PRESS RELEASE FROM CAROLINA PUBLIC PRESS:
Carolina Public Press, the regional online nonprofit news organization, will hold a free and public forum about human trafficking on Friday, Aug. 12, from 8:30-10:30 a.m. at Lenoir-Rhyne University’s Center for Graduate Studies of Asheville. The forum will also be live-streamed for those outside the Asheville area.
Panelists include Karen Arias, bilingual victim advocate and bilingual child forensic interviewer with the 30th Judicial District Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Alliance, Inc. and Angelica Wind, executive director of Our Voice, a nonprofit which serves survivors of sexual violence in Buncombe County. Other panelists are being confirmed. The event, which is sponsored by Lenoir-Rhyne University, will be moderated by journalists with Carolina Public Press.
The forum is a chance to discuss issues surrounding human trafficking in North Carolina, with specific emphasis on sex and labor trafficking. According to reporting by Carolina Public Press, in 2015, a national hotline widely publicized in North Carolina to report suspected human trafficking identified 110 human trafficking cases involving 925 potential victims. At the same time, few arrests were made and few criminal cases prosecuted.
A light breakfast is included at the event, and RSVPs are required to attend either in person or remotely through a live stream. Visit carolinapublicpress.org to RSVP.
For more information, please contact Tara George at Carolina Public Press at 828-774-5290 or at tgeorge@carolinapublicpress.org.
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