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Learn how you can help end human trafficking by engaging your community in change.    REED (Resist Exploitation, Embrace Dignity) and the UBC Faculty of Law are sponsoring a public forum on human trafficking on October 14, 4-6 pm at

UBC, Geography 200 - 1984 West Mall

For more further information call Michelle Miller at 604.725.383

www.embracedignity.org

To read more about the event, follow the link.

Learn how you can help end human trafficking by engaging your community in change.    REED (Resist Exploitation, Embrace Dignity) and the UBC Faculty of Law are sponsoring a public forum on human trafficking on October 14, 4-6 pm.
 
Women and children in Metro Vancouver and Whistler are routinely coerced into the flesh trade to meet this demand, and a large sporting event such as the 2010 Olympics will only further exploitation through a rise in the demand for paid sex. Come hear about how you can join the resistance to injustice and participate in meaningful change.
 
This forum will provide information and allow discussion on how the male demand for paid sex fuels human trafficking, with a focus on the upcoming 2010 Olympics. You can also find out how you can participate in REED’s Buying Sex is Not a Sport public awareness campaign.
 
Buying Sex Is Not a Sport is a grassroots campaign to raise awareness and effect change around sex trafficking and the 2010 Olympic games. The demand for sexual access to the bodies of women and children fuels human trafficking. Women and children in Metro Vancouver and Whistler are routinely coerced into the flesh trade to meet this demand, and a large sporting event such as the 2010 Olympics will only further exploitation through a rise in the demand for paid sex.

REED is a ministry partner of the Canadian Baptists of Western Canada and has received significant funding from the CBWC in the past.
 
Event Details
 
Date:  Wednesday, October 14
Location: UBC, Geography 200 – 1984 West Mall
Time: 4-6 pm
 
Speakers:
• Janine Benedet UBC Faculty of Law
• Cherry Smiley Aboriginal Women’s Action Network
• Trisha Baptie EVE – Exploited Voices Educating
• Michelle Miller Buying Sex Is Not a Sport
• Daisy Kler Vancouver Rape Relief
 
For more further information call Michelle Miller at 604.725.3838.  www.embracedignity.org .