We just recorded a very important conversation with David Reid and Melanie Harr-Hughes, M.A., APR from redM joinredM.com

The subject is #humantrafficking​, not easy to talk about and exactly why we must talk about it.

Most of us hear “human trafficking” and think it is happening somewhere else.

Another country. Another city. Another neighborhood. Another family.

This issue is closer than most of us want to believe.

What stood out to me about redM is that they do not lead with fear, politics, shame, or hopelessness.

They lead with awareness, education, community, practical action, and hope.

redM exists to resource, empower, and develop people who want to fight human trafficking in sustainable ways.

A problem this large cannot only be left to someone else.

It takes parents. It takes businesses. It takes industry leaders. It takes communities. It takes people willing to pay attention.

This conversation reminds me again that out energy industry has such a powerful role to play.

Oil and gas people understand hard work.

We understand difficult environments.

We understand long odds.

We understand what it means to show up, build teams, solve problems, and keep moving when the work is uncomfortable.

That same mindset is needed here.

This is not about everyone becoming an investigator, rescuer, or expert overnight.

It is about learning the signs.

It is about supporting survivor organizations.

It is about helping local chapters grow.

It is about using our networks, resources, influence, and relationships to push back against one of the darkest problems in our society.

The redM model gives everyday people a place to start.

You can give an hour. You can show up to an event. You can connect a sponsor. You can help raise awareness. You can support a local organization already doing the hard work.

Most of us do not need our lives to look big.

But we do want our lives to do something big.

That is what I felt in this conversation.

Hope.

Not soft hope.

Fighting hope.

The kind of hope that says human trafficking is real, organized, hidden, and devastating…

But it is not untouchable.

It can be exposed. It can be fought. It can be disrupted. And people can be protected.

Thank you to David Reid and Melanie for bringing this message into the room and helping build awareness here in Oklahoma City.

Thank you to Farrow Energy Services for providing the space.

Thank you to Oilfield Tailgate for helping create a platform where important conversations like this can happen.

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Awareness is not the end of the work.

It is where the work begins.

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