Dawn’s passion is threefold: for her husband and family, her relationship with God and for Join the Movement Events, Inc. (JTM), educating our local communities, what human trafficking is and how to protect their neighborhoods and most especially our youth. She became aware of this great need for Wisconsin at her Rotary District conference several years ago. Since that time Dawn has been attending training with the FBI, DOJ, ICAC, WCASA, SAVAS, Children’s Hospital, Amber Alert, NCJCT, End the Game, and Truckers Against Trafficking and local organizations. JTM’s mission was to organize large group awareness events in local communities to educate our youth, parents/guardians and community members. Dawn specializes in protecting our youth in a digital world. This has expanded to include specialized training workshops for medical professionals, EMS Departments, Law Enforcement Departments, hospitality staff and social workers. She is a frequent guest lecturer at medical colleges and universities for their grand rounds. Dawn is dedicated to educating all ages in all communities and traveling around the Midwest. Each presentation is catered specifically for those in attendance. She is also a founding member of the Walworth County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force. Dawn also serves on several organization boards of directors and task forces located in Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota.
For many years, Dawn has been an advocate for victims of human trafficking and domestic abuse, helping them with the resources needed to make the changes in their lives. The JTM toolkits are available free of charge and are facilitated by many organizations around the world and available to download from their website www.jtme.org. Dawn moved to Minnesota when she and Peter were married and was a charter member and board member of the Rotary Club to End Human Trafficking as well as an Assistant Governor for 9 clubs in Rotary District 5950. When she moved back to Wisconsin and District 6270, she came back to her Elkhorn club where she was President from 2018-19. Dawn continues to share her passion to educate our youth to area business leaders through Rotary International. After 5 years as an Assistant Governor, Dawn moved on to another position within the district and is currently the District Governor Nominee for Rotary District 6270 and is the Director at Large for Medium Sized clubs for the current Rotary year.
After meeting with several organizations who all identified a need to fill the gaps with advocacy services, the JTM C.A.R.E. Team (Community Advocate Resource Evaluation) was launched in the spring of 2022. The CARE Team are fully trained advocates for human trafficking, domestic violence, and sexual assault victims. The CARE team currently operates in Walworth, Racine and Kenosha Counties offering advocate support services to local hospitals, the Child Advocacy Center of Walworth County and in the Walworth County Jail.
