT 813-413-5067 OR LOUISE SIEGEL AT 516-603-3744 AND/OR NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE: 1-800-799-7233.

10/07/2022

A HUGE THANK YOU

Thanks to all of you who donated to CAHT's request

for assistance for our community.

Thanks to your contributions, we were able to provide approximately $2,000 of food donations and several hundred dollars of Walmart gift cards, which will go a long way to helping our neighbors who were so devastated by Hurricane Ian.

Below is a Thank You card we received from a group of young women who lost their food in the hurricane:

Campaign Against Human Trafficking-Southshore, Inc | PO Box 5491, Sun City Center, FL 33573

10/05/2022

10/04/2022

IMPORTANT REQUEST FOR FOOD

Bonnie Doll, Victim's Services Chair, has informed us that two of our Safe Shelters has lost all of their food in the hurricane.

Bonnie is asking for donations of food donations and will accept those donations at her home; 307 Caloosa Woods Lane, Sun City Center.

She will be delivering all donations to the shelter on Thursday, 10/6.

Thank you for anything you can contribute!

For more information, email Bonnie at [email protected]

Thank you for your help.

The Campaign Against Human Trafficking


Campaign Against Human Trafficking-Southshore, Inc | PO Box 5491, Sun City Center, FL 33573

09/26/2022

Thank you for registering for the 2022 Human Trafficking Summit. Due to Hurricane Ian, the October 4th launch date has been postponed. More information on an updated launch will be released at a later date.



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09/26/2022

IMPORTANT NOTICE - WORKSHOP CANCELLED

Due to Hurricane IAN,

CAHT's Mental Health Series Workshop will be postponed until October 27th, 9-11am.

Please watch for further information.

Thank you and stay safe!

Presenters will be the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay on sexual exploitation trauma and related trauma issues and stigmas that women and teens face. The presenters will also share tools we can all use in dealing with trauma to ourselves as well as others, that can be applied to all types of traumas and anxiety.

The meeting hours are 9 to 11 am. Please contact Annie Garrison at [email protected] to join this information meeting sponsored by CAHT's Healthcare Committee and is part of our mental health series. For more information call Annie at 434-4090-1618.

Thank you very much,

Lou Anne Rossdeutscher, President

Campaign Against Human Trafficking and

Domestic Violence – South Shore

[email protected]

847-524-9215