肯塔基 9 家赛马场集体张贴反人口贩卖海报：第一夫人联盟推动识别与举报
肯塔基州第一夫人布里塔妮·贝希尔（Britainy Beshear）10 月 13 日在法兰克福宣布，该州全部 9 家赛马场正与她领导的反人口贩卖宣传联盟（First Lady's Human Trafficking Awareness Coalition）合作，在场内张贴海报，帮助公众识别并举报人口贩卖迹象——与机场、酒店、会议中心和体育场馆现有的标识保持一致。9 月，第一夫人已代表联盟致函全部 9 家赛马场。
参与的赛马场包括路易斯维尔的丘吉尔园（Churchill Downs，肯塔基德比举办地）、莱克星顿的 Keeneland 与 Red Mile、亨德森的 Ellis Park、佛罗伦萨的 Turfway Park、富兰克林的 Kentucky Downs 与 The Mint、科尔宾的 Cumberland Run、奥克格罗夫的 Oak Grove，以及阿什兰的 Sandy's Racing。
海报由第一夫人办公室开发，样式与联邦"蓝丝带行动"（Blue Campaign）在机场投放的广告类似，有英文和西班牙文两种版本，印有全国人口贩卖热线信息。海报列出的五项贩卖迹象包括：无法控制自己的旅行或身份证件；无法控制自己的钱；没有行动与社交自由；说不出合理合乎逻辑的旅行计划；关系不真实，尤其是家长或监护人与儿童之间的关系。
贝希尔夫人表示，人口贩卖是全球性问题，需要所有人共同提高认识、教育大众，帮助拯救生命并为幸存者伸张正义；赛马场每年接待数百万访客，是展示这些标识的好机会。The Mint 游戏厅（隶属 Kentucky Downs）副总裁兼总经理约翰·米尔科维奇（Johan Mirkovic）说，打击人口贩卖不只是执法部门和服务机构的工作，"它属于我们所有人"；贩卖者依赖沉默和人们假设"别人会行动"，不应让他们得逞。联盟成员、贩卖幸存者迪安娜·林恩·斯潘格勒（Deanna Lynn Spangler）说，从她自己的经历看，当一个人不知道去哪里求助时，很难意识到另一种未来是可能的，这些标识的意义正在于此。
该联盟由州长贝希尔今年 3 月签署行政令成立，共 15 名成员，涵盖公共安全、执法、医疗、媒体与政府领域专家，由第一夫人担任主席。新闻稿同时公布举报渠道：怀疑儿童商业性剥削可联系肯塔基州社区服务部（877-KYSAFE1）或当地执法部门；其他人口贩卖线索可拨打全国人口贩卖热线 888-373-7888；紧急情况拨 911 或肯塔基州警 800-222-5555。
Kentucky's Nine Racetracks Join First Lady's Anti-Trafficking Poster Campaign
Kentucky First Lady Britainy Beshear announced on October 13 in Frankfort that all nine of the commonwealth's racetracks are partnering with the First Lady's Human Trafficking Awareness Coalition to post signage teaching the public to recognize and report the signs of human trafficking, consistent with signage at airports, hotels, convention centers and stadiums. In September, the First Lady sent a letter on the coalition's behalf to all nine racetracks.
The tracks — Churchill Downs in Louisville, Keeneland and the Red Mile in Lexington, Ellis Park in Henderson, Turfway Park in Florence, Kentucky Downs and The Mint in Franklin, Cumberland Run in Corbin, Oak Grove, and Sandy's Racing in Ashland — will display posters developed by the First Lady's Office, modeled on the federal Blue Campaign's airport ads and available in English and Spanish, listing warning signs such as a person not controlling their own travel documents or money, lacking freedom of movement, being unable to state a logical travel plan, or a relationship that appears inauthentic, particularly between a parent or guardian and a child.
Beshear said trafficking is a global problem requiring everyone to raise awareness and educate, helping save lives and secure justice for survivors, and noted the tracks welcome millions of visitors a year. Johan Mirkovic, vice president and general manager of The Mint Gaming Hall at Kentucky Downs, said fighting traffickers "belongs to all of us" and that traffickers rely on silence and on bystanders assuming someone else will act. Coalition member and survivor Deanna Lynn Spangler said the signs matter because, from her own experience, it is hard to realize another future is possible when you do not know where to find help. The 15-member coalition was created by Governor Beshear's executive order in March and is chaired by the First Lady. Reports can be made to the Kentucky Department for Community Based Services at 877-KYSAFE1 for suspected child exploitation, to the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 888-373-7888, or, in an emergency, by calling 911 or Kentucky State Police at 800-222-5555.
图片来源：丘吉尔园赛马场（路易斯维尔），Wikimedia Commons，CC BY-SA 2.0，Ken Lund
