Members of the college community are invited to attend “Trapped In our Own Backyard” a Symposium on Human Trafficking & A Story of Survival, which will be held Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019 from 9 am to noon at St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church, 440 Whitehall Road in Albany. This event is free and open to the public.
Human trafficking is the exploitation of human beings through force, fraud, coercion, physical restraint, fear or intimidation for the purposes of commercial sex or forced labor. This is not a problem that only exists in distant locations or major metropolitan centers. Anyone can be trafficked regardless of class, gender, age, or education. According to the International Labor Organization, there are over 40 million victims worldwide.
The focus of the symposium is to raise awareness and educate the public in identifying warning signs and to “see something, say something.”
The event is sponsored by the Ladies Philoptochos Societies of the Capital Region and Schenectady County Safe Harbour Anti-Trafficking Program.
The event will include a panel of local education, treatment and law enforcement experts as well as victims of human trafficking.
Published: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 12:28:50 +0000 by e.bryant