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The Reston Herndon Branch Meeting Human Trafficking: Here, There and
Everywhere02/24/2015
• Human Trafficking is a global and local scourge.
• More than 250 victims of human trafficking identified in Northern Virginia in past year with perpetrators and victims reaching into the teenage population.
• Globally millions are trafficked and enslaved.
Awareness and ActionTo educate on the critical
nature of this problem, we
began our program with a
film about human
trafficking and
contemporary slavery,
Not My Life (VIEW FILM)
followed by Susan
Conway,
International Justice Mission
(IJM), and Suzanne Pigg,
Shelter House, both
helping victims, usually
women and girls, end
their existence in this
modern slavery.
The program stressed practical assistance, i.e., in kind and monetary donations to speakers’ organizations, education and awareness for teens and adults and next steps.
IJM is global organization that protects the poor and trafficked from violence in the developing world. Their
global team includes hundreds of lawyers, investigators, social workers, community activists and other professionals at work in nearly 20 communities.
Local Help• Shelter House and
Artemis offer a safe, confidential location and supportive counseling to individuals and their children who are fleeing violent situations.
The Herndon Community Leo Club went door to door during the Hindu Holiday of Dwali singing and raising awareness about the serious issue of Human Trafficking and raising funds for victims. They presented the funds they raised to IJM and Shelter House, helping victims worldwide and in their local community.