The event on April 15 & 16th was well put together, well attended and informative for all. We had people from all over Alberta and other Canadians passionate about eradicating human trafficking in Canada.
From the Raise Their Voice website, "The purpose of the event was to equip Canadians to identify what trafficking is, to learn who is vulnerable to trafficking and to discover how they can assist those who are victims of trafficking or susceptible to exploitation locally, nationally and internationally. " I do believe there will be good results from the weekend. We had a round table meeting during which representatives from Red Deer’s city council, Parliament, Chamber of Commerce, along with a student representative from a local high school, MP Joy Smith, key leaders from various anti-trafficking agencies and ministries engaged in strategic conversation to discuss how together they could do work to address human trafficking that they could not do alone. The meeting was fruitful and a commitment emerged from key leaders to develop a plan to combat trafficking in the city.
Clearly this was another example of people not just talking about injustice but doing something about it.
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