Issue Overviews

 

Rotating Issue Overviews highlight community needs, as well as challenges and opportunities for charitable giving in issue areas spanning arts to zoology throughout Middle Tennessee.  The following Issue Overviews are based, in part, on research, interviews, focus groups and studies conducted by local journalists and by The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.  Do you care deeply about an issue that has not yet been highlighted on this page?  Contact us to submit a request.

 

Click below on an issue that interests you.  Learn more about needs in Middle Tennessee, and view lists of regional nonprofits meeting those needs.

Human Sex Trafficking

Human trafficking has long been an international concern, but did you know that trafficking could be happening in your own neighborhood? News features on this topic often concentrate on women and children in third world countries who have been forced into the sex trade industry involuntarily, but this industry has evolved into one of the most lucrative businesses worldwide. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, human sex trafficking is "the fastest-growing business of organized crime and the third-largest criminal enterprise in the world." What you may not know is that human trafficking is growing in the United States and takes place right here in Middle Tennessee.

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