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Red Sands event in Alpena raises awareness of human trafficking

News Photo by Julie Riddle Participants in a human trafficking awareness event in Alpena spread sand in cracks on Rotary Island Mill Park on Monday. A reminder to keep victims of trafficking from slipping through the cracks, the event was a kickoff to the formation of a human trafficking task force currently in the works in Alpena.
News Photo by Julie Riddle Red sand in a crack on Rotary Island Mill Park in Alpena will remind passers-by to see and support human trafficking victims, according to the planners of a Monday event.
News Photo by Julie Riddle Stephanie Dettloff, executive director of Child and Family Services, is bundled up on a chilly Monday as she explains the Red Sand Project to a small crowd gathered at Rotary Island Mill Park in Alpena. The project was planned as a kickoff to a human trafficking task force in the works in Alpena and a reminder of the victims of human trafficking who sometimes slip through the cracks, Dettloff said.
News Photo by Julie Riddle Maddy Voorhees and William Rings spread sand in cracks on Rotary Island Mill Park in Alpena on Monday. Their actions were part of a human trafficking awareness event encouraging local residents to remember the victims of trafficking and not let them fall through the cracks, according to event planners.
News Photo by Julie Riddle Julie Jackson, victim advocate with the Alpena County Prosecutor’s Office, and her daughter, Sasha Jackson, pour red sand in cracks on Rotary Island Mill Park in Alpena on Monday. A Red Sand Event, planned as a kickoff to a human trafficking task force in the works in Alpena, served as a reminder of the community’s need to fill in cracks in systems to make sure victims of human trafficking aren’t lost. “We just want to be that community that cares,” said Stephanie Dettloff, executive director of Child and Family Services, one of the event’s planners.

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