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May 12, 2021
BUCKTOWN, Md.- Nine hundred and two miles to raise awareness about human trafficking.
That’s what one group, called the FreeTHEM walkers, is aiming to do on their journey from Lynchburg, Virginia to Buffalo, New York.
“I want people to know that human trafficking doesn’t have a face, it doesn’t have a look, a victim can be me, it can be you, it can be someone who looks like us 09 and we cannot wait to care when its one of our family members,” Jaleesa Robinson, Road Manager, said.
The Founder of Project Mona’s in Buffalo, which aims to help those who’ve been human trafficked, along with the other walkers, are traveling along the Underground Railroad route.
902-mile FreeTHEM walk raises awareness about human trafficking
They hiked into Richmond with sore feet, and then it rained â minor inconveniences considering their reason for being here.
Members of The FreeTHEM Walk team, 120 miles into a 900-mile trek to call attention to human trafficking, came through Richmond on Friday, having started in Lynchburg. They plan to finish in Buffalo, New York, in time for the cityâs Juneteenth Festival, which celebrates the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States. Their path somewhat follows the route of the Underground Railroad, the network of people that offered aid and safe houses to enslaved people heading north after escaping from the South in the 1800s.
BILL LOHMANN
Richmond Times-Dispatch
They hiked into Richmond with sore feet, and then it rained â minor inconveniences considering their reason for being here.
Members of The FreeTHEM Walk team, 120 miles into a 900-mile trek to call attention to human trafficking, came through Richmond on Friday, having started last week in Lynchburg. They plan to finish in Buffalo, N.Y. in time for the cityâs Juneteenth Festival, which celebrates the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States. Their path somewhat follows the route of the Underground Railroad, the network of people that offered aid and safe houses to enslaved people heading north after escaping from the South in the 1800s.