About Us

STATISTICS ON WHY WE NEED THIS CENTER<br />

STATISTICS ON WHY WE NEED THIS CENTER

Cobb County is the third largest county in Georgia with over 800,000 residents with a racial makeup of in 2024 51.1% White, 26.8.0% Black, 0.3%, 4.5% Asian, 5.6.% Pacific Islander, 5.3% , 14.3% of the population is Hispanic or Latino. Our research revealed that sexual assault increased 236% in Atlanta in 2022 and there are approximately 5,000 women and girls at-risk of being sex trafficked in Georgia. Atlanta has an internal trafficking problem, where minors are recruited and transferred to another county ,state or country. Approximately 374 girls are commercially sexually exploited each month in Georgia and over 500 girls and women  go missing a month suspected to have been kidnapped into Human Trafficking.

What is Human Trafficking?

Human Trafficking is the solicitation, recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons by means of threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, abduction, fraud or deception or the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation can include prostitution of others or other forms of exploitation, forced labor or services, slavery or practices like slavery, servitude or the removal of organs or forced criminal activity.

what Human Trafficking is

Human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal enterprise in the world, out selling cocaine, crack, meth and heroine. In 2024, Human Trafficking was estimated to have grossed over $300 Billion dollars in revenues for criminal enterprises. It is estimated that in 2024 there were more than 28Million men, women and children that were trafficked worldwide.

Human trafficking victims are often forced, through sexual, physical and/or psychological violence, to perform work under slavery-like conditions. Tactics used by recruiters, traffickers and their associates are often the same tactics used by batterers and can mirror dynamics of domestic violence.

Traffickers use a variety of coercive methods to control their
victims including:

  • Luring their victims with false promises of economic opportunity
  • Withholding identification, work authorization, or travel documents
  • Demanding repayment for a real or alleged debt
  • Using or threatening to use violence
  • Monitoring and surveillance activities
  • Paying very little or not paying at all for work
raffickers use a variety of coercive methods to control their victims including

NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING STATSTICS

  • 24.9 million people are victims of forced labor. (ILO, 2024).
  • 16 million people are trafficked for forced labor in the private economy. (Private economy includes: private individuals, groups, or companies in all sectors except the commercial sex industry). (ILO, 2024).
  • 4.8 million people are trafficked for forced sexual exploitation. (ILO, 2024).
  • 4.1 million people are trafficked for forced labor in state-imposed forced labor. It is estimated that 20.9 million people are trafficked worldwide. (ILO, 2024).
  • Women and girls are disproportionately affected by human trafficking, accounting for 71% of all victims. (ILO, 2014).

LABOUR TRAFFICKING STATISTICS

  • Forced labor in the private economy generates an estimated $150 billion in illegal profits per year. (ILO, 2024).

  • Migrant workers and indigenous people are particularly vulnerable to forced labor.

  • The largest share of labor trafficked adults are domestic workers (24%) followed by construction (18%), manufacturing (15%), and agriculture and fishing (11%) sectors. (ILO, 2024).

SEX TRAFFICKING STATISTICS

  • 3.8 million Adults are trafficked for forced sexual exploitation and 1.0 million children are trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation. (ILO, 2024).

What we do?

CENTER IMPACT

We anticipate providing supportive housing accommodation services to approximately 40 women and additional housing for 10 women with children along with providing center services that will consist of veteran affairs services, mental health and drug prevention and counseling services ,employment assistance and readiness, financial assistance , personal development counseling and mentoring programs.

raffickers use a variety of coercive methods to control their victims including
VOLUNTEERS

VOLUNTEERS

We are grateful for our friends who serve and build community alongside us in transition and displaced brothers and sisters. The relationships formed while doing good work with our neighbors and team members could not be replicated anywhere else, and we are grateful for our friends who serve with us.

Whether you want to assist in the community development administration office or serve an evening meal or assist in nightly housing facilities there is always something for everyone to jump in and get involved!

Scroll through our monthly schedule and event calendar for a glimpse of the numerous volunteer opportunities we have at THE MORTON LEGACY CENTER. You can also search for volunteer opportunities with different programs or other community-building opportunities by clicking one of the specific program links.

CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS

We conducted in-depth research to provide training and educational classes to assist our members with the resources they need to assist those who seek to improve through educational programs that teach computer training, GED programs,  various vocational programs , financial literacy, empowerment and motivational seminars and workshops with some of the most successful entrepreneurs, professional athlete’s’ and celebrities. Each attendee will be empowered by this paradigm-breaking, faith-based approach to caring for our community members with compassion and dignity.

THE MORTON LEGACY CENTER through our interactive talks, workshops, and other consultative guidance, we aim to provide THE MORTON LEGACY CENTER members the benefit of a vast array of educational classes and experiences.

We invite you to take part in one of our classes or workshops to help better shape your understanding of the Community.

CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS<br />

WHY THIS TEAM?

The opportunity to develop THE MORTON LEGACY CENTER is much more than creating just another building. It’s an exciting opportunity to stimulate economic, social and cultural development for our in-transition community residents and victims of human trafficking. THE MORTON LEGACY CENTER team partnered with other community leaders are dedicated to bringing that multi-faceted vision to reality for the Cobb County Community. Our expert team is made up of professionals who will play a major role in the development, design, and construction of the project. The lead developers in this project are Lorenzo Winslow, lead Architect with Tri-Arch Design Studio’s and Bernard Levette with B.Levette & Company General Contractors. As our partners, they are well-established award-winning commercial real estate architecture and Construction Company with each having over 20 plus years’ experience. Together, we’re bringing local leadership with national resources in our team to develop “THE MORTON LEGACY CENTER”.

WHY THIS TEAM?