Local event to raise awareness on human trafficking in South Dakota

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota Information Now) -Human trafficking is the world’s quickest rising prison business. This makes consciousness of the topic so vital all through totally different communities.

Name to Freedom is an area non-profit group that works to coach and advocate to cease human trafficking.

They are going to be internet hosting an occasion the place key audio system and survivors will share their expertise with human trafficking.

Government director for Name to Freedom, Becky Rasmussen, says that is crucial a part of the occasion.

“For me, crucial half is that we now have survivors sharing their voice from their private journeys. That they’re robust sufficient and ready to try this and I believe that speaks volumes for our group, that our eyes will likely be opened as to how this occurs. And that we’re giving survivors a voice,” mentioned Becky Rasmussen, government director for Name to Freedom.

Riley O’Brien is a survivor of intercourse trafficking, and one of many audio system on the occasion tomorrow. She hopes sharing her story will assist to carry extra consciousness to the difficulty.

“My trafficking story was with my dad; he was part of a secret society in a cult church in my neighborhood and many different kids in the neighborhood,” mentioned Rita O’Brien, occasion speaker.

She says it additionally helps to carry therapeutic.

“I bought therapeutic, and I would like different folks which have been by way of it to get that therapeutic and the one manner they will get that’s in the event that they know what human trafficking is,” mentioned O’Brien.

Rasmussen factors out simply how vital the difficulty has turn out to be in recent times.

“It’s a extremely new social injustice in order our group comes collectively and says we’re going to come behind this that we’re going to fight this it tells traffickers that we received’t settle for them in our group, that it’s not okay to do that and that we are literally going to come back collectively to cease this challenge,” mentioned Rasmussen.

In addition they need to stress how widespread that is.

“There are all totally different sorts of trafficking, it isn’t one cookie cutter case, it’s not folks chained to a mattress, it’s not a sure film, the place all people goes all loopy and goes in another country. It’s taking place proper right here in each city in the US,” mentioned O’Brien.

The occasion is tomorrow from 6:30 p.m. to eight:00 p.m., however there’s a waitlist.

You could find future occasions on their web site at Name to Freedom – Name to Freedom – Heal, Restore, Empower

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