Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, in-person meetings are postponed until further notice. Instead, we have planned the following online meetings.
How to join in:Please download the Zoom app onto the device you will use for the meeting (desktop computer, laptop, tablet, mobile). It's also a good idea to test your video and audio settings before the meeting. Zoom can be downloaded from https://zoom.us/downloador from your mobile app store.
Rotary Club of Windsor (1918)
Meeting of July 27th - Official Visit of District Governor Noel Jackson
12:30 p.m - Official visit of District Governor, Dr. Noel Jackson
No Tuesday Meeting but members will be encouraged to take part in preparing vegetables for the Southwestern Ontario Gleaners Association in Leamington on August 21 and 22
Tuesday, Aug 25th - no meeting
Upcoming Meetings
Meeting of July 27th - Official Visit of District Governor Noel Jackson
12:30 p.m - Official visit of District Governor, Dr. Noel Jackson
Monday, we welcomed the Shelley Gilbert, Coordinator of Social Work Services and the Chair of the Windsor Essex Anti-Human Trafficking Action Group (WEFIGHT).
Shelley Gilbert has worked at Legal Assistance of Windsor since 1993. She is currently the Coordinator of Social Work Services and the Chair of the Windsor Essex Anti-Human Trafficking Action Group (WEFIGHT).
Shelley conducts training and workshops for both NGOs and law enforcement to help identify and provide service to survivors across the country. She has presented models of collaboration, policy gaps and best practice approaches at national and provincial conferences. She was awarded the Inspirational Leader Award by the Ontario Association of Social Workers in 2014 and the Attorney General Victim Services Award of Distinction in 2016.
The Windsor Essex Anti-Human Trafficking Action Group (WEFIGHT) provides support and advocacy to survivors of domestic and international human trafficking. This includes forced labour/debt bondage, forced marriage, and women trafficked into the sex industry.
Some of the most significant barriers to trafficked people are not knowing what options are available to them and fear of deportation. WEFIGHT supports victims with counselling, housing support, rent supplements, and teaches them how to manage money and be a good tenant.
How do we minimize the risk of someone being trafficked? Shelley explained that the first step is to increase public awareness and training. The organization encourages survivors to share their stories so others can understand how to spot and help those in need. It's also a great way to help current victims identify with the story and develop the courage to seek help. Traffickers are good at understanding vulnerabilities and using them to lure a person by force, fraud or coercion.
The most common way to lure someone is using poverty as a means to manipulate someone with the promise of money or a better life. What is often misunderstood about human trafficking is that anyone can be at risk, it’s about the opportunity. However, those most at risk include: people experiencing homelessness,
youth who have/are experiencing trauma,
temporary foreign workers,
undocumented people,
and men or women working in the sex trade.
Last Sunday you received an email from Jodi Ouellette regarding a survey relative to the re-introduction of in-person meetings. Thank you to those who have completed the survey. If you have not, please do so as we value everyone's input.
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