WarHorse Gaming is conducting training to help its Lincoln casino staff better identify and take actions to prevent human trafficking from occurring at the property.
“It’s an issue we take very seriously,” says Lance Morgan, President and CEO of WarHorse Gaming’s parent company Ho-Chunk, Inc. “The training shows our team members what to look for and what to do when they suspect a person is in a dangerous situation. Our goal is for every WarHorse team member to have a ‘not on my watch’ mentality toward human trafficking.”
WarHorse Gaming is partnering with experts Elizabeth Lang and Lynette Grey Bull to lead the training. Lang has assisted more than 50 organizations across 16 states through the Office for Victims of Crime – Human Trafficking Capacity Building Center.
Grey Bull is the founder and director of Not Our Native Daughters, an organization that focuses on the work and education of human trafficking and the Missing, Murdered Indigenous Persons movement.
In addition to the training, WarHorse Gaming will host a roundtable discussion for community members and businesses on March 9 at its Indian Village offices in Lincoln.
“Human trafficking can happen anywhere,” said Morgan. “With community members and our fellow Lincoln businesses, we are working toward a coordinated anti-trafficking stance and response plan. We all play a part in preventing human trafficking and assisting its victims. Hopefully one day we can eliminate it altogether.”