Countywide Efforts Raise Awareness of Human Trafficking
College of DuPage and DuPage County host programs to increase awareness of human trafficking.
Most people, thanks to Lifetime movies, believe human trafficking is an international issue that doesn't affect us directly. However, Illinois ranks fifth in the number of calls to the National Human Trafficking Hotline. In Chicago alone, the Illinois Department of Human Services reports 16,000 to 25,000 girls are sexually exploited through human trafficking. Sisters of Chicagoland, founded by Donna Werner, recently joined Girls Education Mentoring Services (GEMS) of New York in an effort to raise awareness of the realities of human trafficking locally. With COD’s Human Services Department, they hosted College of DuPage’s Child Abuse Fair on April 26. GEMS screened a documentary, “Very Young Girls, ” which depicts the ease of how pimps …
Autumn Geist
2:01 pm on Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Julie, please private message me and I can include you on future screenings. Thanks for your interest. more ›