HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Exhausting Rock Worldwide and Seminole Gaming are persevering with their dedication to combat human trafficking this Nationwide Human Trafficking Prevention Month and all by means of the yr. The businesses will develop their instructional highschool program centered on stopping on-line luring of minors to center faculty curriculums, highlight the disaster round Murdered and Lacking Indigenous Ladies (MMIW) and proceed different efforts to acknowledge human trafficking and take motion.

As homeowners of Exhausting Rock Worldwide and Seminole Gaming, with motels and casinos on practically each continent, the Seminole Tribe of Florida believes it has an obligation to boost consciousness of the MMIW disaster and actively work to fight human trafficking. These points are particularly vital as a result of perpetrators typically goal the hospitality and gaming trade. Moreover, indigenous ladies face disproportionately excessive charges of going lacking, and this statistic have to be addressed and adjusted. Jim Allen, Chairman of Exhausting Rock Worldwide and CEO of Seminole Gaming

We’re proud to work with different gaming trade leaders, nonprofit organizations and advocacy teams to implement programming that educates individuals of all ages concerning the danger for and impression of the human trafficking epidemic. At Exhausting Rock, we set the trade normal for coaching protocol that each group member receives to make sure we defend our company. Stephanie Piimauna, Senior Vice President of Individuals & Inclusion and Chief Variety & Inclusion Officer at Seminole Exhausting Rock Assist Companies

Social Identification Quest (SIQ) Program

Exhausting Rock is increasing its Social Identity Quest (SIQ) instructional program with PACT (Protect All Children from Trafficking) to center faculties after efficiently reaching 1.2 million highschool college students within the U.S. and over 60,000 highschool college students in Mexico. This growth will assist pre-teens navigate the hazards of potential on-line predators by means of a brand new model that options interactive sport eventualities—comparable to ‘Digital Identification Quest,’ ‘Wholesome Relationships Quest’ and ‘To Textual content or Not To Textual content Quest’—every with totally different outcomes using a factors system to reward the most secure and most accountable decisions.

In 2023, the United Nations Committee on the Standing of Ladies lauded SIQ as a number one world instructional program, and in 2024, the Governor of the Mexican State of Quintana Roo mandated SIQ as core curriculum for college kids within the state when this system rolled out to Mexico.

Educators, dad and mom and guardians can go to socialidentityquest.com/siq-registration-form/ to register a faculty or youth group.

«We Trip For Her» Documentary Screening & Dialogue

On Wednesday, January 15 at Seminole Exhausting Rock Resort & On line casino Hollywood, Exhausting Rock will host a non-public screening of brief movie «We Trip For Her» adopted by a panel discussing the connection between human trafficking and MMIW.

The documentary was produced by Pink Sand Challenge and tells the experiences of Medicine Wheel Ride, an indigenous ladies motorcyclist group whose mission is to honor and bear in mind MMIW. It chronicles the group’s current journey from Sturgis, South Dakota, the place the most important motorbike rally within the U.S. takes place every year, to boost consciousness of stolen sisters, moms, grandmothers, aunts and two-spirit kin whose lacking individuals circumstances are sometimes ignored.

The panel will probably be moderated by Durante Blais-Billie (Seminole Tribe of Florida) with audio system together with movie co-director Prairie Rose Seminole (Northern Cheyenne, Arikara, and Dakota), co-chairwoman & co-founder of Drugs Wheel Trip and navy veteran Lorna Cuny (Oglala Sioux), Molly Gochman (Government Producer of We Trip for Her), CEO of PACT Lori Cohen and VP of worldwide social duty at Exhausting Rock and Seminole Gaming, Paul Pellizzari. The dialogue will spotlight the collective power, resilience and dedication to ending this epidemic of violence.

Exhausting Rock and Seminole Gaming will donate $10,000 to Drugs Wheel Trip, with 100% of donations straight benefiting households impacted by the MMIW disaster and supporting associated analysis.

Go to medicinewheelride.org to observe «We Trip For Her» and take motion.

Donating Change for Change from On line casino Visitors

This January, for the third yr in a row, Exhausting Rock and Seminole Gaming will elevate funds to fight human trafficking by means of its Change for Change program. Taking part on line casino properties will encourage company to donate any change from money tickets to the Exhausting Rock Heals Basis at choose Everi & NRT kiosks with all change contributions going to the Exhausting Rock Heals Basis to help PACT (Protect All Children from Trafficking).

«It is a Penalty» Marketing campaign

Round Tremendous Bowl LIX in New Orleans, Seminole Gaming and Exhausting Rock will amplify the marketing campaign from nonprofit group It’s a Penalty in a partnership that unites the tourism trade, athletes, sports activities governing our bodies & internet hosting committees, native & worldwide NGOs, governments, firms and legislation enforcement on the mission to eradicate human trafficking. «It is a Penalty» promotes the detrimental penalties of human trafficking, each the emotional and bodily abuse for victims & survivors and within the justice system for perpetrators.

Ongoing Staff Member Coaching & Sufferer Assist

As lively members of the American Gaming Affiliation’s Anti-Human Trafficking Taskforce, Exhausting Rock and Seminole Gaming are devoted to educating the general public concerning the indicators of trafficking, obtainable help for survivors and strategies to report suspected exploitation. This contains the completion of over 78,000 coaching classes by group members at motels and casinos since 2022. The coaching addresses methods to acknowledge indicators of trafficking and what steps to take.

As well as, Exhausting Rock and Seminole Gaming have stored Twentyfour-Seven QR code stickers in 44 motels and casinos throughout 13 nations to offer vital info and help to those that want it, whereas additionally deterring traffickers from concentrating on people on the properties.

Be taught extra about Exhausting Rock and Seminole Gaming’s human trafficking prevention efforts and 2025 CSR Report at hardrock.com/social-responsibility.

About Seminole Gaming

Seminole Gaming manages six Florida on line casino enterprises for the Seminole Tribe of Florida, together with Seminole Exhausting Rock Inns & Casinos in Tampa and Hollywood, Fla. Seminole Gaming has lengthy been acknowledged for its trade improvements and success. The Seminole Tribe was the primary Indian Tribe in North America to open Final Bingo, a high-stakes bingo corridor and on line casino, which debuted in 1979 and have become the forerunner of the Indian Gaming motion. Seminole Gaming presently holds funding grade rankings from main investment-grade ranking businesses: S&P World Scores (BBB) and Fitch Scores (BBB). Its Unity by Hard Rock™ world loyalty program rewards members for doing the issues they love at Seminole Gaming casinos and collaborating Exhausting Rock Cafes, Casinos, Inns all over the world.

About Exhausting Rock®

Exhausting Rock Worldwide (HRI) is among the most globally acknowledged corporations with venues in practically 75 nations spanning greater than 300 areas together with owned/licensed or managed Inns, Casinos, Rock Outlets^®, Dwell Efficiency Venues and Cafes. Starting with an Eric Clapton guitar, Exhausting Rock owns the world’s largest and most useful assortment of genuine music memorabilia with greater than 88,000 items displayed at areas across the globe. The Unity™ by Hard Rock world loyalty program rewards members for doing the issues they love throughout collaborating properties. As well as, Exhausting Rock Digital spotlights the sports activities betting and iGaming expertise with merchandise remixed within the spirit of Exhausting Rock for gamers worldwide.

HRI has acquired quite a few trade and vacation spot awards throughout the journey, hospitality, gaming, leisure and meals & beverage sectors. HRI presently holds funding grades from main investment-grade ranking businesses: S&P World Scores (BBB-) and Fitch Scores (BBB). For extra info on Exhausting Rock Worldwide, go to www.hardrock.com or shop.hardrock.com.