Big Thank You to our RISE Hotline Volunteer of the Month: Imani K! Imani is one of our interns and has been a rockstar in helping our anti-human trafficking team. She has been great in stepping in and taking additional shifts in office and is doing great work in participating in the RISE operational outreaches alongside law enforcement. For this, RISE would like to recognize her as the volunteer of the month!
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