Published Monday, June 11, 2018

SALISBURY — How many times can you sell a drug? The crowd calls back, “One!” How many times can you sell a woman? The crowd calls back, “Over and over!”

It’s easy to think human trafficking happens in other, faraway places. Just two weeks ago a man was arrested here in Salisbury for trafficking, rape, kidnapping and sexual assault. Police discovered he had nine arrest warrants in Davie County.

A local social worker at the Department of Social Services recently counseled a woman dealing with PTSD from having been trafficked.

About 40 local folks attended a Human Trafficking Forum on Saturday in Stanback Auditorium at the Rowan Public Library. The forum was presented by the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Salisbury Alumnae Chapter.

Deltas have five “thrusts” to fulfill each year, with International Awareness Issues being one of them, according to Club President Natalie Rivers and committee co-chairs Catherine Rivens and Ella D. Woods. This year’s forum fulfills that thrust and may become an annual event.

Debra Glass Garner from Charlotte presented the program, identifying the types of human trafficking, whom it affects, why victims rarely come forward, indicators, myths and misconceptions, and how you can help.

The Full Article can be read at the Salisbury Post.