Human trafficking a local issue, advocates say

Posted: January 24, 2015 at 11:48 pm

Posted on January 25, 2015

Participants make their way up South 3rd Street during the Mercy Project of Washington's 2nd Annual Anti-Trafficking Awareness Walk at Millennium Plaza in Yakima, Wash. Saturday, January 24, 2015. (MASON TRINCA/Yakima Herald-Republic)

YAKIMA, Wash. Barbara Justis says she was taken from her home at the age of 5 and sold for sex until she was 22. Now 46 and living in Yakima, Justis says the healing only began in recent years.

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What: Human Trafficking Education Forum

When: 7 p.m. Tuesday

Where: Eisenhower High School auditorium

Cost: Free

Sharing her story through tears with about 60 people gathered at Millennium Plaza downtown to draw awareness to human trafficking, Justis said putting an end to the sex trade starts with building a community that cares about victims.

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