Human Trafficking Awareness At ESC

River Weekly Newspaper, Ft. Myers, FL, January 20, 2012

Edison State College is hosting a

series of human trafficking awareness

events this month. A new

group on campus, Students Advancing

Human Rights, has partnered with other

groups and agencies to make these presentations

possible.

Lauren Mueller, president of Students

Advancing Human Rights at Edison State

College, formed the human rights group

during the fall semester. She is particularly

interested in human trafficking because,

as she stated, “it’s a problem in our backyard.”

“The reality is that Florida is number

three in the nation for sex trafficking and

Southwest Florida is one of the pockets

of concern,” Mueller explained. “I hope

the public comes to these events because

education is about raising social consciousness.

And when you are aware of

something that’s when you can do something

about it.”

A presentation by Theresa Flores, survivor,

author and advocate against human

trafficking, will be held on Thursday,

January 19 starting at 7 p.m. at Edison

State College, 8099 College Parkway

(Building U, Room 102) innFort Myers.

Admission is free.

Also on Thursday, January 26 at

7 p.m., Nola Theiss of the Human

Trafficking Awareness Partnership will

moderate a “Next Step In SWFL” forum

about human trafficking with local law

and advocate organizations. This event

will also be free and held at Edison State

College’s Building U, Room 102.

For more information about either

event, contact the Human Trafficking

Awareness Partnership at 395-2635 or

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