TAT Harriet Tubman Award • TRUCKERS AGAINST TRAFFICKING

About the Award

In 2013, Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT) created an award to honor members of the trucking industry whose direct actions impacted those victimized by human trafficking. That award has now been expanded to include members of the bus and energy sectors as well. The goal is to recognize those whose actions helped to recover the exploited, improve the lives of victims or prevent human trafficking and/or sexual exploitation from taking place.

The winner earns a $2,500 check and will be presented the award at Protective Insurance’s biggest event of the year, the Protective 500.

The award is named in honor of Harriet Tubman, the famed abolitionist credited with using the Underground Railroad to transport slaves to freedom. She was never caught and never lost a passenger.

Nomination Process

Anyone wishing to be considered for this award or who knows someone who should be considered for this award, should: Either contact TAT directly at tat.truckers@gmail.com or contact your company executives, state association or school with the following information and have them fill out a report and send it to tat.truckers@gmail.com:

First and last name of the person or people involved in making the call.
Date, time and location of the call made to the NHTH – 1-888-3737-888 – or to local law enforcement
How did the hotline (NHTH) and law enforcement respond?
What is the name of the police department that responded?
What happened when police came? Was anyone arrested (pimp, john, victim)?
Do you know if the victim was able to access victim services through the hotline?
Contact information of the person submitting this nomination

Once TAT has vetted the information, if there is a success story, the nomination will be submitted to the TAT award selection committee for consideration.

Criteria and Selection

This information will be vetted by TAT’s award selection committee. For company or school employee winners, both you and your company/school will be contacted concerning the award. Your company/school will receive a duplicate of the award you receive, so it can be displayed in your honor. The company/school award will be sent to the company, while the actual Harriet Tubman Award will be presented at the Protective 500 event. If you’re an independent driver, you will be contacted about the award. All Harriet Tubman award winners will be honored in TAT’s publications and on our website.