REMINDER/Salvation Army, IAST, and National Liberty Museum Host Sexual Trafficking Discussion With Leading Experts.

Assignment/News Editors

REMINDER...for Wednesday (May 1)

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Salvation Army 

EVENT:       The Salvation Army, and the Initiative Against Sexual
             Trafficking, in partnership with the National Liberty
             Museum will host, "Modern-Day Slavery: Confronting Sexual
             Trafficking" - a community discussion on sexual
             trafficking. The two-hour briefing, which is open to the
             public at no charge, will take place at the National
             Liberty Museum.

             Expert panelists will discuss the local and international
             realities of sexual trafficking. The dimensions of this
             human tragedy are staggering - this year alone an
             estimated two million women and children will be
             trafficked globally, and nearly 50,000 of those will be
             trafficked into the United States.

             The Salvation Army leads more than 30 faith-based, human
             rights, and child advocacy organizations in the
             Initiative Against Sexual Trafficking (IAST), a coalition
             dedicated to eradicating trafficking of women and
             children for the purposes of commercial sexual
             exploitation.

DATE/TIME:   Wednesday, May 1, 2002
             1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

PLACE:       National Liberty Museum
             321 Chestnut Street
             Philadelphia, PA

ATTENDEES:   Kevin Tomson-Hooper, Divisional Director of Social
              Services, The Salvation Army
             Lisa Thompson, IAST Coordinator
             Gwen Borowsky, Executive Director, National Liberty
              Museum
             Donna M. Hughes, Chair, Women's Studies at the University
              of Rhode Island
             Dr. Laura Lederer, Deputy Senior Advisor to the Secretary
              of State, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in
              Persons
             Gary Haugen, President, International Justice Mission

BACKGROUND:  The Salvation Army was founded 135 years ago as a
             religious and social services organization. Since that
             time, the organization has taken a holistic approach to
             working with people, addressing their physical,
             emotional, intellectual and spiritual needs without
             discrimination. The Salvation Army provides community
             supportive services, residential shelters, foster care,
             developmental disabilities programs, correctional
             services programs, child development centers,
             after-school care and Corps Community Centers.