Millikin to Host Panel on Human Trafficking Awareness Month
The Human Trafficking Research Lab at Millikin University is partnering with Set Free Macon County to host its 4th annual panel discussion for Human Trafficking Awareness Month entitled “Impact of COVID-19 on Human Trafficking.”
The panel discussion will be livestreamed on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, at 4 p.m. on Millikin University’s Facebook page and will round out events held around the United States for Human Trafficking Awareness Month 2021.
The panel will feature local anti-trafficking experts from the Central Illinois Human Trafficking Task Force including Sara Sefried, director of Human Trafficking Services at The Center for Prevention of Abuse; Ashley Reichert, assistant center chief for the Statewide Terrorism and Intelligence Center with the Illinois State Police; and Micaela Garrido, outreach coordinator for the Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services.