Human Trafficking Is Happening in Ogden -- The Junior League of Ogden and Weber State Women’s Center Bring Awareness to Community
November 5, 2018 -- On Saturday, November 10th from 4-6 p.m. the Junior League of Ogden (“the League”) and the Weber State Women's Center are raising awareness about the perils of human trafficking with a free public documentary screening of “IN PLAIN SIGHT: Stories of Hope & Freedom.” The film will be shown at the Wildcat Theater, which is located on the second floor of the Shepherd Union Building at Weber State University's main campus. Scott Eggerman, a human trafficking investigator with the Utah Attorney General’s Office will be moderating a post-screening Q&A to help answer questions.
The feature-length documentary features six modern-day abolitionists as they fight sex trafficking across America. Journeying to six US cities, the documentary opens the viewer’s eyes to what’s happening down the street “in plain sight”. Through engaging interviews with numerous victims of sex trafficking, the force, coercion, and deception of the children and women becomes apparent. In the midst of the darkness, stories of hope and freedom emerge as each survivor shares how she was impacted through the work of a sex trafficking aftercare home. “Most Americans are completely oblivious to the fact that thousands of women and children are enslaved within their own communities,” said David Trotter, co-executive producer.
“Last April, the Junior League of Ogden organized a First Friday Art Stroll event and it included a panel of three, local survivors of human trafficking. The response we received from the community was overwhelming, and it was a confirmation to us that we had to continue with our mission to spread awareness and education about human trafficking.” said Aloha Reynolds, Strategic Development Vice President for the League. “We’re thrilled to be partnering with Weber State University who is also spreading awareness and education to their students. Our main goal is to inform the community and provide any resources we can to help combat this epidemic. Unfortunately, it is happening in our backyard and we need to be aware.”
“The Weber State Women’s Center is dedicated to preventing sexual violence at our university and beyond. We’re excited to support this event that sheds light on an important issue and shares the stories of people whose voices are so often silenced,” said Alex Dutro-Maeda, Program Specialist at the Weber State Women’s Center.
“The Junior League of Ogden has matured and evolved since it was founded in 1953. Throughout that long history we continue to identify Ogden's most urgent and pressing needs and address them with new programs and initiatives that not only improve lives, but change the way people think,” said Jenny Kite, 2018-19 League President. “Human trafficking is a prevalent problem, right here in our community, and that’s why we’re raising awareness about the issue and educating our community on how to stop it.”
About the Junior League of Ogden The Junior League of Ogden is a network of empowered female civic leaders working with community partners to address and solve pressing issues throughout Ogden. Our commitment, has remained unwavering: to develop exceptionally qualified civic leaders who can identify our community's most urgent needs and address them with meaningful and relevant programs and initiatives that not only improve lives, but change the way people think. We’re part of an international network of 291 Leagues comprised of over 150,000 women, in Canada, Mexico, the U.K. and the U.S., engaged in similar work in their own communities. This provides us with a unique and powerful depth of knowledge and resourcefulness to bring about the changes we strive to accomplish. Junior League of Ogden is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
About the Weber State Women’s Center The WSU Women’s Center advocates for the best educational and campus experience for all members of our community. We accomplish this by advancing social justice and by working towards a safe and healthy campus. Our main programs include our Safe@Weber Violence Prevention & Advocacy Services Program, where our mission is to create safe and healthy relationships for all through collaboration, education, skill development, community action, and support; and our Social Justice Education, Action, and Resources Program, which works to bring awareness to and prevent social injustice in our community, and to empower those most marginalized by systems of power and oppression.
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With November being National Diabetes Awareness Month and Americans collectively spending nearly $237 billion per year on obesity-related health costs, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2018's Fattest States in America as well as accompanying videos, along with interesting stats about diabetes in its Facts & Statistics infographic.
To determine which states contribute the most to America’s overweight and obesity problem, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 25 key metrics. They range from share of overweight and obese population to sugary-beverage consumption among adolescents to obesity-related health care costs.
Here are some highlights from each report:
20 Fattest States
1
Mississippi
11
Indiana
2
West Virginia
12
Ohio
3
Arkansas
13
Delaware
4
Kentucky
14
Georgia
5
Tennessee
15
Michigan
6
Louisiana
16
Missouri
7
Alabama
17
North Carolina
8
South Carolina
18
Iowa
9
Oklahoma
19
Maine
10
Texas
20
Kansas
To view the full report and your state or the District’s rank, please visit: https://wallethub.com/edu/fattest-states/16585/
Diabetes Facts & Statistics
For the full infographic, please visit: http://wallethub.com/blog/diabetes-statistics/41253/
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It used to be a coach was just somebody who helped you get better at a sport. But these days there are all types of coaches – physical fitness coaches, life coaches, marriage coaches, relationship coaches – and even divorce coaches.
You may need an attorney to get divorced, but do you really need a divorce coach? It turns out that it’s possible you do - but don’t confuse a divorce coach with an attorney.
“The goal of a divorce coach is to try to make the divorce as smooth and painless as possible,” says Pegotty Cooper, co-founder of Divorce Coaching Inc., (www.certifieddivorcecoach.com), which both provides divorce coaching and trains divorce coaches. “Attorneys are the only ones who can provide legal advice or advise a client about their rights.”
Cooper, a co-author of Taking the High Road in Divorce – Simple Strategies for Creating a Healthy Divorce, says divorce coaches and divorce attorneys do work together, however. One of the goals of the divorce coach is to help the client prepare to meet with the divorce attorney, including helping the client get all the paperwork together that will be required. The divorce coach also works with the client to develop ways to make the divorce as painless as possible.
Divorce coaches can help their clients build self-confidence, and provide them with the tools they need to effectively communicate with everyone involved in the process, Cooper says.
She offers these reasons why a divorce coach is so key to a successful divorce:
“Divorces are huge emotional events, and sometimes friends and relatives mean well but they will push people in the wrong direction. A professional and caring divorce coach can reduce the stress and help the person get on with their life.”
About Pegotty Cooper
Pegotty Cooper (www.certifieddivorcecoach.com) is co-founder with her husband, Randall R. Cooper, of Divorce Coaching Inc., a firm that trains and certifies individuals to become personal divorce coaches. She is also a co-author of the recently released best-selling book Taking the High Road in Divorce – Simple Strategies for Creating a Healthy Divorce and of Divorce: Overcome the Overwhelm and Avoid the Six Biggest Mistakes. Cooper started her own coaching practice in 2003, after 25 years working in executive positions in large organizations. She has an MBA from Rutgers University and a BA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
