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“The trucking industry is the eyes and ears of our nation’s highways. They’re in places that most people aren’t, and they can recognize potential victims of human trafficking more than the rest of us.”

– Laura Cyrus, Truckers Against Trafficking

 

Because logistics and supply chain professionals make their living connecting communities, Supply Chain Now often has the opportunity to bring different groups of people together into one, larger conversation. In this livestream, the team does just that, exploring the opportunities truckers have to protect the most vulnerable members of society and talking about making our regular content available to a Spanish-speaking audience.

In this livestream, Laura Cyrus, Sofia Rivas Herrera, Scott Luton, and Enrique Alvarez discuss and engage with the audience in real time about:

· Why it is important to ensure that companies and supply chain professionals in Latin America are able to be part of the Supply Chain Now conversation

· How drivers across North America are coming together to serve as a ‘mobile army’ in the fight against human trafficking

· The opportunities the Supply Chain Now audience has to get involved and make s difference

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