2019: A YEAR ON THE ROAD WITH THE FREEDOM DRIVERS PROJECT Looking into the movement and impact of the Freedom Drivers Project. Launched by Truckers Against Trafficking in 2014, the Freedom Drivers Project is a magnetic, contextual and strategic tool in fighting human trafficking. 2 ABOUT THIS REPORT Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT) exists to educate, equip, empower and mobilize members of the trucking, bus and energy industries. The Freedom Drivers Project (FDP), our unique mobile museum, accomplishes all four actions at each event it attends, through the volunteers and TAT staff that haul it and work it, the TAT materials provided those who tour it at every stop it makes, the inspirational and education videos it plays, the survivor artifacts it displays and the suggestions it provides for becoming involved in the fight against human trafficking. On the following pages, you'll find highlights of ways the FDP helps TAT complete its mission. Freedom Drivers Project By the Numbers 3399 2255 88,,995522 3377,,992233 EVENTS STATES TOURED MILES IN 2019 VISITED THE FDP TRAVELED Coalition Builds 3 The FDP is a popular and essential component of Coalition Builds, TAT's half-day trainings for law enforcement and industry members to join together to close loopholes traffickers exploit. EDUCATE This year, the FDP attended Coalition Builds in Whiting Petroleum Demand an End Alabama, Louisiana, Missouri, Maryland, New All-State Safety Transportation Jersey, New Hampshire and Florida. Conference Training "There is nothing like showing someone the facts and displays in the FDP and watching the facial expressions of disbelief of just how horrific this crime really is." Ron Vandermark, UPS Freight By the numbers Field employees, contractors, vendors One of the FDP's first events in 2019 and community members composed was Demand an End Transportation the audience at a lunch and learn at Training in conjunction with Super Whiting Petroleum in North Dakota as Bowl LIII. Hosted by the Georgia the FDP educated the energy industry. Attorney General's Office and UPS, 77 338844 4422 COALITION TOURED THE FDP OPPORTUNITIES Eighty attended the presentation and the FDP was toured by 135. UPS CEO BUILDS WITH AT COALITION FOR FURTHER 50 toured the FDP. David Abney was so inspired, he THE FDP BUILDS PARTNERSHIP invited the FDP to another UPS event. FIRST BUS INDUSTRY EVENTS 4 Connecting with UMA Arizona our roots at the Motorcoach Transit Iowa 80 Jamboree Expo Conference At its third appearance at the Iowa 80 Jamboree in Walcott, the FDP had 1,673 people walk through the exhibit between July 11-13. This was the FDP's highest count of the year. Comments included, "I'd heard of trafficking but didn't realize it was like this." "Heart-wrenching." "As the largest annual gathering of Pulling together transit providers bus and motorcoach owners and throughout Arizona, this conference operators in North America, the UMA featured human trafficking and Busing on Expo is the perfect location for an the Lookout (BOTL) as a plenary session. exhibit like the FDP that will educate The FDP played its educational role by and inform our members about how helping attendees experience the human they can get involved." side of the crime through its exhibits. Stacy Tetschner, UMA president/CEO EDUCATE Schneider Associate Appreciation Week Tour 5 In addition to training all their drivers, Schneider wanted to share the impact drivers were having with their other associates and decided to do that EQUIP through an FDP tour during Associates Appreciation Week. Great Dane Terre Haute and After walking through Brazil Plant Employee Picnics 157 the exhibit an employee shared that she Great Dane is committed to TOURED recognized some of the equipping its employees to fight same patterns in the life JUNE 10 - of a friend’s daughter human trafficking. This year, GREENBAY Great Dane invited the FDP to she knew. She said she HEADQUARTERS was going to talk with two more of its sites so more 57 her friend about this and employees could gain a greater TOURED hopefully get the young understanding of the crime as woman help. well as Great Dane's involvement JUNE 11 - with TAT. GARY, IN TERMINAL "With education comes power, “It was a privilege to 107 have the Freedom and with power comes change ... Drivers Project visit Educating our workforce through TOURED Schneider facilities. We the FDP on the human trafficking are committed to issues in the US today, help equip JUNE 12 - fighting human more citizens with the INDIANAPOLIS trafficking, which is why TERMINAL knowledge and resources to help 105 we train every driver to combat these issues. TOURED recognize the signs." Mark Oehlers, Great Dane Human Tammy Grunert, Resources JUNE 13 - WEST Associate Relations. MEMPHIS TERMINAL BNSF Logistics N2Publishing Event 6 AUGUST 26 DIAMOND LEVEL FLOWER SPONSOR MOUND, TX SEPTEMBER 24 4400 WILMINGTON, TOURED NC BNSF Logistics hosted the FDP and TAT staff for an ice cream social N2Gives is the charitable arm of N2Publishing and is a Diamond Level for their employees to ignite the passion in their team for this issue sponsor of TAT. N2Publishing hosted the FDP at their North Carolina and equip them with a greater understanding of human trafficking and headquarters, inviting local press, colleagues, friends, family and how each of them can be involved in fighting it. The FDP also played a community members to tour the FDP and attend a lunch and learn to role in helping employees understand the critical role carriers who work become better equipped to fight human trafficking wherever they go. for BNSF can play in fighting this crime and why it's important for BNSF They filled the room to capacity and got publicity through print and to assist with getting those carriers trained. As a shipper, BNSF is in a broadcast media. For one FDP visitor, Charlie Shotton, the exhibit really unique position to equip more members of the trucking industry to hit home, as he thought about the story of one 12-year-old girl who was fight human trafficking by requesting that carriers they contract with sold for sex and related it to his 12-year-old sister. be TAT Trained. EQUIP 7 Empowered to volunteer EMPOWER OVER VOLUNTEERS Great American Trucking Show 113355 3377 9955%% EVENTS HAD OF EVENTS SUPPORTED BY VOLUNTEERS LOCAL VOLUNTEERS Originally debuted at the Great American Trucking Show, the FDP not only had 1,210 people tour this year, but Walmart, Omnitracs and BNSF empowered their employees to work the exhibit, providing 33 volunteers -- more support than in any previous year. "The 110000%% 2244 CORPORATE EVENTS DIFFERENT COMPANIES Great American Trucking Show is proud to assist Truckers Against Trafficking in WERE SUPPORTED BY & ORGANIZATIONS combating this crime by providing a venue for trucking professionals to become better LOCAL VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED VOLUNTEERS educated on the issue,” said Emily Larson, director of Events for Randall Reilly. “Walking through (the FDP), you can’t help but be proud of the impact our industry is making." Iowa State Fair 8 2019 was the FDP's third year at the fair, and the exhibit achieved its largest single-day tour audience of 1,222. Iowa Motor Vehicle Enforcement (MVE) officers hosted the exhibit and volunteered at it. "Thank you to all of the persons who took the opportunity to walk through the Freedom Drivers Project trailer and educate themselves about human trafficking on Heroes Day at the Iowa State Fair. This horrific criminal activity knows no geographic boundary. It occurs throughout the country and in Iowa. People seeing suspected activity and making a call are truly heroes for the victims of human trafficking. " Chief Lorenzen, Iowa MVE EMPOWER UPS Unpacking how UPS 9 empowers their communities This means that the FDP can be viewed by more UPS employees as the trailer makes its way across the FFIIRRSSTT country during the many 2 hauls UPS does for TAT. DRIVER HOS2TED EVENTS 77 FDP E UPS, a Freedom Driver Level sponsor, empowers its employees to fight VENTS WITH 1100,,999988 human trafficking through its partnership with TAT by not only providing UPS VOLUNTEERS MILES HAULED numerous ways for employees to volunteer with TAT, haul and/or maintain the FDP, attend events where it hosts the FDP, but they have even trained select drivers to host the FDP at their terminals when it's being stored there between events. At one of the first driver-led FDP events at a UPS DRIVERS ASSIST WITH facility, UPS Driver/TAT Ambassador John McKown told of three women who EMPOWERED toured the FDP and were crying when they exited. They thanked him over MAINTENANCE ON TO SPEAK ON and over for being a man who fought human trafficking and who informed THE ROAD them of this crime. THE ISSUE EMPOWER Hauler Data10 DIFFERENT COMPANIES 2211HAULED THE FDP MOBILIZE 55FOR THE FIRST TIME! Volvo Power Day IFDA Distribution MILES Employee Recognition Solutions TRAVELED and Open House Conference 3377,,992233 DONATED HAULS SAVED TAT $$8899,,000000 After hosting the FDP at several of its The FDP received free exhibit space at this TOP COMPANIES plants in 2017, Volvo invited the FDP back conference as part of its Expo and helped to remind its employees and community convince 13 companies to partner with TAT MONEY MILES DRIVEN TRIP LEGS UPS - UPS - UPS - 14 members of what Volvo is doing to fight in training and mobilizing an army of $36,123 10,998 Schneider - 8 human trafficking and impress on them the transportation professionals to fight Matheson - Schneider - Quality - 3 need for each person to be involved in this human trafficking. Volunteers from TAT's $9,689 5,275 Werner - 3 battle as well.