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Slavery alive and well in N.C. Officials target human trafficking ? BT IUUULUCK THE CHRONICLE The bold white letters on the black t-shirt read "Slavery still exists." The back of the shirt completed the provoca tive sentence with the words "...in North Carolina." These shirts were a com mon sight at an all -day pro gram last Friday at Peace Haven Baptist Church that focused on human trafficking. More than 60 people w ere in attendance, including law enforcement officials, pastors and social workers. They were trained on how to recognize the signs of modern-day slav ery and on ways to combat it. The training was sponsored by The Salvation Army and Triad Ladder of Hope, a local organ ization that helps victims of trafficking, who are often immigrants and exploited in the commercial sex- industry and for labor purposes. The traffickers use many methods to compel men, women and children into servi tude, including threats of bodily harm. "The traffickers use various types of force. They use fraud. They -use all types of coercion in order to compel these people into these situations of servitude," said Lisa Thompson, one of the presenters who took part in the Winston-Salem session and others in High Point and Greensboro last week. As the Salvation Army's National Liaison for the Abolition of Sex Trafficking, Thompson often makes such presentations. The Salvation Army's history of combating human trafficking through advocacy, education and vic tim assistance dates back to Thompson # # Photos by Todd Luck 7 hrs provocative t-shirt sends a strong message. the 1880s. Thompson said some of the trafficking red flags include employees who live with their co-workers or "employer" and/or who show an inability to.leave their job. Danielle Mitchell, executive director of Triad Ladder, also made a presentation. Mitchell used to be a photographer. She worked -on a docu mentary exposing sex tourism in Thailand, where men come from all over the world to pay for sex with children. The experience changed her life. "I came back and I was jiist like. How -in the -world can I go about my daily life know ing this is happening in the world?"' According to the statistics, there are approximately 30 million slaves worldwide, and 80 percent of them are exploit ed for sex. However. Mitchell discovered she didn't have to go far to help victims of traf ficking. &he said the majority of the men wha engaged .in "sex tourism" in Thailand had already solicited a child in the United States. Mitchell showed slide after slide of cases in North Carolina of trafficking tied to brothels and farm labor. Nearly , a quarter, of the coun try's trafficking happens in the Southeast, and 61 percent of the victims are from Latin America. Triad Ladder tries to bring awareness of the problem through training sessions, pre sentations -and other events. The organization also uses reports from people in the community to identify traf ficking and works closely with local law enforcement and the FBI to liberate victims. The organization provides assis-. tance to victims, including food, shelter and legal aid. Currently, Triad Ladder is try ing to raise money to open a shelter for trafficking victims. Special Agent John Price of the FBI's Charlotte Division investigates Civil Rights viola tions. including human traf ficking. He said getting tips from organizations like Triad Ladder is vital because often trafficking Victims won't come forward themselves. "They're not going to self identify themselves, they're not going to come down to the police station and knock on the door and say 'I'm a victim of trafficking."' said Price. He said community organ izations and churches are also key to helping victims get back on their feet. Victims often have nothing of their own. so providing basic needs like food, shelter and medicine is important and often requires the help of several agencies and organizations. "One of the most important things about these ^ascs is building your resource list." said Price. For more information about Triad Ladder of Hope v i s i t wwwjriadladderofhope x>rg Films from pane AH dents. Also to be screened: ? Friday, Aug. 14: Double feature Richard Lester's "A Hard Day's Night" (starring the Beatles); and Philip Kaufman's "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, and Leonard Nimoy). ? Friday, Aug. 21" Robert Wise's "The Sound of Music," starring Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Eleanor Parker. ? Friday, Aug. 28: Baz Lurhmann's "Moulin Rouge!," starring Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo and Jim Broadbent. ? Friday, Sept. 4: Randall Kleiser's "Grease," starring John Travolta, Olivia Newton John and Stockard Channing. here or there. "A lot of times we get so wrapped up in thinking about the future and the past that we are blind to the goodness we are steeped in already, whether it's the beauty outside the win dow or the kind things that people are doing for you," she said. "The better approach is to be open and flexible, to be appreciative of whatever good you do find in your daily cir cumstances, rather than focus ing on bigger questions, such as 'Will I be happy if I move to California?' or 'Will I be happy if 1 get married?"' Grant from page AS balance between hormones that raise blood pressure and those that lower it. Specifically, researchers at the School of Medicine plan to use the money to continue studying the mechanisms by which the renin angiotensin system, which regulates blood pressure, contributes to hyper tension, cardiac hypertrophy (a thickening of the heart muscle that results in a decrease in size of the chamber of the heart), and other conditions. In addition, new studies to investigate the regulation of cardiac function and hyperten sion are underway. Over the course of its histo id, the Program Project Grant has made major contributions to hypertension research. It first began in 1974 under the leadership of Dr. Irvine H. Page at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Carlos M. Ferrario, a pro fessor of surgical sciences and physiology/pharmacology, assumed leadership of the pro gram in 1982 and, as principal investigator, has continued to successfully lead the research efforts. Boards from pane iU Brooks, president and CEO of The Executive Leadership Council. "Businesses under stand the economic benefits of diversity. They talk about it, but not all of them have a plan for achieving it. We expect this report to spur meaningful progress in this important area of manage ment and governance." Even as many Fortune 500 organizations under stand the importance of hav ing diverse boards, gains are sometimes difficult to main tain, the Council says. Since the original report in 2004, the mix of Fortune 500 com panies has changed, with some companies moving off the list and other, previously smaller organizations mov ing onto it. Brooks For more information about The Executive Leadership Council, visit www.elcinfo .com . 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