by Loey Powell
On April 24, Country Club Congregational UCC (CCCUCC) in Kansas City, MO, hosted a Human Trafficking Workshop. Paul Osgood, former JWM Board member, has spearheaded this effort to engage his congregation in response to the General Synod
26 resolution on human trafficking. Loey Powell offered an overview of the issue stressing why it is important for the religious community to become incrisisvolved. Award‐winning Kansas City Star investigative journalist Mike McGraw gave in‐depth stories from the work he did in several countries preparing the articles in his series for the newspaper.
Cynthia Cordes, Assistant US Attorney for the W. Missouri Region, who heads up a Human Trafficking Task Force, spoke about the coordination of efforts to prosecute traffickers and protect those who have been trafficked,and Kristy Childs spoke
about her own experiences as someone who had been trafficked. Childs is now the Director of Veronica’s Voice, an organization that helps people get out of being trafficked. Students from a nearby seminary, staff from women’s shelters and a rape crisis shelter, and members of churches in the area attended the event. Plans are underway to continue this awareness and call to action effort.
http://www.ucc.org/synod/resolutions/
gs27/human‐trafficking.pdf
http://www.kansascity.com/trafficking/
http://www.veronicasvoice.org/
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