Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAt the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania lawmakers celebrated the passage of a bill that mandates human trafficking awareness training for workers in the state’s hospitality industry, including those in hotels and reservation companies. State lawmakers highlighted that several trafficking incidents occur in hotels. “Our residents see it, our outreach team sees it, our first responders see it. When we see it, we have a responsibility to act fast and together. We can’t look away. Not for convenience, not because it’s comfortable, not because it’s easier to pretend it’s somewhere else,” said Nina Ahmad, a Philadelphia City Council member. Ahmad pointed out that the influx of major events in Philadelphia next year, such as the World Cup and MLB All-Star Game, makes this issue even more poignant, as large international events can often become hubs for trafficking incidents.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\tHARRISBURG, Pa. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
At the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania lawmakers celebrated the passage of a bill that mandates human trafficking awareness training for workers in the state’s hospitality industry, including those in hotels and reservation companies. <\/p>\n
State lawmakers highlighted that several trafficking incidents occur in hotels. <\/p>\n
“Our residents see it, our outreach team sees it, our first responders see it. When we see it, we have a responsibility to act fast and together. We can’t look away. Not for convenience, not because it’s comfortable, not because it’s easier to pretend it’s somewhere else,” said Nina Ahmad, a Philadelphia City Council member. <\/p>\n
Ahmad pointed out that the influx of major events in Philadelphia next year, such as the World Cup and MLB All-Star Game, makes this issue even more poignant, as large international events can often become hubs for trafficking incidents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OFFICERS FOLLOWED POLICIES TO A T AND AT THE STATE CAPITOL IN HARRISBURG TODAY, STATE LAWMAKERS CELEBRATING THE…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[529,2908,34108,37,9193,34112,31966,34110,34111,34113,4816,12207,28,30,9318,20037,29,34116,34109,34115,34114,85,3477],"class_list":{"0":"post-63791","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pennsylvania","8":"tag-bill","9":"tag-dauphin-county","10":"tag-dr-nina-ahmad","11":"tag-harrisburg","12":"tag-hospitality-industry","13":"tag-hospitality-worker","14":"tag-hotel","15":"tag-human-trafficking-awareness-training","16":"tag-human-trafficking-training","17":"tag-major-event","18":"tag-nina-ahmad","19":"tag-pa-lawmaker","20":"tag-pennsylvania","21":"tag-pennsylvania-headlines","22":"tag-pennsylvania-lawmaker","23":"tag-pennsylvania-lawmakers","24":"tag-pennsylvania-news","25":"tag-philadelphia-city-council-member","26":"tag-philadelphia-city-councilmember","27":"tag-philadelphia-next-year","28":"tag-reservation-company","29":"tag-state","30":"tag-state-capitol"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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