- Emancipation Day (First called Jubilee Day)
- Marks the end of legal slavery in the United States when the last slaves were freed U.S. troops in Galveston, TX on June 19th, 1865
- Federal Holiday signed into law on June 17, 2021, and observed on June 19th (or the first Monday following if June 19 falls on the weekend)
- Recognized by IUP as an official holiday
- An important moment for the U.S. to recognize the necessity of maintaining freedom for everyone
Human Trafficking and Sexual Slavery
- Unfortunately, although slavery is no longer legal in the U.S., human trafficking remains an ongoing world wide problem
- The U.S. State Department estimates that there are 24.5 million slaves world wide
- Other estimates put the number as high as 40 million
- National Human Trafficking Hotline
- The SOAP Project (Save Our Adolescents from Prostitution)