JUNE 23, 2015 PROGRAM:
Combating Sex Trafficking: How We Can All Make a Difference
Across Minnesota, women and girls are sexually exploited, often through violence and control tactics, for traffickers’ financial gain in what President Obama and others have rightfully deemed “modern day slavery.” Since taking office in 2011, Ramsey County Attorney John Choi has become a national leader in the fight against sex trafficking.
Both as Saint Paul City Attorney and in his current role as County Attorney, John’s innovative approach to holding abusers accountable, while working collaboratively with advocacy agencies to help victims, has transformed the way government intervenes in domestic violence and sex trafficking situations. John has also been a champion of engaging men to become part of the solution to prevent violence against women and children. John will talk about the dynamics of sex trafficking, how traffickers prey on vulnerable children, what is being done at a state and local level to combat this, and what community members can do to help.