Tri-Citians shining the light on human trafficking and sexual exploitation
Bob Brawdy
·2 min read
Several dozen students, faculty and community members gathered on the Pasco campus of Columbia Basin College for the first of three Shine the Light on Human Trafficking events to call attention to the problem.
The events are open to the public and include a presentation at 5 p.m. Wednesday by Rebecca Bender, nationally recognized human trafficking authority and former trafficking survivor. Her talk is at the Gjerde Center on the Pasco campus.
It will be followed by a question-and-answer session with a panel of experts from SARC (Support, Advocacy & Resource Center) and Mirror Ministries.
A movie featuring Rebecca Bender called, “Human Trafficking in Film,” will be shown Thursday from 9:10 am. to 1:40 pm in the planetarium on the CBC campus.
The federal Department of Justice says 8 million people are trafficked worldwide, with an estimated 14,500 and 17,500 trafficked in the U.S. each year.
The victims are people of all ages, backgrounds and nationalities, who are exploited for profit.
The series of events are a collaboration between the Associated Students of CBC, Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society, SARC, Rotary, Soroptomist, and Mirror Ministries.
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